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Stoneham
Feb 12, 2023 8:11:22 GMT
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Post by tenacres on Feb 12, 2023 8:11:22 GMT
Beat previously unbeaten porchester 2-1 yesterday. They are just 4 points off the top of the Wessex league and have won all 14 home games so far.
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Post by hantslondoner on Feb 12, 2023 11:58:51 GMT
Yes, played well and deserved their victory. Main thing is the floodlights didn't fail when Portchester were 2-0 down :-) Portchester were down to 10 men for the last half an hour. Stoneham are a physically strong team but play some good football too.
Portchester are still favourites but Stoneham, plus Horndean and Bemerton Heath (both with games in hand) will have been given some hope by this result, especially if the Portchester-Hamble decision (replay, or whatever) results in another loss for the Royals.
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Post by tenacres on Feb 12, 2023 18:20:17 GMT
I read about the Porchester-Hamble game. Porchester down to 9 men and there was also some uncertainty over how many minutes of the game had been played before it was stopped with Porchester retrospectively claiming it was 70 rather than 74. The whole thing looks a bit peculiar to say the least.
Would be suprised if the result doesn't stand, would seem the fairest outcome IMO.
I see Brett Pitman has 33 Wessex league goals so far, still with a chance of breaking Andy Forbes record of 55 league goals in a season.
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Post by tenacres on Feb 12, 2023 18:28:53 GMT
One thing that does suprise me about Stoneham is their low crowds. Before yesterday their highest of the season was 104 and they have quite a few crowds under 50. For a Saturday league game in October against Blackfield & Langley they got just 14!
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Post by hantslondoner on Feb 12, 2023 20:58:01 GMT
245 yesterday but only 44 for last Tuesday's game v Shaftesbury.
Think the Portchester-Hamble decision is being made in the next few days. We thought it was probably genuine (and they'd had problems before) because they wouldn't be stupid enough to cut the lights just after Hamble's second goal. There was a joke photoshopped picture of Pitman on Twitter with a smile, a screwdriver and some electrical equipment...
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