Evesham United claimed their first home victory in the Southern League Division One South & West with an emphatic 5-0 success against Swindon Supermarine who finished the game at the Jubilee Stadium with nine men. The win extended United`s unbeaten League and Cup run to six games and a confidence booster ahead of next Saturday`s important FA Cup Third Qualifying Round tie with Southern League Central side Chalfont St Peter.
Robins keeper Kevin Sawyer passed a late fitness test but Linden Dovey, Will Wellon and Carl Brown all failed to make it because of illness and
injury, handing youngster Liam Harding his first start of the season at the heart of the Evesham defence. Despite the final scoreline, Swindon opened strongly forcing a succession of corners and free-kicks but all came to nothing and it was United who broke the deadlock on 25 minutes through the impressive George Washbourne who guided a drive beyond Sam Warrell into the bottom corner. Swindon responded with Dan Martin and the dangerous Luke Hopper missing golden opportunities to pull the visitors level before United added a second two minutes before half-time. In attempting to clear Washbourne`s inswinging corner, keeper Warrell made a hash of his clearance and punched the ball into his own net for 2-0.
HALF-TIME: Evesham United (2) Swindon Supermarine (0)
Washbourne Scored opener
Mark Flanagan cleared Lance Smith`s header off the line at the start of the second-half, only to be sent-off moments later for collecting two yellow cards in quick succession. Two goals in five minutes then put the game out of Swindon`s reach. Ashley Edenborough playing against his former club got on the end of Washbourne`s free-kick at the back post to make it 3-0 and then good work by Edenborough down the left, ended with substitute Harry Williams driving in low past the helpless Warrell for 4-0. Swindon`s miserable afternoon got worse five minutes from time when Joe Shepherd was sent-off for a late challenge on dangerman Washbourne, reducing the visitors to nine men. To rub salt into Swindon`s wounds, Evesham bagged a fifth goal in stoppage-time when Cheltenham Town loanee Williams scored his second after coming on for the hardworking Smith, with a close range header after Washbourne`s initial shot had bounced back off the Marine crossbar.
EVESHAM UNITED:
Sawyer, Wilson, Binns, M.Jackson, Sysum, Harding, Kennedy (Wood 73), N.Jackson, Edenborough (Slack 82), Smith (Williams 70), Washbourne.
SUBS NOT USED: Skeen and Tambling
REFEREE: Mr C.Husband (Worcester)
ATTENDANCE: 206
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