PAULTON ROVERS 4 v 0 THATCHAM TOWN

Aside Sainsbury's Supermarket Midsomer Norton Man of the Match - Paulton Rovers captain Dan Cleverley receives his award from Somer Valley 97.5 FM Sports Presenter Ian Nockolds.

Paulton overcame a determined Thatcham Town to bounce back from a recent poor spell to comfotably win 4-0 in a match sponsored by Sainsbury's Supermarket, Midsomer Norton.

Manager Bunyard had a full strength squad with only Dean Evans missing through suspension. Rovers dominated the game from start to finish and coped with the few chances that Thatcham threw at them with ease.

The best chance of the first half fell to striker McCootie after Ryan Bath showed great skill to outfox the Thatcham defence and cross in to Cleverley whose effort from the edge of the box was blocked and McCootie was quickest to react but his shot bounced back off the middle of the upright.

Brandon Barnes and Ben Lacey were causing problems down both flanks and providing good service to strikers Bath and McCootie but neither could find a way past a resilient Thatcham defence and the half ended goalless.

The game swung further in Rovers favour midway through the second half when manager Bunyard introduced Forest Green Rovers loanee Saul Williams and his impact was immediate when Lacey beat two Thatcham defenders down the right and Williams flicked the ball to another second half substitute Perrott who in turn found Barnes who tapped in for Rovers first of the afternoon.

The goal lifted Rovers confidence and a neat interchange between Cleverley and McCootie released Perrott whose volley was well saved by Bifton in the Thatcham goal.

Substitute Williams was gifted his first goal for Rovers in the seventy sixth minute when Bifton scuffed his goal kick straight to him and he outpaced the Thatcham defence and cooly slotted home for 2-0.

Ten minutes later Rovers replaced the lively McCootie with Klein-Davies and he got in on the act when he was bought down in the box and he sent the keeper the wrong way as he scored the resulting penalty and Rovers third of the afternoon.

Rovers kept pressing forward hungry for more goals and with four minutes to spare Klein-Davies scored his second of the afternoon with a sublime curling finish from the edge of the area.

Klein-Davies and Williams combined well in the final minute of the game but Bifton saved well to deny Williams his second of the game.

Paulton Rovers: Kyle Phillips, Stuart Tovey, Sam Teale, Marcus Mapstone, Scott Brice, Brandon Barnes, Josh Jeffries (sub-Mike Perrott 67 mins), Ben Lacey, Ryan Bath (Saul Williams 60), Dan Cleverley (C), Nick McCootie (Josh Klien-Davies 75)

Subs not used: Darren Jefferies, Ryan Batten

Sainsbury's Midsomer Norton Man of the Match- Dan Cleverley (Paulton Rovers)

Attendance: 130

Referee Mark Greenwood (Devon)
Entertainment: 4/5

The match was broadcast live online only at Somer Valley FM 97.5 with commentary from Sports Editor Ian Nockolds.

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