VICTORY!!

A word that has not been associated with the reserve side this season. One point out of forty can not be seen as a great return, so it was with optimism that the Stones arrived at Wendron hoping to exact revenge after a three two defeat at Polstain Road by the same side in the early part of the season.

With a strong wind blowing and a pitch that resembled the marsh land of Outer Mongolia, you knew that TMS would have to battle hard without giving an inch in territory. Threemilestone kicked off with the wind against them and from this moment you could see that the next forty five minutes were going to be extremely hard going for the away side. The home side pressure grew throughout the half with several good chances going begging, especially when the Wendron number nine burst through the TMS defence only to fire his shot wide of the target. Captain Mark Woolcock rallied the defence around him and they began to frustrate the home side with their resilience which had been missing in previous games. The young Stones keeper ensured that the score remained all square until a succession of corners eventually broke the deadlock. A corner from the left hand side was swung in on the wind, unfortunately for the Stones it was met by the Wendron skipper who managed to get enough on the ball to send it thumping into the back of the net. This did not dishearten the reserves who tried their utmost to create chances of their own and man of the match G.Counter began to terrorise the home sides defence with his searching runs. Elliot Jolly saw his header cleared off the line, before a counter attack from the home side lead to them doubling their lead firing past the despairing dive of the TMS keeper. Half time came with the score two nil to Wendron but “Gaffer” Hill was pleased with the performance as every one of his players had battled hard against the difficult conditions, TMS had the wind in this half and if they could use it right would surely get some kind of result out of it.

The second half saw the home side come out of the blocks somewhat quicker than the away side and they nearly scored from the kick off but were thwarted by an excellent tackle from the influential Rob Pentecost. It seemed to be the kick up the backside that the Stones required and they slowly started to dominate the game, with Wendron's attacks becoming few and far between. It was from this dominance that TMS clawed their way back into the game. Martin Pentecost crossed the ball towards the box, Luff latched onto the ball controlling with his left before firing a low shot with his right past the Wendron keeper into the left hand corner a “Pure MUTU moment” from the big centre forward. Two minutes later Luff sent a glorious ball down the right wing for “Parlour” Jolly to latch onto, leaving his marker in his wake, he cut in towards the goal, with this Wendron's keeper rushed out of his goal, only to see the ball sail over his had as Jolly struck a sublime chip with his weaker foot to level the scores. The home side became rattled and began to throw caution to the wind and it nearly paid off when Carlyon in the TMS goal had to make a double save to keep the scores level. Time started to run out on the lads from Polstain Road yet they kept on going, the gaffer made changes to bring fresh legs on taking of the excellent Counter who had run himself into the ground. Several chances went begging as the away side pushed harder and harder, Luff managed a shot that went through the keeper’s legs only to stop on the line in the mud. Then a cross from Jolly sailed over the keepers head but was just too high for Steve Pascoe to header home. The corners began to mount and from these the home side seemed to have a charmed life two of such corners being hacked off the line by panicking defenders. As the half came to a close Jolly had a shot that beat the home side keeper but hit the post, it looked like it was not going to be the Stones day again. With only a minute remaining the influential Blake Crouch slipped a superb through ball to Ryan Eustice on the left hand side the Wendron defender managed to get to him and slide the ball into touch, with seconds remaining Eustice launched the ball into the box and from the resulting pressure the home sides defenders could only clear the ball to the edge of the box, as the ref put his whistle to his mouth Darren Woolcock struck the ball first time rifling the ball into the bottom left hand corner, with that the final whistle blew.

This was a fantastic all round team performance with every player playing their part in what was a well deserved:

VICTORY!!!!!!!

Well done lads, bring on Goonhavern.

Richard Luff