Town continue goal spree (From Ledbury Reporter)

Town continue goal spree

9:30am Friday 2nd November 2012 in Football

LEDBURY Town made it 28 goals in five West Midlands Football League Division Two games without conceding.

The table-toppers beat sixth-placed Penkridge Town 3-0 at New Street with Dan Herbert, Jamie Welch and Tom Boyle maintaining their stunning run.

Their second consecutive home fixture was a different encounter to the 9-0 demolition of Wolverhampton Sporting Community Reserves the previous week.

Penkridge threatened the home goal on several occasions and Ledbury struggled to open the scoring for most of the first-half.

The teams drew 4-4 earlier in the season and Ledbury went close early on when hitting the bar before Herbert was denied by a superb save.

Welch’s corner found the net on 15 minutes but was disallowed for a foul and Penkridge struck back with one effort shaving the post.

The visitors’ keeper pulled off a stop from Boyle to match his earlier effort but was finally beaten by a wellplaced Herbert header which broke the deadlock.

Ledbury nearly got a second before half-time when Welch was just unable to beat the keeper to the ball.

A dangerous strike from Penkridge early in the second period was well stopped by quick-witted keeper Nicholas Blakeway.

The Staffordshire side saw a header ruled out for a foul but Ledbury took over again with Herbert twice going close before Welch nodded in the second on 70 minutes.

A jubilant home crowd did not have to wait long for a third as Boyle netted with 15 minutes remaining. Ledbury’s fifth consecutive victory sets them up for tomorrow’s encounter at bottom- of-the-table Malvern Town Reserves at the Langland Stadium (2pm).

They host Fownhope in the Herefordshire FA Challenge Cup quarter-finals next Tuesday (7.30pm).

􀁥 Patrick Gibbs and Stuart Hall were on target as Newent Town beat Broadwell Reserves 2-0 in the JO Roberts Cup second round at Wildsmith Meadow.

James Hale, Andrew Jones and Scott Morgan guided the reserves to an impressive 3-0 triumph at Newnham United in North Gloucestershire Association League Division One.

Newent’s ‘A’ team won 4-2 at Ruardean United in the Gloucestershire FA Primary (North) Cup.