Saturday November 26th 2011
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Saturday 26th November 2011
Evo-Stik League Southern Premier
Frome Town 0 Chesham Town 1
Frome Scorers: None
Chesham Scorers: Simon Thomas (49)
Crowd: 206
Entertainment Value: 2
Star Man: Mark Cooper
Frome Town will be glad to see the end of November as a well organized Chesham side
frustrated all their efforts, and a single goal from Simon Thomas just after half time mean that
the month had resulted in four league defeats and no points.
Frome started brightly, and the 2nd minute saw Ricky Hulbert drive down the left and get a low
cross into the box, and then Ben Thomson curled an inviting free kick just past the far post,
but Chesham were well organized and playing a high defensive line which resulted in
numerous offside decisions and chances that were few and far between.
Frome were winning plenty of corners early on, but failing to make anything of them, and it
was only after the first half hour that Chesham actually started to make any real attempt to
mount a serious attack. Their first shot of the match flew well wide in the 37th minute, but
then as half time approached, Chesham started to venture forward and after Tom Evans just
managed to clear a Chesham cross for a corner, Darren Chitty produced an amazing save to
deny Thomas after the ball had been flicked on at the near post.
It began to become worrying that Chesham corners seemed to have a knack of finding the
head of a Chesham attacker, while Frome free kicks and corners always seemed to find the
head of a Chesham defender, and although the score at half time was 0-0, the home crowd
felt a little uneasy over their cups of tea.
As they had feared, Chesham took the lead in the 49th minute as a right wing free kick was
flicked on, Thomas found himself unmarked in the area and a deft (possibly fortunate) touch
took the ball over Chitty and into the goal.
Frome were always trying to make something happen, but time after time, the Chesham
defence broke the attack down with ease, and moves started in midfield normally petered out
as the Chesham defence dealt with everything that came their way.
The 65th minute saw Ben Thomson flick on a Tom Evans free kick into the arms of Shane
Gore, and new loan signing Jake Harris went close with his first touch as he attacked the dead
ball line and crossed invitingly across the goalmouth, but on the whole, Chesham looked
stronger as the game went on and the moment of inspiration that the Frome faithful were
looking for never looked like arriving.
Darren Chitty was brought into action several times as the match approached full time, but
Frome's only real chance of the second half came in the 87th minute as a corner was flicked
on and Dean Flockton completely missed his kick from 12 yards out.
Mark Cooper was chosen as man of the match by Graham Barnes who had sponsored the
match, and the home crowd looked forward to December.
Frome Town
Chesham Town
Shane Gore
Anthony Watson
Danny Gudgeon
Mark Lambert
Robert Bartley
Scott Thomas
Dave Fotheringham
Steve Wales
James Potton
Simon Thomas
Bruce Wilson
Leon Archer
Lewis Rolfe
Chris Watters
Brad Wadkins
Adam Parker
Officials
R: Dave Ricketts
A: Martin Tudor
A: Stev Oakey
Match Sponsor
Graham Barnes
Ball Sponsor
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