Match was reduced to 2 * 30 minute halves following our late arrival (miscommunication over car park). On paper the 14 man Minehead squad looked strong with some higher level players bolstering their centre, however from the start CS (11 players) set the pace with the somewhat-younger-then-usual frontline of Tom and Casper running rings around most of the Minehead halves and defence, with Josh and Cian ably supporting. This left Dave, Andy and Rhys running the midfield and Julian, Alex and George picking up the few leftovers. Oh and Bob was there too.
First goal came from a devastating short-corner flick from Andy that fooled everyone with its pace including Dave and a Minehead defender that were trying to get a stick to it. Further pressure led to a scramble in the D, a shot off the post from Josh and a finish from Tom. Somewhere in the middle of this Andy was green-carded however the reason was not entirely clear.
Half time talk was positive with the usual 'keep solid for the first 10 minutes' speech that obviously no one listened to as Minehead stole two goals soon afterwards following defensive mistakes (although Bob nearly rectified one by catching the first attacker at the top of the D).
The rest of the half was fairly back and forth with a number of goal chances missed, finally Tom popped up at the back post to bury the ball nearly through the back of the net for the winner.
This was a far better spirited match than the corresponding match in the final league match of last season before lockdown, with a great display from all of the youngsters who showed no fear and good discipline throughout.