Gloucestershire County League

Frampton United 1 Broadwell Amateurs 4

FRAMPTON United went down to defeat at home to Broadwell Amateurs after getting off to a bad start and never recovering.

Broadwell stunned Frampton with two goals in the first 13 minutes at the Bell Field. The home side were unable to contain the constant attacking as the visitors went into the lead after just two minutes as a cross from the left by Jordi Shen was headed past keeper James Marklove by Billy Guest.

The home side were caught again on seven minutes from a long free kick to the edge of the Frampton box that Liam O’Neil tried to hook over the bar but only succeeding looping the ball over his own keeper.

A low free kick from the edge of the box by Broadwell’s Liam Thomas only just went past the outside of the post and a minute later Jordi Sheen’s shot just dipped over the bar.

The home side did manage to get a shot on goal in the 13th minute when Manolo Marquez Espada was just wide with a shot from the edge of the box. Kris Bulley then lifted a fair chance over the bar.

At the other end, a cracking 25 yard shot from Kristian Burnard was pushed over the bar by Marklove. Liam Thomas broke down the left and sent over a graet cross into the box but Marklove was able to collect.

Frampton pulled a goal back on 59th minute from a long free kick from their own half that bounced awkwardly for the Broadwell defence and Ryan Vincent got behind them and scored with a brilliant shot from a very tight angle.

The home side were having a fair share of the ball at this stage and several attacks looked promising but good defending and some excellent goalkeeping fro Jamie Merry kept the home side at bay.

A third goal on 74 minutes from Broadwell made it tough for the home side to get anything from the game, Kristian Burnard got the ball wide on the left sent over a cross to the far post where Harry Williams was waiting to head past Marklove.

The visitors were lucky when a shot from the home side was hammered into the box it was cleared but hit another Broadwell defender it cannoned goal-wards but Merry got down well to save.

Danny Latham had a good chance to make it 4-1 on 81 minutes but his shot was just wide of the target.

The last action of the afternoon was a good shot from Frampton’s Jake Lowe but Merry was their again.