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10th August 2010 |
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Thetford Town 0 Diss Town 3 |
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Diss gained their first points of the season with a win at Mundford Road due to the top quality of their crossing. Two of the four former Thetford players, Luke Catchpole and Simon Jackson, were on the score sheet for Diss, whereas the ex-Tangerine forward line of Andrew Wood and Matt Dixon were off target in reply. Early possession was fairly even but Diss had more on target efforts. Jordan Rocastle came close inside 45 seconds after initially cutting out a poor pass and then forcing Mark Bowden to tip a dipping shot over the bar. Luke Catchpole had a 25 yard shot easily gathered by Bowden after 14 minutes. The save of the game came in the 23rd minute when a 25 yard right foot shot from Jason Hunt was tipped on to the outside of the post by the finger tips of Bowden. Rocastle played a perfect cross in from the right in the 26th minute for the previous weekend tennis champion Dan Wynne to head into the corner of the net from eight yards out for the opening goal. Hunt had a chance to make it two but Matt Dixon should have done better at the other end when he lifted the ball over Matty Webster and the bar after being sent free by Andrew Wood in the 37th minute. Ryan Haynes was close to an equaliser after creating an opening in the 43rd minute. Webster made a good save to deny Dixon at a 49th minute corner after Thetford put in a strong start to the second half. Jon Abbott had a shot blocked after taking too much time to a Simon Mann centre. Wynne released Rocastle to cut in from the right and strike his shot against a post in the 61st minute. Abbott was denied by the feet of Bowden as Diss attacked again down the left in the 68th minute. The second Diss goal came in the 71st minute when Simon Jackson won the ball in his own half and played a perfect pass out wide to Rocastle on the right. He ran in to space and sent over a perfect cross for Luke Catchpole to head powerfully into the net from six yards out. Wood missed two great chances inside three minutes late in the game with shots that flew firstly high and then wide. However, the final chance fell to Diss. Bowden used his feet to concede an 87th minute corner to a deflected Catchpole centre. Stuart Garner swung the corner over for Simon Jackson to head into the top corner from five yards out. |
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Diss starting team: Matty Webster, Mark Shadrack, Stuart Garner, Simon Jackson, Brendan Foley, Jon Abbott, Jordan Rocastle, Luke Catchpole, Dan Wynne, Jason Hunt, Simon Mann. Diss subs: Jesse Payne-Wilkins, Liam Smith (for Rocastle 86 mins), Tom Bryant, Sam Bryant (for Mann 65 mins) and Andy Moody (for Wynne 73 mins). Attendance: 119. |
