Yeovil & District League

Division 1

Thursday 18th April 2024

Kick Off 18.30 Actual 18.34

Templecombe Rovers 5 Bullets 0, attendance 35

27’ 1-0 (pen)

34’ 2-0

41’ 3-0

50’ 4-0

80’ 5-0

@ Templecombe Sports & Social Club

Vine Street

Templecombe

BA8 0JY

No Admission or Programme.

Tonight’s match involved two teams needing the points for different reasons. Templecombe came into this second in the league table, 4 points behind leaders Evercreech Sports, but with five games in hand, whilst Bullets are 7th (out of 11) and although Pen Mill Athletic are 5 points adrift at the bottom, with at least three games in hand on all the teams above them, whilst only three points separate the next four and goal difference is very close too.

It took Templecombe twenty seven minutes to break the deadlock, courtesy of a penalty, quickly followed by a downward header at the far post and four minutes before the break they made it 3-0 when a diagonal pass was chested down and finished into the far corner. When they added their fourth goal five minutes into the second half I expected it to become a real rout, but Bullets were still creating chances of their own, but Templecombe rounded off the scoring with ten minutes left, finishing one on one after being played through on goal.

The ground is entered via a one-way system in Vine Street. The clubhouse/changing rooms are in front of you, with the pitch out of sight to the right, set down in a dip, with the near side having grass banking running along the touchline and a few park benches at the top.

The win now sees Templecombe close the gap at the top to a single point, needing a maximum of 8 points from their last six games to guarantee the title, although a win at current leaders Evercreech in a couple of games time could clinch it earlier.