Woking 3 - 1 Gloucester A by Leonard Cohen
Gloucester’s A Squad turned in a lacklustre performance as they were outbattled and outplayed by a Woking side that thoroughly deserved their victory.
The visitors could not have asked for a better start, Jenner and Richards involved before Townsend found the bottom corner with a well struck left-footed drive, and almost immediately afterwards Coldridge set Jenner free down the right, but his cross was just taken at the second attempt by Rush.
Troke was twice called into action, safely fielding two efforts from outside the box, but it was his opposite number who prevented Gloucester doubling their advantage, Rush saving both Jenner’s effort and Pledger’s follow-up.
Troke was then forced into a fine save from La Roche and thirty seconds later did even better to turn Clarke’s effort round his left hand post at full stretch, but to complete a half when the goalkeepers were on top, Woking’s Rush was quickly off his line to deny Jenner on the stroke of the midpoint whistle.
Woking began the second half at pace, winning virtually every midfield ball and making big inroads down Gloucester’s left. Twice more the excellent Troke was on hand to thwart first Di Palma and then Jones from close range before Di Palma ran through a huge gap in the visitors’ defence to finally beat the gallant Gloucester stopper.
With the visitors now completely overrun in midfield, Woking dominated possession, territory and chances and Di Palma capitalised on more defensive disarray to add two more excellent finishes to complete his treble.
Jenner saw a late effort saved once more by Rush, but the 3-1 scoreline was the least the homesters deserved, with only Troke standing between them and a much bigger win. While taking nothing away from Woking who played very well in the second half, this was Gloucester’s poorest performance of the season by a long way and a huge individual and collective improvement is required.
Gloucester: Troke; Weir-Roberts, Richards, Hylton; Coldridge, Gore, Townsend, Pledger; Jenner.
The visitors could not have asked for a better start, Jenner and Richards involved before Townsend found the bottom corner with a well struck left-footed drive, and almost immediately afterwards Coldridge set Jenner free down the right, but his cross was just taken at the second attempt by Rush.
Troke was twice called into action, safely fielding two efforts from outside the box, but it was his opposite number who prevented Gloucester doubling their advantage, Rush saving both Jenner’s effort and Pledger’s follow-up.
Troke was then forced into a fine save from La Roche and thirty seconds later did even better to turn Clarke’s effort round his left hand post at full stretch, but to complete a half when the goalkeepers were on top, Woking’s Rush was quickly off his line to deny Jenner on the stroke of the midpoint whistle.
Woking began the second half at pace, winning virtually every midfield ball and making big inroads down Gloucester’s left. Twice more the excellent Troke was on hand to thwart first Di Palma and then Jones from close range before Di Palma ran through a huge gap in the visitors’ defence to finally beat the gallant Gloucester stopper.
With the visitors now completely overrun in midfield, Woking dominated possession, territory and chances and Di Palma capitalised on more defensive disarray to add two more excellent finishes to complete his treble.
Jenner saw a late effort saved once more by Rush, but the 3-1 scoreline was the least the homesters deserved, with only Troke standing between them and a much bigger win. While taking nothing away from Woking who played very well in the second half, this was Gloucester’s poorest performance of the season by a long way and a huge individual and collective improvement is required.
Gloucester: Troke; Weir-Roberts, Richards, Hylton; Coldridge, Gore, Townsend, Pledger; Jenner.
