Tavistock AFC 2nds 0 – 1 Elburton Villa

The reserves suffered a rare home defeat against an energetic Villa side. The single goal came midway through the first half when, following a corner kick, a powerful header from Jack Ball found the Lambs’ net. The home team kept pressing forward but some resolute defending and good goalkeeping protected the visitors’ one goal lead at half time.

In the second period Villa nearly increased their lead when Jacob Smale had a great shot well saved. The same player was then red carded five minutes later for a really bad tackle.

The Lambs exerted more and more pressure on the Elburton defence, but they continued to defend well up until the last ten minutes, during which they completely lost their discipline. The game turned very nasty with ugly tackles taking place and two bad tackles from many gave the referee no alternative but to show further red cards to Elburton’s  Jack Ball and Ashley Ward.

The Lambs failed to take advantage and no matter how hard they tried they just could not get the breakthrough to force a draw.

Match Report: Derek Pethick