BASHLEY 1-1 MOUSEHOLE AFC: THE INDEPENDENT, HONEST REPORT + SCREENSHOTS...

 The Ten-Man Bash Overcome Adversity To Grab A Point…

Bashley 1-1 Mousehole AFC…

The Mowdog’s thoughts…

This encounter was irritating to watch, as neither team was able to engage in passing the ball with accuracy and make inroads into their opponents’ ranks. Countless times the ball was hacked forward by players from both teams, only to be received back again by the same method moments later.

The very fact that the outstanding individual on the pitch was Mousehole’s skipper James Ward was mainly due to his many towering headers out of defence, as he dominated in front of his often redundant goalminder, Oli Chenoweth. Supported by the dependable Ed Harrison, Ward’s Seagulls were rarely threatened in defence and indeed, the two defenders even combined to score Mousehole’s goal just after the restart.

A RARE MOMENT OF ACTION FOR CHENOWETH...

A foul by Seagulls’ midfielder Tallan Mitchell on Bashley’s Kaden Hughes offered the most dangerous forward on show, Leighton Thomas, the opportunity to equalise from the penalty-spot but despite the fact that the hosts had been reduced to ten men, when Jamie Power was adjudged to have elbowed Mousehole’s Max Cook (worth looking at the video clip to decide for yourselves), there was little evidence that the Bash were playing short-handed… 

THE POWER CHALLENGE ON COOK...

...WHICH RESULTED IN A DISMISSAL...

The match trudged to a finish with the visitors reliant upon Ward and Harrison to defend set-pieces but in truth, apart from the two goals, during the contest there was little to report, offensively. Only wild shots too high by Mousehole’s Hayden Turner and Alex Cairo and two drives by Jack Symons could be recalled and Symons is probably still shaking his head now, after seeing his one-on-one effort blocked by Bash goalie Lloyd Thomas.

LLOYD THOMAS WOULD SAVE FROM SYMONS...

Symons also volleyed a first period Hayden Turner centre just too high but really, as goal chances went, no others were subsequently worth mentioning…

SYMONS' VOLLEY FLIES JUST TOO HIGH...

Home defender Ieuan Turner was the fellow responsible for the tree surgery during the afternoon, as several of his clearances shook leaves into the breeze like confetti at a wedding. As one sensible Bash-fan remarked: “I like the number 15’s no-nonsense defending…”

Even one late free-kick chance for Bashley from downtown, 25 yards out by Lewis Ross, failed to result in a shot and Mousehole cleared the ensuing delivery.

Sums it up, then.

The two goals…

Mousehole’s only tangible threat came from a number of Hayden Turner’s long throws and I can see him in my mind’s eye still, jogging slowly from the left to the right touchline to sling in yet another looping assist, unhurried by the referee who took some loathsome, crude, unfunny, vile and often cruel abuse from one shrieking Bashley supporter. The person constantly abused the visiting players also and was rather an embarrassment to the club, in truth. 

So it was that Turner’s long sling from the right was headed on by Ward, beating Tyler Edmondson to the ball, which fell for Harrison to hook into the bottom left corner of the net with an acrobatic overhead/over-shoulder effort…

THE ASSIST BY WARD...

THE LEAP BY HARRISON...

...& IN SPECTACULAR FASHION...

...IT'S 0-1 TO MOUSEHOLE...

A mistimed tackle by Mitchell saw Hughes fall to win a penalty for Bashley and from a long run-up, Leighton Thomas controlled himself and slotted a neat penalty low inside the right post, as Chenoweth dived in the other direction.

LEIGHTON THOMAS SCORES HIS PENALTY...

The final words…

I received a great reception from one of the Bashley’s committee members and all of the folks I met inside the members’ club were friendly towards me.

The match programme looks really smart and will be a decent read over the next few days…

It was a pity that some of the players resorted to feigning GBH during the match, which was annoying partly because it was so badly acted. The dismissal of the hardworking Power was probably harsh too, though I wasn’t close enough to the incident to come to a really fair conclusion.

Home skipper Ross was effective for his team and especially during the opening period, right-wingback Harvey Bertrand made life very tough for Mousehole’s Paolo Sousa. After the break, Bertrand turned to another Seagull on the pitch and said, “Your left-back’s shit.” 

Just that…

Mousehole’s forward Mark Goldsworthy was rarely involved in the proceedings, being offered so little accurate service and thus he was left to run about in vain. Symons seemed frustrated, often isolated on the right flank, almost seeming to be chomping at the bit to get into the midfield trenches alongside the industrious Cairo.

Mousehole were not well equipped enough to capitalise on their numerical advantage, although Bashley fought like angry stags to nullify their own disadvantage. 

All in all, the contest was generally untidy, often uncoordinated, regularly unpleasant and mostly underwhelming.

A point apiece?

Hmm, about right, I guess…