Southern League Division One South Saturday 30th August
Plymouth Parkway 0-4 Frome Town
Six in a row for the Robins ensured a perfect August and start to the campaign.
Frome travelled away from home for the third time in a row, with Bolitho Park hosting the Dodge. It was a side that Danny Greaves was fond of playing against, having scored eight of our 39 league goals against them last season.
A regular 11 was picked with Callum Gould brought back into the side and it was typical Frome with domination from the get-go. After just eight minutes, the first goal of the afternoon; Zac Drew danced past the defence and placed home his strike in the top right corner.
Straight from the restart, it could’ve been two; Hopkins pounced on the ball whilst Allan was out of the box. The forward went past the goalkeeper and took aim. Unfortunately, his effort stopped on the pitch and was cleared.
However, just 12 minutes later, the second of the game was scored, but this time, it was rolled into the goal by the hosts’ own player, Carlo Garside.
The final goal of the half came from our poacher, David Duru. The Nigerian was put through on goal and smashed his effort home into the left-side netting.
The first half was action-packed to say the least; Frome’s attack was clinical and the side was also very solid in the defensive department too.
After the break Hopkins got his name on the scoresheet, making it four nil on the day for the Robins. Duru whipped a perfectly-placed cross into the box which was met by the No.11 who calmly nodded home.
Substitutions were made in the second half in bulk. All five changes allowed were made with 20 minutes of the game remaining, with a little bit of luck needed to ensure no injuries happened for the remainder of the game.
This did come back to bite Greaves with Theo Llewellyn sent off just five minutes after maxing out the subs used. Hopkins had to play in a more defensive role to fill the boots of the midfielder, resulting in the main focus of the game being to keep the clean sheet and counter on the break if needed.
Full-time arrived, and it was another comprehensive victory for Frome, with just two goals conceded in the whole month.
Report: Thomas Groves.
