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February 13th 2010 - Torrington 0-1 Sporting |
| A well deserved win for Sporting this week. Dan Ferne, standing in as manager for the day, secured Sporting's first 3 points of the year. Dan's cross found its way to leading goal scorer Adam Walters who got the only goal of the game with a spectacular volley. Torrington had a man sent off early in the first half, which helped the Sporting cause. Most of the second half was spent defending the Sporting goal, but a great attitude and performance by the whole team, as well as a little bit of luck secured the points. |
December 5th 2009 - High Bickington 2-1 Sporting |
| Another unlucky day out for Sporting. A much improved performance from an injury hit squad. It was an even game with chances for both sides. If Adam Walters missed penalty had counted as well as a curious disallowed goal in the first half, Sporting could have come out on top. Man of the match goes to Mark Dorman for his many saves in difficult conditions. |
November 21st 2009 - Buckland Brewer 3-4 Sporting |
| A return to winning form for Sporting with a 4-3 win over Buckland Brewer. The first half saw Sporting competing and winning the ball in all areas. Top goal scorer Adam Walters got the first goal with a terrific strike from the corner of the box. Andy Ladley scored the second, with his first goal for the club following a 10 year drought, slotting it past the keeper from close range. 2 - 0 at half time. Sporting started the 2nd half poorly allowing their opponents to draw level. Lee Byrne got Sportings 3rd to put us back in front, set up by Tom Webb, Lee's shot had too much power for the keeper to hold onto. Buckland Brewer then drew level for the 2nd time after some unlucky rebounds following a corner. Sporting's newest signing Steve Priscott got the winner with his first goal for the club with a cross from the wing which everyone missed and it sneaked in at the back post. Special mention goes to Gary Mcfarlane who gave the Buckland defence a lesson with his pace and movement. A much needed 3 points for Sporting. Man of the match goes to Shaun Harrington on his return after a 5 week break. |
November 7th 2009 - Sporting 2-3 Northam Lions |
| An improved performance from Sporting. More confidence on the ball and better attitude and work ethic showed what we can do when we put our minds to it, unlucky not to get the result. Sporting fell behind in the first half, but within minutes, stand in right back, Paul Millward's cross was missed by everyone, including the keeper, and sneaked in at the back post to equalise. Northam scored 2 more to make it 3-1. 2nd half, Paul Millward now playing in midfield hit a half volley on the edge of the box which ended up in the top corner (after a slight deflection). Sporting had many chances, recent signing Alex Turnbull had a goal dissallowed, centre back Paul Burton had a shot cleared off the line with other shots coming off the keepers head then the post before being cleared. Man of the match goes to Paul Millward. |
October 31st 2009 - Anchor 9-2 Sporting |
| Another lacklustre display from Sporting saw them slip to their 3rd defeat on the bounce with a 9-2 hammering by mid table rivals Anchor. An enraged Gary McFarlane ripped into all players at half time yet Sporting never looked like taking the game to Anchor with an all-round poor performance throughout the team. Sporting’s goals came courtesy of a Gary McFarlane cross come shot and a sweetly taken header at the back post by Tom Webb for his first goal in over 4 years. Sporting's Man of the Match award said it all about the performance with 10 different nominated players, but Tom Webb took the honours for his 3rd Man of the match award in as many weeks. |
October 24th 2009 - Sporting 2-4 Equalizers |
| Saturday's game saw Sporting home to Equalizers. Sporting started off well with the majority of the play in the first half. Adam Walters scored to put Sporting in front. Equalizers raised their game and came back to take the lead 2-1. Some good work from Johnny Green forced a penalty, which Adam Walters converted to make the score 2-2. Unfortunately Sporting couldn't make their chances count and paid the price finishing 4-2 to Equalizers. A good effort and performance though from Sporting, much improved on the previous week. Man of the match for the 2nd week running was Tom Webb. |
October 11th 2009 - Woolsery 7-0 Sporting - Braunton Cup |
Sporting's Braunton cup game ended in defeat after a poor team performance. Arriving with the bare 11 and with some key players missing, Sporting were under the cosh from the kick off. A young and spritely Woolsery side seemed to want it more on the day. The arrival of Lee Byrne(sub) at half time gave us more stability and bite in midfield. Sporting got back into the game, played some good football and created chances and were unfortunate not to score. A lack lustre performance which needs improvement. Final score 7-0. Man of the match was awarded to Tom Webb. Thanks and good luck to Chris Earlham and John Christianson, who are moving away (not together, I may add) to the big smoke. Best wishes from the team. |
October 3rd 2009 - Sporting 2-5 Torrington |
| Some silly mistakes in the first half gifted Torrington 3 goals that could have been avoided. Lee Byrne managed to get a goal back from a corner, but the first half ended 5-1 to Torrington. Sporting seemed a different team in the second half having most of the play including having 3 goals disallowed before Adam Walters managed to score a great individual goal. Final score Sporting 2 - 5 Torrington. Man of the match awarded to Sam Paddon. |
September 26th 2009 - Torrington Admirals 2-3 Sporting |
| Saturday saw Sporting gain their 3rd win of the season away at Torrington Admirals. Unable to take advantage of 4 or 5 chances in the first half, Sporting fell behind early in the second half as the Admirals took the lead. Lee Byrne snatched an equalizer shortly after. The Admirals went ahead a second time due to some sloppy defending at the back. Man of the match, Dan Ferne came on to score 2 quality goals to seal the win for Sporting. |
September 19th 2009 - Sporting 1-3 Park United |
| Saturday saw our first league defeat, 3-1 to Park Utd. Sporting battled the whole game, but Park where the better team on the day. Super sub, Adam Walters came on at half time and scored an excellent individual goal. Man of the match was shared between 2 players this week, new signing Chris Holding at centre back had a great debut performance, and striker Gary Mcfarlane, played in goal and made some fantastic saves (even if the ref didn't see them!!). |
September 12th 2009 - Torrington 3-0 Sporting - Devon Intermediate Cup |
| Sporting travelled to Torrington in the Devon Intermediate Cup. Our injury plagued squad of 12 put up a brave performance against a good Torrington side. Gary Mcfarlane had a goal disallowed which would have made the score 1 - 1 at the time. Sporting where competitive in all areas of the pitch for the full 90 minutes. But in the end Torrington came away with a 3-0 victory. The manager was impressed with the 100% effort from all players present, Shaun Harrington got the vote for man of the match. |
September 8th 2009 - Northam Lions 1-2 Sporting |
| Again a solid performance from Sporting. Kevin Baddick got his first for the club in the first half to put us in front,
with a pinpoint cross supplied by Gary McFarlane. Northam then equalised. Again Sporting had many chances and should have been 4 up in the first half.
With 25 minutes to go Lee Byrne scored from a throw-in from Dan Ferne to put us back in front. With 15 minutes to go, new signing Steve Marlow went in for a tackle and pulled his ankle ligaments.
Sporting finished the last fifteen minutes with 10 men (having used all their subs) and were under the cosh, but managed to hold on to secure their 2nd consecutive win. 100% record so far. Man of the Match - Steve Marlow, who is now out injured for 4 to 6 weeks. |
September 5th 2009 - Sporting 5-2 Merton |
| Good performance by all. New signing George Lane got his first goal for the club to put Sporting ahead.
Dan Ferne got one, Adam Walters got 2. Sporting also missed a hatful of chances and should have scored at least 7. Man of the match - Adam Walters. |
August 14th 2009 - Fixtures |
| Click on the Fixtures & Scorers Tab above to view this Season's Friendlies and League Fixtures. |
July 14th 2009 - Training Has Started |
| All players new and old are welcome to attend training every Wednesday (except when friendlies are being played) on the Astro Turf, Park School, 5.45pm. |
