League Match

 

Sporting Barum 3    Bude 8 

Bude looked comfortable in the first half taking the lead after 10 minutes, a long throw-in from James Watson was flicked on at the near post and right back Glen Bickle arrived at the back to smash in from 6 yards out for his 49th career goal.  Bude doubled their lead 10 minutes later, Ian Marks struck from 20 yards and hit the top of the cross bar, as it came down Marks reacted to head in the rebound. It was soon three nil, a Marks free kick played deep in to the box found John Clayton who nodded in from close range.
Bude increased the lead early in the second half, a mis-placed pass back from a Sporting player saw Steve Thompson appreciate the error to take the keeper and slot in to an empty net.  Sporting pulled one back, a long free kick was flicked on in the Bude box to beat defenders and keeper Phil Constable. Bude scored next with Clayton looping a shot in the far right corner, before Sporting again pulled a goal back, Lee Wheeler scoring from close range, Clayton again pulled Bude away again running through to strike for his hat-trick and soon grabbed his fourth and Budes seventh.  Sporting were reduced to ten men when a substitute was yellow carded for hand ball and minutes later pulled a Bude striker back when he was through on goal.  Sporting kept battling though and scored a third when against the run of play they got down the left hand side and crossed low in to the box, the ball wasn't cleared and it fell nicely to Wheeler to score his second of the game.  Bude wrapped the game up late on when Joel Roberts beat the Sporting offside trap down the right, cut inside and slid his shot in to the far left corner.