Gloucestershire County League

Yate Town Reserves 1 Gala Wilton 3

YATE Town Reserves were looking to bounce back from the heavy defeat last week with a home fixture against Gala Wilton.

The home side had much the better of the first half and Gala’s keeper Matt Bickers made a great save from a Mike Alvis shot on seven minutes.

Kyle Bakewell challenged home keeper Jon Eames to a 50-50 ball on 12 minutes with the keeper winning the day and preventing Gala from going ahead.

On 24 minutes Eames did well to turn Dan Irvine’s free kick around the post. Yates Liam Pullen and Henry Jones had good chances to put the home side in front but both shots cleared the bar.

The best chance for the visitors came in the 36th when a through ball found Sam Webb time his run perfectly but then with just the keeper to beat he shot wide. So a barren first 45 minutes but what a start to the second half by Gala.

Within three minutes they were 2-0 up the first on 46 minutes was netted by Martin Smith and then two minutes later Dan Irvine got the second.

Yate’s Mike Alvis should have scored in the 65th minute when he broke clear on goal but was closed down by Bickers who parried his shot away.

In the 59th minute Yate prevented a third goal with a goal-line clearance. In the 84th minute Alvis missed a sitter but made up for it two minutes later when he broke into the box to score. In the very last minute of the game Gala Substitute Jason Littleton scored to make it 3-1.