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Wiltshire Senior League
Late Penalty Earns Frome a Point at Corsham
Corsham Town team photo courtesy of John Cuthbertson
Midweek action in the Premier Division this week in the end was limited to just the one game as the game at Malmesbury Victoria between their Development side and Melksham Town Reserves fell victim to the continued wet weather. The game that got the go ahead was at Corsham Town’s Southbank Ground, where Corsham Town Reserves met Frome Collegians. On another wet Wiltshire evening Corsham Town Reserves were looking to move within a point of the top two with a victory over Frome Collegians. When the sides had met on the opening day of the season Corsham had won comfortably 5-2 but came into the game without a win in their previous two outings. Frome themselves were also on a bad run of form with just a solitary single point to show from their previous four league games.

Corsham Town Reserves started the game on top and went close early on, hitting the woodwork on five minutes and creating a number of other good chances. Despite this good start they fell behind to a goal on the counterattack on fifteen minutes, Max Pollock slotting home for his seventh goal of the season. The visitors had a couple of further chances to extend their lead, but it remained 1-0 to Frome at the break.

Corsham started the second half fired up and were well on top in the early exchanges of the second period, creating a number of good chances. They finally got back on level terms on the hour mark, leading scorer Dan Lardner with the equalising goal, netting his 15th of the season. Corsham continued to push forward and went in front for the first time in the match twelve minutes from time thanks to a goal from Chay Forrester.  As the game moved into its closing stages it looked like Corsham would be successful in closing that gap to the top two to just a single point but all their good work in coming from behind was undone a minute from time when Frome were awarded a penalty that was duly put away by James Hounsell to level matters at 2-2.

A good away result for Frome, who bounced back from a poor second half last Saturday at the Gerard Buxton Ground, to earn a point against one of this season’s leading sides. For Corsham that is now three games, all at home, without a win and they have another tough looking home fixture this Saturday when Kintbury Rangers visit the Southbank Ground. Whilst disappointed by not getting the win, the point gained did lift them into third spot above Kintbury ahead of Saturday’s encounter between the two sides. Last season the game at the Southbank was a tight affair that Corsham edged 2-1 and when the sides met at Kintbury earlier in the season it finished 1-1 in another close encounter and Saturday is set to be yet another tight affair and the top league game of the weekend.
Dan Lardner who scored in Corsham's 2-2 draw with Frome Collegians to move onto 15 for the season
Thursday 9 January 2020
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