AFC Stoneham 7 Fawley 2 - Russell Cotes Cup 16/11/21

AFC Stoneham 7-2 Fawley AFC

Russell Cotes Cup

AFC Stoneham comfortably ease into the next round of the Russell Cotes Cup with a well-earned 7-2

victory against Fawley AFC on Tuesday night. AFC Stoneham make 8 changes from the team that played

Bournemouth Poppies on Saturday afternoon, as well we also see some of the young players from

AFC Stoneham’s Development squad get a chance in the first team on the night.

AFC Stoneham start off brightly from kick off and have most of the chances at goal – when Ryan Penny

goes through on goal passes it to Duarte Martins who shoots but hits the post and goes out for a

goal kick. Another chance by Scott Hills goes a miss when he cuts inside and with his left foot shoots

but like previously it hits the bottom of the goal post and goes out for a goal kick. 8 minutes passes

and Scott hills buts AFC Stoneham 1-0 in the cup a great worked goal in which sees Jake Thomson

put in a good ball into the box from a corner in which Scott Hills shoots but takes a deflection off a

defender but the ball comes back to Hills feet and he puts it into the back of the net.

It takes just 4 minutes for AFC Stoneham to grab a second curtesy of Duarte Martins – Ryan Penny

plays the ball out to the right-hand side to Jake Thomson who brings it down on his chest and lays it

off to Duarte Martins who slots it into the back of the net making it 2-0 to Stoneham. A chance falls

to Scott Hills who collects the ball and passes it to Duarte Martins on the right, Martins plays a ball in

front of the goalmouth but no AFC Stoneham player can get on the end of it and the defender clears the

danger away. 16 minutes in Nathan Clements win the ball on the edge of the box and in space

shoots a low ball in the left-hand corner of the goal 3-0 to Stoneham.

Fawley have really come under pressure in the first 20 minutes of the game but they manage to have

a chance at goal when Dylan Knight finds himself in space and has a shot but his shot is well wide of

the goal and it causes no trouble for Ben Godwin in goal. For Stoneham the chances keep coming

when Cade Dyer plays a great ball into the box where Scott Hills meets the ball with his head but his

header hits the crossbar – a great chance to make it 4-0.

On the 26 th minute Nathan Clements makes it 4-0 to AFC Stoneham. Duarte Martins lays a good ball

off to Nathan Clements who at the edge of Fawley’s box shoots into the right-hand corner of the

goal. With all the action happening in Fawley’s halve of the pitch, Fawley manage to break free of

the constant pressure by Stoneham and come up with a good chance just before half-time. Nathan

Watkins plays a ball into the box but it is cleared away for a corner, Jack Stuttaro takes and Dylan

Knight headers it but Ben Godwin comes out and makes a great save.

Half Time AFC Stoneham 4-0 Fawley AFC.

Just before the start of the second half Fawley make the first substitution of the game with Jack

Stuttaro coming off and Sam Pithers coming on. AFC Stoneham start the second half lively just like in the

first half and come up with the first chance - when Jake Thomson, from a corner, plays a deep ball

into the box which falls to the feet of Scott Hills who shoots but the Lee Burch comes out and makes

the save. 50 minutes in Duarte Martins makes it 5-0, Jake Thomson pulls the keeper off his line and

lays the ball to his left into the path of Duarte who hits into the back of the net.

AFC Stoneham make their first substitution of the night with Jake Thomson making his way off for Ben

Backhurst. After the substitution we see Stoneham go 6-0, from a low range shot from the edge of

box curtesy of Duarte Martins once again. Soon after AFC Stoneham make another change with Duarte

Martins coming off and Jacob Gilpin taking his place alongside Stoneham Fawley make their second

change with James Clifton coming off and Jake Smith coming on. Fawley have a chance in the second

half to make it 6-1 when Tom Munday plays a great ball into the box and Sam Pithers, un marked,

has a free header and tucks it home to make it 6-1.

Fawley make their third and final substitution of the evening when Dane Sayce comes off and Jacob

Sheath comes on. Fawley temporarily go down to 10 men when Dylan Knight gets sinbinned for

what we assume is dissent by the player to the referee. A few chances come way for Stoneham but

none that really trouble the keeper.

Third and final substitution by Stoneham sees Nathan Clements make way for Diego Romero. Diego

plays a great ball over the top to Scott Hills who has to twist and turn to shake of the defenders

before he finally has some space to shoot and scores into the top left-hand corner of the goal 7-1 to

AFC Stoneham. 15 minutes later we see Fawley grab a second goal of the evening, James Elkins plays

some tricky football, he finally makes a past to Jake Smith on the edge of the box who side foots it

into the top right-hand corner of the goal.

Full Time AFC Stoneham 7-2 Fawley AFC

Line-up for AFC Stoneham

Godwin, Barnes, Dyer, Bulpitt, James, Wiseman, Clements, Thomson, Martins, Penny, Hills

Subs:-

Gilpin, Backhurst, Hammerton, Evans, Romero