Reserve Team Match Reports by Paul Murphy
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Can Hamworthy Rec Res make it 3 wins from3? Hamworthy Rec Res in their first home game on a Saturday of the season looked to continue their good run of late with 2 wins in 2, can they make it 3? Both sides tried to utilise the blustery conditions, Rec playing into the wind in the first half keeping the ball on the ground, Portland looking to use the wind to assist getting the ball in behind the home sides defence. It took until the 29th min when one of the defences would be breached, and it was well worth the wait!! After an attack down the home sides left, Portland cleared the ball down the middle of the pitch, Gavin Haynes retrieved the ball, spotted Elliot Birtwistle free on the edge of the centre circle in the Portland half and rolled the ball into Elliots path, Elliot turned, with no pressure on him took a touch, spotted the GK off his line and drilled his shot from distance into the top left corner, 1-0. Rec remained on the front foot after in front, on 32 mins Curtis Lane ran the ball into the Portland penalty area from the right wing, the visitors GK came out to close his angle down but Curtis managed to open his body, switch the ball to his left foot and curled the ball around the GK to double the lead, 2-0. This spurred the visitors on, 36 min with Rec pressing for a quick 3rd, Portland caught Rec on the counter, playing the ball down the right the ball was across into the home sides penalty area, Gavin Haynes cleared the ball only for it to be picked up in midfield by a Portland player, the ball way played out to the left, the winger bounced a pass off and a team mate and received it back in the box, drilled it across the penalty area and it was tapped home from close range in the centre of the goal, 2-1. HT 2-1 The visitors got the second half underway, looking to draw the home side out and get in behind quickly, a ball was played down the Rec left wing, Gavin Haynes won the ball and rolled it back to Felix Bruce in the Rec goal, Felix played a first time long pass up to Rec skipper Bryce Banfield, Bryce flicked the ball forward and Curits Lane anticipating the flick on was quickest to react, beat the Portland defender to the ball, flicked the ball past the out rushing GK who was now out of his box and stranded, the ball ran slightly wide, the defender ran to cover the goal but Curtis kept is composure and tucked the ball home from a tight angle to make it 2 for him on the day. The second half turned into a basketball match but neither side really threatened the other side's goal. Full Time 3-1 |
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Hamworhy Recreation Res 3 Poole Borough 1 
Hamworthy Rec Res in their changed Blue kit started the game quickly, immediately putting pressure on the Poole Borough back line but their defence stood strong and rode out the initial pressure. The game started too rock backwards and forwards with both teams looking to get the opening goal, both sides having chances but the first goal came from the home side, the ball was played the ball in from the left, Alfie Miller laid it off to Brad Hill who had drifted into the centre who fired the ball past the Borough GK to make it 1-0. The home side weren’t done there, 3 mins later Rec were on the attack again, the ball switched from left to right across the Borough penalty area, Ollie Gomm with an overlapping run collected the ball, he played in Brad Hill who again had drifted inside to create the space, Brad clipped the ball into the box where it was met by Rec left back Henry Bowe who’s glancing header beat the Borough GK to double the home sides lead, 2-0. HT 2-0 The visitors came out in the second half looking to get back into the game, Rec managed to soak up the initial pressure before applying some themselves, on 64 mins Alfie Miller, making his debut from the U17s, was played in from midfield, he cut in from the left, used the defender as a screen and whipped the ball around the defender and into the bottom right corner, great goal for the young lad in his first game, 3-0. The game at this point started to fizzle out, both side making changes and it was the visitors change that had the most impact, on 82 mins one of their subs was working hard to put pressure on the Rec players, he court one of the Rec players in possession on the edge of the home sides penalty area, took a touch out of his feet and rifled it past the Felix from the edge of the penalty area, 3-1. Full Time 3-1 |
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Hamworthy Recreaton Reserves v Cobham Sports - 10th September 2025 - Dorset Premier League. Rec started off brightly, plenty of possession but no clear chances on goal, both sides were probing but without much action in front of goal. The first real action came in the 20th minute, Rec were building up pressure on the visitors back line and won a corner, Elliot Birtwistle delivered the ball into a dangerous area, Max Wilcock made the first contact and headed the ball goal-wards, it was knocked down only to land at the feet of Recs Capt Bryce Banfield, Bryce pivoted on the spot and crashed the ball home from close range to give the home side and early lead, 1-0. Rec capitised on a miss placed pass from the restart, Brad Hill broke down the win, squared the ball to Max Wilcock who doubled the home sides lead within 2 mins, 2-0. The visitors weren’t going to let the lead get away from them, straight from the restart on 24 mins they won the ball back, Eze-Sunday crossed the ball, and Joe Wood crashed the ball home to bring the visitors back into the game 2-1 Both sides had chances during the remainder of the half, both goalkeepers being called into action but neither of the sides could beat the keepers HT 2-1 The second half started with Cobham pushing to get back into the game, they piled on the pressure, but the Hamworthy defence held firm. On the hour Cobham went to their bench and made 4 changes to get back into the game. Cobham managed to force several corners from the Hamworthy defence who managed to repel the pressure until the 77th minute, Cobham broke down the wing, a run to the near post by Callum Clarke beat Felix Bruce at his near post to bring the score level, 2-2. Cobham were lifted by their equalising goal and continued to pile on the pressure, Rec got everyone behind the ball to soak up the pressure, Cobham gambled on their height from set pieces, and this paid off in the 87min, Cobham were awarded a corner which was crashed home from close range by Cam Beard, 2-3. With the remaining 10+ minutes Ham Rec pushed to try and get an equaliser but Cobham saw the game out to win the tight encounter. FT 2-3 |