Thornbury 4-4 Suburbs

It was a good result for us today against a tough opponent. The game was played in good spirit though one of our players got sent off. He is sorry and disappointed in himself.

The first half was well contested- both teams having chances. At half time it was 2-1 to Thornbury.

Then the second half got a bit more interesting, our player got sent off, after that Thornbury went 3-1 up. Then we scored 3 goals to take the lead with about 10 minutes to go but we couldn’t quite hold on and conceded 5 minutes to go to make it 4-4.

I’m really proud of the guys who gave their all today and happy with the point.

Goals were scored by Mitch Hayward (2), Dan Hull and Chris Dinham.

Close game which maybe a draw was fair but it always had the makings of a 1-0 and Nailsea got the all important goal through Gunning.

Bit gutted really as a win would have moved us clear and now with Widcombe beating Santos 3-2 we are just a point off of relegation

Good all round attitude from both teams and the ref was outstanding

An amazing game today but we are kicking ourselves we didn't take all 3 points over the 90 minutes. At 3-1 up and cruising against 10 men and a free kick was hit at the wall, I swung my left foot, sliced it and it looped into the air and over our keeper for a freak own goal. Suburbs played better with 10 men (that happens so often!) and they equalised after a mix up at the back. With 5 mins they scored and we equalised with 2 mins left. Once again we paid for missing chances, I can count 4 we should have taken (2 by me) but you've got to put the ball in the back of the net.

A big dent to our promotion hopes but Castle Green lost to Welton today so that late equaliser could prove crucial. Hats off to Suburbs...the way they continued to battle on and attack with 10 men was credit to them and they played some great football at times. You should be proud Nathan....a gritty performance so nearly rewarded with 3 points. Gutted not to win, very fortunate not to lose in the end!

Goals for the Baps were scored by Chris Beddoes, Dave Tushingham (penalty), Phil Loadwick and Andy Robertson.

Probably coz u swore in it

Also u need to be careful what you say about other teams on here even if it is true. You need to contact the manager and the commitee if there is any problem to discuss don't air it on here.

We all know about Castle Greens poor disiplinary issues, eye gouging, stamping, swearing and thats just Ian.

I take back everything I said about the Shield semi!!

Have to say I'm surprised so many games happened today. Obviously Thornbury and Nailsea always survive the rain, but we were due to play a friendly against CC at Filwood today. Went there this morning and the pitches were drenched. There was visible water on about half the pitch they'd given us, and they called all games off for today whilst I was there.

Welton Rangers 5-3 Castle Green

Difficult game for both sides on a boggy pitch, same for both sides and Welton dealt with the conditions better than us. Well done to Welton.

A hattrick from Dan Powell provided CG's 3 goals.

Looking forward to the return in 2 weeks in the shield semi.

VCF Santos 2-3 Widcombe Wanderers

Racing Santos 1-2 Widcombe Corinthians

Bad day for Santos, good day for Widcombe! That's all I have to say

Good summary - good quality football, pitch made it hard work.

Our goal from Phil, direct from a corner which probably (!) wasn't the intention.

2 good goals from BSXI, both launched off the back of our attacks being broken down.

In the second half we started chasing the game but didn't really create too much whilst at the same time getting caught out at least a couple of times - could've been 4-1 if the finishing was better (and you suspect it might have been better if they weren't already winning).
Having said that, with the last couple of kicks of the game their keeper fumbled a 25-yarder from Phil that Mike C couldn't quite finish on the rebound (can't believe he didn't lay to off to me instead of shooting from an impossible angle - probably a reflection on my shooting accuracy!)

Scoreline probably a fair reflection of the game I'd say. Need to create a few more chances against CC next week.