League Match

 

Barnstaple 3   Bude 2 
 

 

This game was only 5 minutes old and was nearly abandoned, Bude were awarded a penalty after a player slipped inside the box and a penalty was given. Ian Marks spot kick was saved by the keeper, but within a minute another penalty was given by the ref when a shoulder charge, again never a penalty but the ref pointed to the spot again. The home side went mental and rightly so really, a player got booked and another was threatened to be sent off before the referee walked off himself, he eventually came back and decided to continue. The keeper again saved the now lately taken penalty, but Marks scored with the rebound.
The home team equalised midway through the half, a cross from the right, hit a strikers leg, he didn't know much about it as it flew in to the bottom corner.  Bude took the lead when Liam Sandercock headed in a cross with a bit of help from the keeper. Barnstaple reacted to the difficult conditions that were making the pitch almost unplayable and soon equalised when a striker received a through ball, but the flag stayed down as he looked yards offside but went on and scored.
Barnstaple won the game after 75 minutes when a cross from the right, came under the crossbar and keeper Gary Dinshaw let slip the ball back over the goal line.