Post by NickGull on Nov 9, 2008 20:44:42 GMT
My report; It's my first so don't be too harsh! 
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Date: 8th November 2008
Venue: Plainmoor
Attendance: 2,275
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
Walking down the road behind the away end with my Dad and his friend, talking about the team and whether it will be changed or not for todays game, I was feeling it. Seeing the six Evesham fan coaches made us think that today was going to be a good atmosphere. We got in the ground, and took our spot right on the half way line, just a little bit away from the singers. Glancing through the programme, Evesham really didn't sound like much. Like I was expecting. The teams were called out, and the stands were filling up. The Torquay squad left the field for the changing rooms at about 2:40, clapping the fans off as they went. The Evesham players stayed out for about five minutes longer, before all going and clapping their fans before leaving the pitch. The mascots were paraded around the ground, three Torquay mascots and about 10 from Evesham. You could tell from the Evesham mascots faces how much this meant to them. The away end was the busiest it had been all season. Everyone was waiting.
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First Half
The players came out of the tunnel, to the clapping and "UNITED UNITED" from the Popside. They all lined up, and shook hands with each other. The captains were with the referee for the coin toss. Torquay got centre in the first half, and were playing with the wind. Everybody in the stands were waiting, expecting the referee to call the minutes silence. But he didn't. Surprise sprung onto the faces of many people around me, some complaining at how disrespectful it was. I was surprised at the Ref; I don't know if he'd forgotten or not, but, being a referee myself I would seriously be dissapointed in myself if I didn't do one for Rememberance Sunday.
The game kicked off, and Torquay were passing it around, with Hargreaves and Wroe controlling the midfield, looking for some holes in the Evesham defence. Evesham, however, weren't going to let Torquay in that easily. They defended stoutly in the first few minutes or so. The first chance of the game came to Evesham, but somewhat crazy shooting from their strikers never troubled Bevan in goal. It was a midfield duel for a lot of the first half, with the odd break for either team. Roscoe D'sane had one of the best chances, but his 30-yard shot was well saved by Vaughan in the Evesham goal. Just a couple of minutes after, Carayol had a good strike that Vaughan parried wide, for a corner. Evesham conceded the first goal in the 28th minute. A corner from the right hand side was swung in by Nicholson, and Sills beat his man and glanced his header past Vaughan. 1 - 0.
Evesham were pressing for a quick equaliser. Steve Woods was booked for what looked a trip on Hay. A man infront of me saw Woods deliberately trip him and was lucky to only get a booking. It started to get a bit fracious again a couple of minutes later, with Sills and Hands in a confrontation. The referee, who was the same one that we had at Crawley away, thought that a talking to too both players was all that was needed. Tyrone Thompson became the second United player to be booked, for a 50-50 challenge with Vaughan in the goal. Vaughan seemed to overreact to the incident, which from what I saw looked like Thompson poked the ball into Vaughans stomach. Just before halftime, Hay managed to find some space 30-yards from goal, and hit a sweet left foot shot which Bevan expertly tipped over the bar for an Evesham corner.
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Second Half
No changes were made at half time. Evesham kicked off and immediately went on the attack. Mark Owen had a shot from the left side of the area that was well held by Bevan. A good bit of work by Wroe in the middle of the park found Mansell, whos 20-yard effort hit the side netting. The rain started pouring down. Just after the hour, a goalmouth scramble ended in Roscoe Dsane scoring Torquays second. Or at least he thought he had. The linesman had seen an offside in the build up long before Dsane had scored. No goal. Tim Sills tried his luck with a 30-yard header after Vaughans goal kick planted right on Sills' head.
With about 20 minutes to go, an Evesham corner bounced around in the Gulls' box and was deemed to have hit a hand. It looked extremely unfortunate for whoevers hand it was, I think Steve Woods. Up stepped Danny Scheppel, the two goal hero against Rushden. He looked quite nervous. The Evesham fans behind the goal urging him on. Bevan looked calm in the goal, ready and knowing what way he wanted to go. The whistle blew, and Scheppel ran in. Bevan dived to his right. The ball went to Bevans right, but too far. Scheppel had fired it wide!
The second Torquay goal came from Sills again in the 77th minute. An excellent run by Wroe, before he supplied a low cross that was just behind Dsane, but Sills hung back before curling a left-footed shot goalwards. It took a big deflection of a defender trying to block it, and it looped over Vaughan.
With seven minutes remaining, Buckle, who was up in the Grandstand, told North to bring Benyon on for Thompson. Benyon looked sharp in his time on the pitch. In the 90th minute, Stevens entered the fray for Carayol. Carayol shook the Evesham left backs hand before jogging off. Carayol had given him a torrid time. Stevens looked like he was going to enjoy himself. An excellent run from left to right by Stevens, skipping past all the Evesham defenders, allowed him space on the edge of the box. He had a clear run to goal, but decided to pass it wide to Sills instead. No more action to note after that, and the Referee blew up. The Evesham fans stayed at the end to clap their heroes off the field. The Evesham players clapped the fans at the end, and some of the Torquay fans clapped them off aswell. The news filtered through that Exeter had gone out brought a huge smile on everyones faces. Brilliant.
Walking back to the car, discussing the game and who we want in the next round was exciting. Hearing the results on FiveLive, listening out for any more upsets was good to hear. Overall, job done. A good game in very tough conditions, and now another winnable home draw in the next round.
Thanks for reading.
*I've posted this on the matchday thread aswell.
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Date: 8th November 2008
Venue: Plainmoor
Attendance: 2,275
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
Walking down the road behind the away end with my Dad and his friend, talking about the team and whether it will be changed or not for todays game, I was feeling it. Seeing the six Evesham fan coaches made us think that today was going to be a good atmosphere. We got in the ground, and took our spot right on the half way line, just a little bit away from the singers. Glancing through the programme, Evesham really didn't sound like much. Like I was expecting. The teams were called out, and the stands were filling up. The Torquay squad left the field for the changing rooms at about 2:40, clapping the fans off as they went. The Evesham players stayed out for about five minutes longer, before all going and clapping their fans before leaving the pitch. The mascots were paraded around the ground, three Torquay mascots and about 10 from Evesham. You could tell from the Evesham mascots faces how much this meant to them. The away end was the busiest it had been all season. Everyone was waiting.
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First Half
The players came out of the tunnel, to the clapping and "UNITED UNITED" from the Popside. They all lined up, and shook hands with each other. The captains were with the referee for the coin toss. Torquay got centre in the first half, and were playing with the wind. Everybody in the stands were waiting, expecting the referee to call the minutes silence. But he didn't. Surprise sprung onto the faces of many people around me, some complaining at how disrespectful it was. I was surprised at the Ref; I don't know if he'd forgotten or not, but, being a referee myself I would seriously be dissapointed in myself if I didn't do one for Rememberance Sunday.
The game kicked off, and Torquay were passing it around, with Hargreaves and Wroe controlling the midfield, looking for some holes in the Evesham defence. Evesham, however, weren't going to let Torquay in that easily. They defended stoutly in the first few minutes or so. The first chance of the game came to Evesham, but somewhat crazy shooting from their strikers never troubled Bevan in goal. It was a midfield duel for a lot of the first half, with the odd break for either team. Roscoe D'sane had one of the best chances, but his 30-yard shot was well saved by Vaughan in the Evesham goal. Just a couple of minutes after, Carayol had a good strike that Vaughan parried wide, for a corner. Evesham conceded the first goal in the 28th minute. A corner from the right hand side was swung in by Nicholson, and Sills beat his man and glanced his header past Vaughan. 1 - 0.
Evesham were pressing for a quick equaliser. Steve Woods was booked for what looked a trip on Hay. A man infront of me saw Woods deliberately trip him and was lucky to only get a booking. It started to get a bit fracious again a couple of minutes later, with Sills and Hands in a confrontation. The referee, who was the same one that we had at Crawley away, thought that a talking to too both players was all that was needed. Tyrone Thompson became the second United player to be booked, for a 50-50 challenge with Vaughan in the goal. Vaughan seemed to overreact to the incident, which from what I saw looked like Thompson poked the ball into Vaughans stomach. Just before halftime, Hay managed to find some space 30-yards from goal, and hit a sweet left foot shot which Bevan expertly tipped over the bar for an Evesham corner.
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Second Half
No changes were made at half time. Evesham kicked off and immediately went on the attack. Mark Owen had a shot from the left side of the area that was well held by Bevan. A good bit of work by Wroe in the middle of the park found Mansell, whos 20-yard effort hit the side netting. The rain started pouring down. Just after the hour, a goalmouth scramble ended in Roscoe Dsane scoring Torquays second. Or at least he thought he had. The linesman had seen an offside in the build up long before Dsane had scored. No goal. Tim Sills tried his luck with a 30-yard header after Vaughans goal kick planted right on Sills' head.
With about 20 minutes to go, an Evesham corner bounced around in the Gulls' box and was deemed to have hit a hand. It looked extremely unfortunate for whoevers hand it was, I think Steve Woods. Up stepped Danny Scheppel, the two goal hero against Rushden. He looked quite nervous. The Evesham fans behind the goal urging him on. Bevan looked calm in the goal, ready and knowing what way he wanted to go. The whistle blew, and Scheppel ran in. Bevan dived to his right. The ball went to Bevans right, but too far. Scheppel had fired it wide!
The second Torquay goal came from Sills again in the 77th minute. An excellent run by Wroe, before he supplied a low cross that was just behind Dsane, but Sills hung back before curling a left-footed shot goalwards. It took a big deflection of a defender trying to block it, and it looped over Vaughan.
With seven minutes remaining, Buckle, who was up in the Grandstand, told North to bring Benyon on for Thompson. Benyon looked sharp in his time on the pitch. In the 90th minute, Stevens entered the fray for Carayol. Carayol shook the Evesham left backs hand before jogging off. Carayol had given him a torrid time. Stevens looked like he was going to enjoy himself. An excellent run from left to right by Stevens, skipping past all the Evesham defenders, allowed him space on the edge of the box. He had a clear run to goal, but decided to pass it wide to Sills instead. No more action to note after that, and the Referee blew up. The Evesham fans stayed at the end to clap their heroes off the field. The Evesham players clapped the fans at the end, and some of the Torquay fans clapped them off aswell. The news filtered through that Exeter had gone out brought a huge smile on everyones faces. Brilliant.
Walking back to the car, discussing the game and who we want in the next round was exciting. Hearing the results on FiveLive, listening out for any more upsets was good to hear. Overall, job done. A good game in very tough conditions, and now another winnable home draw in the next round.
Thanks for reading.
*I've posted this on the matchday thread aswell.
I stand Of the half way line but up the front, can't be doing with those high up places, come and say hello next game mate, my mug shot Is on here, so you should know what I look like.Once again thanks for taking the time to write a great report
