Nathan Not Modest With Last Gasp Winner

A late goal from 10-man Evesham United condemned Tiverton Town to their first league defeat since August as they won 3-2 this afternoon in Devon.  It was Evesham’s sixth game without defeat.

The match got off to a quiet start with Ethan Phillips seeing a long-range shot held by visiting keeper Kevin Sawyer and Joe Perry palming a shot from Lance Smith round the post.

The visitors took the lead in the 19th minute when Matt Sysum met Nick Stanley’s free-kick with his head to score.

The hosts equalised seven minutes later when James Mudge fired into the top corner.

Following the equaliser, neither side were able to create too many chances, with both sides’ defences on top.

Evesham were reduced to ten men in the 40th minute, when Ashley Williams received a straight red card for a tackle on Owen Howe.

Evesham retook the lead on the stroke of half-time when another Stanley free-kick into the box found captain Sysum unmarked at the back post, planting a well-placed header past the keeper for his second goal.

The second half continued in the same vein as the first, with neither side creating any clear chances, with the game deteriorating into a long-ball battle.  Tiverton created the better chances and they finally equalised in the 87th minute when Mike Williams slid in to finish at the far post.
In the sixth minute of injury time debutant Nathan Modest then sprinted through on a counter attack and the substitute rounded Perry to score a dramatic winner.

Evesham United: Sawyer, Dovey, Stanley, Williams, Sysum, Wellon, Brown (Wilson, 64), Wood, Mann (Harding, 46), Smith (Modest, 68), Green.

Subs (not used): Binns, Sloggett

Attendance: 232


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