Marlborough 0 West Wilts 4

With their first loss of the season last week, Marlborough looked to bounce back against league leaders West Wilts.

The game started evenly, both teams pressing high, this was going to be a good game!! The first goal of the game was controversial to say the least, firstly the ball hit a west wilts forward foot, they then hit a reserve stick strike from outside the 'D' with the back of his stick..... neither umpire saw any of that, so the goal stood. The score stayed 1-0 until half time, a good game so far.

The second half didn't start well for the home side, who gave the ball away in silly areas, and were punished with a short corner strike into the bottom corner. Marlborough said at half time, to continue the high press and look after the ball better. This eventually happened and Marlborough created chances, but couldn't put them away. One cleared off the line, one hit the post and an open goal missed to sum it up. Wilts scored two break away goals to make the final score 4-0. Its a hard score line to take, as Marlborough played well at times. But this was a lesson in being clinical in front of goal.

We move on and must remember that going up a league and being 4th after 7 matches is a great start to the season. If they can play with that intensity for the rest of the season, then they will finish high up in the table.

Man of the match was Rich Holman..... but special mention has to go to Ollie Davies, you know why!!

'Mon the borough - Osborne