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Whether it was exhaustion from the monumental efforts of Tuesday night, or just saving themselves for Stockport, this was certainly a low point of the season. Sam Clayton was given his first start in place of Paul Vines and Danny Bracken made his first team debut.
The opening ten minutes offered serious chances at both ends. Bracken quickly
demonstrated why he is regarded so highly with a double close range save in the fifth minute, with
a follow up effort cleared off the line by the defence. Two minutes later Simon Parker broke from half way, forcing a save from Snoddy and winning a corner from which the keeper held onto
a shot from Byatt.
Chippenham were starting to dominate the midfield and on twenty minutes Joe Vines slipped, allowing Powell to get past him. Bracken could only parry his low shot
but Lye was first to follow up and give the home side the lead. The
score was doubled almost immediately when Nelson conceded a penalty that Powell converted.
The next five minutes were probably Tootings best of
the afternoon. Byatt almost pulled an unlikely goal back immediately with a speculative lob that clipped the bar. Parkers attempt a minute later lacked venom and was easy for
Snoddy. Referee Morris then had the visitors howling for failing to allow the advantage to run when Terrors streamed forward after Goode was hacked down by Williams.
Chippenham took command for the next ten minutes with Nelson heading off the line and Bracken pulling off a smart low save from Powell.
When Tooting did finally get back into the home half Sam Clayton controlled a Byatt cross beautifully, giving himself a golden chance,
but put it wide.
Half Time: Chippenham Town 2-2 Terrors
Aaron Goode moved into defence to replace Joe Vines, but he also slipped and was bypassed, setting up Powell to claim his second after 58 minutes. Two minutes after and Bracken could only watch as a long range thunderbolt
flew over him, fortunately crashing against the crossbar.
Tooting briefly rallied again when McLeod teed up Byatt, who drilled his shot low for the solitary goal, and four minutes later Simon Parker had a good shot deflected for a corner. But by now the tank was empty.
Bracken had pulled off another decent save before Lamb strolled through the Terrors defence
to emphatically round off the scoring.
Clayton produced one further cameo, forcing a decent top corner save from Snoddy, and Adam Fletcher injected a bit of life to the
moribund midfield but, ironically, the only positive to be taken from the day was the performance of keeper Danny Bracken.
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