Gloucestershire County League

Kingswood 2 Broadwell Amateurs 1

KINGSWOOD gained their first points of the season with a 2-1 win at home to Broadwell Amateurs, but it will be the visitors who will be kicking themselves tonight after missing easy chances early on.

After five minutes, Broadwell’s Ollie Fitt found himself clear on goal and just eight yards out but fired his shot too close to keeper Chris Fox giving him the opportunity to stick out a leg and ball flew over the bar. Kingswood’s first attempt on goal came from a Simon Clark free-kick on the edge of the box that went over the bar.

Ryan Mudd got to the six yard box only to see his shot deflected away for a corner. The home side went ahead on 13 minutes after they were given a free-kick on the edge of the box.

Simon Clark picked his spot and neatly curled the ball into the bottom corner out of the reach of keeper Jamie Merry. On 24 minutes, Ollie Fitt levelled when he was put clear on goal then proceeded to fire his shot past Fox inside the far post.

A few minutes later, Fitt was again put clear on goal but this time his shot went just wide of the far post. A couple of minutes before the break, Broadwell’s Jordi Sheen saw his rasping shot just skim past the upright.

Little happened in the early stages of the second-half with both teams cancelling each other out.

But, in the 65th minute, Ross Gabriel could have given the visitors the lead but headed wide of the target.

The home side got a break in the 69th minute when Jamie Evans was brought down just inside the box as he cut in, giving them the opportunity to go into the lead from the penalty spot.

Simon Clark took the kick and gave Merry no chance netting his second of the day which gave Kingswood their victory.