Warminster Town Come From Behind To Draw With Wells City
Warminster Town 1(0) Wells City 1(1)
Attendance 154
A strong second half performance from Town helped them to come from a goal down at the break to earn a deserved point against Wells City. The same opposition did the double over Town last season scoring ten goals in the process, so this promising result highlights the progress that they have made this season.
The omens weren’t great when City started strongly, with Town struggling to contain their wide men breaking down the wings and crossing into the box. From one such attack they took the lead. In the fifteenth minute a cross from right was swept in at the back post by Craig Herron. A rare Town attack in the thirty-fifth minute almost led to an equaliser. A defensive mistake left Jack Newman one on one with the City keeper Harley Wilkinson but the centre-forward lifted his shot over the bar. City continued to dominate and almost doubled their lead on the stroke of half time. A spectacular overhead volley found the back of the net but the goal was ruled out as referee had blown for an earlier infringement.
With Town manager Rob Nash unavailable due to a prior commitment the half time team talk fell to assistant manager Rob McFerran. Whatever he said during the break had the desired effect. Town’s second half was arguably their best forty-five minutes so far this season. In the fifty-second minute a Sam McFarlane volley flew just wide. On sixty-three minutes Town equalised. Jake Wright was fouled on the right edge of box. Reece Collyer’s free kick was blocked by City’s defence but when the ball rebounded back to him he unleashed an unstoppable shot into the top corner. Town were now on top. The full backs were stopping City’s flying wingers and the central defenders blocking shots. The midfield were now winning the fifty-fifty challenges and the forwards were causing City serious problems. What looked to be a good shout for a penalty when Jack Newman was felled in the box just led to a yellow card for simulation. Jake Wright was turning defenders inside out and he had a fierce shot well saved by Wilkinson. A minute later Jack Newman rounded the City keeper and shot from an acute angle. Unfortunately the shot was blocked at the near post. With time running out a Jack Newman layoff to captain Ryan Benson was volleyed just wide of the post. Then with time almost up another Reece Collyer volley was well saved by Wilkinson.
A great battling performance to suggest Town can start turning draws into wins to move them up the table from their current twelfth place.
Report by: Geoff Jackson