It started to
rain steadily and the chances of an upset faded very quickly as Wimborne’s
number 9, James Stokoe, for whom the word burly was invented, beat the keeper
Ed Hatt to a cross for an easy header.
0-1 after 4 mins
Hatt made a
good block to prevent further damage before Wimborne missed another good
chance. A headed backpass fell too
short but Hatt was fortunate to be able to shepherd Mark Gamble away from
goal. Wimborne were very, very
comfortable. Occasionally Cowes would
show glimpses of slick passing and triangles against their stronger more
physical opponents, but they could not really get the Wimborne keeper working
hard.
The second
goal was rolled in by Franklyn Clarke when the offside line was breached, to
the annoyance of the home faithful in the splendid wooden main stand who were
not happy with the lino. A real
defensive calamity, but no more damage in the first 45. 0-2
at half-time
The “if only”
moment came five minutes into the second half. If only Charlie Smeeton had poked the ball
home instead of wide when it fell to him on the six-yard line. Wimborne struck immediately and a through
ball went to Gamble who made no mistake.
0-3 after 51 mins
The impressive
Stokoe scored his second of the game by dropping deep to receive a pass then
placing a low shot into the bottom right corner. 0-4
after 59 mins
Cowes gamely
sought a consolation and Jason Harvell saved well from Jordan Browne before
Wimborne scored again. A sweeping move
in numerical order by numbers 9 Stokoe (great pass), 10 Gamble (square across
the box) and 11 led to a tap-in for the latter, Carl Preston, 0-5
after 67 mins
Harvell
denied Cowes a consolation again but diving to push away a shot by Keelan
Sainsbury which would otherwise have gone into the top corner, and at the
other end Hatt saved a sixth with an acrobatic save to push away a shot from
Clarke. Wimborne will be very happy
with this as a job completed clinically.
If you have been following them this year you may well have seen more
goals in total than anyone else. Final score 0-5
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