Gloucestershire County League

Thornbury 3 Henbury 1

THORNBURY Town took the spoils at home to Henbury with a 3-1 win as the visitors ended the game with nine men after having two sent off.

It was Henbury who might have scored first after two minutes from a long free kick into the box that Adam Rosser rose well to but the ball skimmed off his head and out for a goal kick.

A couple of minutes later Rob Wilks was on target but he hit it straight at the town keeper Lee Mason. In the 6th minute Thornbury were fortunate to take the lead when a cross from the right was headed into his own net by Rob Wilks.

Henbury levelled the score on the half hour mark with a cracking goal from Jack Mills who struck a 30 yard free kick past Mason.

On 37 minutes a Danny Thompson header from a Marcus Wormwell cross went straight to the Henbury keeper Callum Flint.

Thornbury were unlucky in the 39th minute when a long corner to the far post from Wormwell was headed back across goal but Nathan Irwin’s header was brilliantly cleared off the line by Adam Rosser.

At the other end, Mason managed to palm the ball away from a free kick and Jack Mills hit a second free kick over the top.

In time added at the end of the half Danny Thompson put Irwin clear on goal but he shot wide. Two minutes into the second half, the home side went ahead again and it was Marcus Wormwell’s shot that was blocked but rebounded to Luke Franklin to smash the ball home.

Irwin had a good chance to increase the lead 66 minutes but with a clear shot on goal he hit it wide. Henbury broke down the right and the cross into the six yard box was neatly grabbed by Mason before it could reach the unmarked Aaron Anglin. Mason then brought off a good save to deny Anglin from a tight angle.

On 73 minutes the visitors were reduced to ten men when Reece Purnell picked up a second yellow card. To make things even worse for Henbury they went down to nine men on 84 minutes when Jack Mills also picked up a second yellow and was dismissed.

In the 86th minute, Henbury almost got a second when Scott Thomas’s header from a corner was cleared off the line. With just two minutes left of normal time, Thonbury scored a third goal from a long corner to the far post from Danny Thompson and Nathan Irwin headed it home.