GOSPORT BORO 2
Ramos 58, Wooden 78
MERTHYR TN 1
Handley 14
DAN WOODEN struckin the 78th minute of this blockbuster match to give all three points to the Boro.
The game got off to a fierce start and the Welsh side took the lead after 14 minutes.
Noah Smerdon marched through Gosport’s defence, unleashing a shot that forced Toby Steward to push it out into the danger zone. The ball fell to the feet of Tom Handley who struck a thunderbolt into the top corner.
With a minute left of the first half, Frazer Thomas was in the thick of the action once again. Just outside of the Gosport box, Thomas lashed a shot inches wide which should have seen the lead doubled going into the second half.
Like many other perfor mances this season, Gosport tend to be a second half side.
This was shaping up to be the same case as three minutes into the second half Will Fuller had to pull off a wonder save.
Bradley Tarbuck’s deep cross found Rafael Ramos in the centre of the box. The Portuguese fired an effort towards the upper corner with Fuller flying to his right and deflecting it out for a corner.
Although Gosport couldn’t do anything with the corner, in the 58th minute they found their equaliser.
It was a similar scenario to the previous chance, this time Tarbuck’s cross met Ramosat the
