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Match reports - Season 2008 - 2009
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Weston lose out on Penalties


09/09/2008 - Setanta Shield 1st Rd - 7:45pm

Cloudy


WESTON bowed out of the Setanta in a penalty shoot-out after surrendering a comfortable two-goal lead in the first half of normal time.

With Marvin Brown, Michael Green, Ben Wells, James Palmer, Marc McGregor and Charlie Comyn-Platt rested, new signing Ludovic Quistin came into the defence where he gave a competent display in the first half. Also in the first half Darren Mullings led the attack with Ryan Havard, and Dean Grubb and Mark McKeever provided pace on the wings.

The Seagulls took the lead on five minutes when McKeever was fouled just outside the home penalty area and Grubb's free kick was headed over keeper Gareth Howells by defender Warren Goodhind. Four minutes later, it got even better when, from their first corner, Grubb played a one-two routine with Havard and crossed low into the penalty area where Ashan Holgate stepped over the ball and skipper Andy Gurney found the bottom corner of the net with a crisp 18-yard effort.

In end-to-end play for the rest of the half, Ryan Northmore made a superb save, tipping Tom Jordan's close-range header over his bar from an Eastleigh corner and at the other end, Howells also did well to deny Mullings' effort with a point-blank save.

For the second half, Eastleigh brought on Tony Taggart to play wide on the right and he transformed the home side with speedy runs at the defence, forcing Weston to play deeper, leaving Havard isolated up front.

In sustained pressure, Peter Adeniyi had a header turned over and Taggart clipped the top of Northmore's crossbar before Matt Groves pulled a goal back on 74 minutes from close range and three minutes into added on time, substitute Adam Roberts brought the sides level to take the game into extra time.

Roberts struck again on 101 minutes, but Mullings cancelled it with a strike a minute later, only for Taggart to restore Eastleigh's lead at the end of the first 15 minutes. However, Weston substitute Palmer took the game into a penalty shoot-out.

McGregor, Ben Wells, Ryan Paddock and Mullings were successful for Weston, with McKeever and Palmer having shots saved by Howells, while Eastleigh's Adeniyi was the only one to miss.

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Game Statistics

Eastleigh scorers - Groves, Roberts (E/T Taggart, Roberts)
Weston-super-Mare scorers - OG, Gurney (E/T Mullings, Palmer)
Shots on target -
Shots off target -
Corners -
Offsides -
Freekicks -
Bookings - 1/0
Refereee - Richard Kendall (Luton)


Howells, Harris, Byles, Rivere, Jordan, Goodhind, Adeniyi, Dutton-Black (Taggart), Groves, Hughes (Baker), Bodkin (Roberts)Subs not used: Martin, Matthews



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 Mark McKeever
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