Duchy Premier League

Lanreath 2 Bude 1

With extremely windy conditions Bude used it to their advantage in the 1st half edging it over the home side. They should have went one nil up after 15 mins when a Jason Ferrett free kick from 25 yards out flew straight in to the top left half corner, only for the referee to disallow it due to players pressuring the goalkeeper even though there was no Bude player within 10 yards of the keeper. Soon after Bude finally took the lead when another Ferrett free kick from the right was delivered towards the back post and Gary Hodgson headed in from close range. Ferret's free kicks were proving dangerous and a third free kick outside after 25 mins went through a crowd of players and off the back post. Lanreath worked hard against the wind but were rarely troubling the Bude stand in keeper Gary Dinshaw until the 35 min when a Lanreath player was played the ball in behind the defence on the left, carried the ball in to the box and squared to Nick Collins who arrived to smash the ball in from 6 yards out. It was Budes turn now to play against the wind as the second half rarely saw Bude get out of their own half, Lanreath soon took the lead, a good corner found Nick Baillee completely unmarked in the box and he couldn’t miss from just yards out. Lanreath continued to press Bude and if there shooting was any better could have won by a bigger margin but their shots were going well wide of the posts, over the bar, everywhere but on target. Bude needed to be going in to half time with a lead, they knew the second half would be tough, but it didn’t happen on the day. A weak ref didn't help, who even admitted after the game that he should have allowed Ferret's free kick in the first half.