Biggleswade Town 0 Poole Town 1

Southern League Premier Division

19 September 2015

With both strikers having a duvet day on the bench it was left to Luke Roberts to plough a lone furrow up front supported ably by Marvin and Luke H. This was a very strong performance by Poole against a Biggleswade side that was the best I've seen. It is a shame that they don't attract more support as the entertainment value is high judging by this performance. Poole showed slick passing and determination and it was only the superhuman efforts of the Waders keeper that kept Poole from scoring early on as both Spetch and Walker had shots saved at point blank range. Walker also hit the bar. At the other end Waders always looked confident and Hutch had to make a sharp save. A suberb through ball from Brooks to Holmes on the edge of the area instigated the breakthrough as Luke H drifted in beating a couple of players before firing past the keeper. There was plenty of action in the rest of half at both ends. The shot count was 9-4 in favour of Poole.

Spetch was withdrawn at half time resulting in a shake up at the back with Lindsay switching to left back and Tallack coming in on the right. Waders exerted heavy pressure from the start and looked likely to score for long periods although Poole looked dangerous on the break. Waders hit the bar when it looked easier to score and it took heroic efforts from Pettifer breaking things up in midfield and the back four to keep them out. As Waders pressed Poole started to find holes in their defence and might have scored more. Burbs started to come into the game more and hit the post towards the end. The game finished with Poole relieved to have taken all three points but fully deserving them and up to 3rd in the league.

This was a great advert for non league football with both teams going for it at full stretch. The metalwork at both ends took a battering. Man of the Match was definately their keeper, not for the first time against us and Waders look set to achieve more than they have recently. As far as the dolphins are concerned all had a great game but I don't like to see Luke R played in the forward position where he puts in a lot of effort but has little influence on the game. He is much better used running at players and coming in late after stronger players have done the donkey work.

A really exciting game in prospect on Tuesday evening as Dorchester visit Tatnam with the rejuvinated community owned Magpies directly behind us in the league table. As a local derby it should of course be played on a bank holiday or Saturday to maximise the crowd. However, life is not perfect.