Stourport 0 Chasetown 2

Monday 2nd March 2009, 6:34AM GMT.

goal.jpgChasetown secured a second successive 2-0 success at Stourport Swifts.

Gary Birch and Dean Perrow were in fantastic form up front, the latter scoring both goals, while Ben Steane and the Branch brothers were a constant threat.

After an end-to-end start the visitors were awarded a penalty for Wes Joyce’s handball after 11 minutes.  Perrow calmly slotted the ball into the left hand corner.

Chris Slater halted a mazy run by Mark Owen three minutes later with the resultant corner sent goalwards by Wes Joyce, but visiting keeper Ryan Price was able to push his weak shot around the post.

Birch then lobbed the ball over Chris Duggan but Steane could only find the side netting.

Mark Branch, Steane and Birch were ensuring that the ball rarely left Stourport’s half and on 38 minutes Richard Batchelor’s cross found Perrow in a perfect position but Moore somehow gathered his shot on the line.

In the second half, Batchelor’s shot from a Steane corner was wildly off target while Steane forced Moore into a good save.

Price then reacted quickly to deny Scott Morris from close range before Batchelor’s low ball from the right passed two defenders, allowing Perrow to slot home.

Vaughan Thomas sent in a peach of a cross from the right and Birch got his head to it but Joyce was on hand to clear. Batchelor was then shown the red card after a seemingly innocuous tangle with Jones.



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