League Match

 

Merton 2       Bude 5 

Playing down the hill in the first half Bude opened up the scoring after 10 minutes when Steve Thompson cut in from the left and on the edge of the box hit a left foot strike in to the bottom left hand corner. Budes early domination was undone after 20 mins when some defensive hesitation allowed Ben Mason to react quickest, run in on goal and slot low past keeper Bob Freestone. Both teams worked hard to take control, but it was Budes attacking options which was the difference as strikers Thompson and John Clayton regularly combined to open up the Merton defence and saw Thompson grab a second and Clayton struck to make it 3-1 at half time. It was a similar story in the second half with Budes strikers causing all the trouble, Clayton flicked a ball through to Thompson who went on and grabbed his third and Budes fourth. Bude started becoming complacent defending the game and Nathan Delaune pounced on a through ball to reduce the arrears. Bude wrapped the game up in the final minutes, this time Thompson clipped through to Clayton who beat the defensive line and tucked the ball in to the far corner with ease.