A tighter game than the scoreline would reflect but it has to be said all the fight went out of the Boars for the first time this season and at the end it could have been an embarrassing scoreline.
Rewind to the start of the game and it was Eversley who shaded the opening twenty minutes. Baker should have put us ahead on 10 minutes with a free header from 6 yards but glanced it wide. At the other end Martin Williams headed straight at Shelley in the same position for Hartley. Both sides played narrow and, a Shelly tip over aside, that made most of the first half a game of attrition with neither troubling defenses. It was the home side who went in 1 up however with after Kleboe handled an Nathan Stamp cross. Ball to hand but his hands by his ears we can have little complaint! Hamilton dispatched the penalty.
With Bradley Cann coming off in a forced substitution at half time Hartley started much the sharper and the more likely to score and increase their lead. The normally reliant Shelly gifted the home side their second though on the hour spilling into his own net. Eversley went to 3 at the back in an effort to but their ‘wing backs’ played far too high up the pitch leaving Eversley susceptible to the counter as Hartley shut up shop and scored two on the counter in the last 15 minutes. Eversley’s most dangerous player on the day Matt Stamp hobbled off and with it our chances of getting back in to the game. It could have been worse but for some last defending from Cooper / Reeves, with the post helping and Shelly redeeming himself. The home side looked far fitter at the end and we will see next week at home to Knaphill if we can just blame it too much turkey!
Team: Shelly, Jeffery, Morgan, Cooper, Reeves, Day, Hayes (Stevens), Kleboe, Stamp (Clark), Baker, Cann (Moran)
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