Pryce saves the Fleet

Rovers travelled along the M3 to Calthorpe Park home of Hampshire side Fleet Town and came away with a draw after a tremendous goalkeeping display by Ryan Pryce.

In the second minute Pryce blocked Brandon Barnes shot and a minute later tipped Mike Perrott effort wide for a corner.

Town's Danilo Cadete was causing a few headaches for Paulton with a roving role and he had to attempts at the vistors goal.

James Billing received a poor clearance and from thirty yards out tried to chip Pryce waho was out of position but it fell wide.

Several strange decsions from the assistant flagging Nick McCootie offside when he was clearly on when the ball was played through to him as he raced through with his speedy pace.

Paulton continued to apply pressure, however against the run of play cadete broke through on the right and squared the ball for Rob Carr to give Fleet the lead at half time.

Paulton went behind through Rob Carr in the first half until levelling early in the second half through a superb strike by captain Dan Cleverley.

It was more of the same in the second half with Pryce holding Billing's shot then pulling off a double save from Dean Evans and then Barnes.

Paulton had a penalty appeal waived away on fifty two minutes when Nick McCootie was clearly shoved in the back by the Fleet captain Ben White, but the referee turned a blind eye to the Rovers appeals.

Within a minute of coming on as substitute Josh Klein-Davies created the equaliser for Paulton laying the ball into the path of McCootie who played it back to Cleverley who hit a superb drive from the edge of the penalrty area.

A minute later Pryce smoothered a McCottie chance, but three minutes later Klein-Davies made it 2-1 to Rovers. Barnes crossed and first perrott and then Cleverley headed goal wards with both attempts saved JKD follow up to bravely head home receiving a gash just below his right eye in the process.

With Rovers pressing to increase the lead Pryce was again the stumbling block and Fleet made it 2-2 on sixty eight minute when a deep cross from Cadete found Carr who volleyed the ball past Phillips.

Three minutes later both sides were reduced to ten men when Evans for Paulton and White for Fleet were shown red cards for violent conduct.

The game flowed end to end with Philips pulling off a neat save from Simba Mlambo and man of the match Pryce fisting away a shot by McCottie and then tipping a Perrott header over the bar.

Paulton manager Nick Bunyard was disappointment to drop two points. Rovers remain in third place.

Paulton Rovers-Kyle Phillips, Ollie Price, Marcus Mapstone, Scott Brice, Dean Evans, Brandon Barnes, Mike Perrott, Ben Lacey, James Billing (sub- Josh Klein-Davies 55 mins), Dan Cleverley, Nick McCootie

Sub not used - Josh Jeffries, Paddy Doyle, Mike Reaney