Tiverton Town 1-2 Poole Town

The win takes Poole into third in the southern league premier south table. It also marks the first victory away at Tiverton in over 5 years, proving to be a tough place to go but now that curse has been broken

A cold night in Tiverton under the lights this evening on a tricky pitch, but it was a bright start from dolphins when Diaz had his shot cleared off the line.

That set the tone and from then it was pure Poole dominance, which led to an early penalty being given after Josh Staunton headed the ball onto a Tiverton hand and the ref pointed to the spot.

Shaq Gwengwe stepped up and had his penalty saved well but on the rebound managed to win a second penalty, getting to the ball before the Tiverton player and the defender brought him down.

On second attempt Shaq fired the ball into the top left corner and Poole took a deserved lead.

Tiverton responded with their own pressure, but it wasn’t long before Poole doubled their lead after Selim Saied slid a delicate through ball to Ik Hill who beautifully slotted the ball away into the bottom corner.

Poole tried to finish the game off in the first half with a flurry of chances towards the end of the first half but were unable to and took a deserved 2-0 lead into the break.

The second half started in the same fashion as the end of the first with Poole trying to kill the game off, however Tiverton then started applying some real pressure which was the story of the second half.

Tiverton scored in the 51^st minute after a cross was whipped in and the ball headed into the top corner by Asa Hall.

Despite Poole responding almost immediately Tiverton were the ones on the front foot with their home fans cheering them on trying to find that equaliser.

The goal scorer Asa Hall had the best chances of the game for Tiverton in the second half but was unable to convert from inside the area.

Poole for the majority of the second half had to defend strong and the entire team had to be disciplined with the entire backline defending superbly and staying strong to hold on for the win.

Tiverton really threw everything at it towards the end but the Dolphins stayed resolute and stood firm to earn a hard fought win and take all three points back to Poole.