Stroud & District League

Division 1

Wednesday 1st September 2021

Kick Off 18.15 Actual 18.17

Wickwar Wanderers 2 Kingswood 3, attendance 55

20’ 0-1

25’ 1-1

40’ 1-2

41’ 1-3

73’ 2-3

@ King George V Playing Field

The Downs Road

Wickwar

GL12 8NE

No Admission or Programme.

Wickwar had managed a win and a defeat from their opening two games, whilst ex-Gloucestershire County League club and league leaders Kingswood had won three from three, scoring 15 goals and conceding just 1 in the process.

It was Kingswood who went ahead on twenty minutes, with a superb strike into the top corner from 25 yards, that gave the ‘keeper no chance. Within five minutes Wickwar were level, when a striker cut in from the left and fired in a shot off the inside of the far post. Five minutes before halftime Kingswood went 1-2 up when a free kick wasn’t cleared and the ball was smashed in from 12 yards and a minute later it was 1-3, with the ball lobbed in from near the touch line. The first half was as good as anything I’ve seen this season and was such a contrast to last night’s match.

The second half was never going to be as good as the first, but it didn’t fall far short. Wickwar did pull it back to 2-3, with a good finish from a defence splitting pass and they were unlucky not to get a point from the game as they were well on top for the last quarter of an hour. The final whistle came as a huge relief to Kingswood, but they held on to maintain their 100% winning start to the season.