WHIPTON YOUTH - 1 v 0 - STOKE HILL JUNIORS 

A very close game against two very evenly matched sides, who both tried to play football with good passing movements, at times Whipton were brilliant at opening us up, with either Sam Crees, Tristram Howe or GK Connor Hepburn just saving Stoke Hill.  But also Stoke Hill Juniors were very quick to counter attack and were unlucky not to take a 1-0 lead just before half time when Ethan Flanagan after some good work down the right by Connor McAndrews found himself free from his marker in the box and shot just wide. 

The second half was also very similar, but Whipton were starting to attack swiftly and forced a number of corners, one of which from the left hand side was poorly marked by Stoke Hill and the ball in the box was clicked in with a nice touch by Whipton with the goalie unsighted.  Juniors kept their heads up and also forced three consecutive corners and were unlucky not to equalise when Harry Taylors shot just went wide and JJ Green after some good holding work turned and just clipped the post in a game where in hindsight a draw would have been a fair result. 

PINHOE SPARTANS - 2 v 3 STOKE HILL JUNIORS    

The final game of the season for Juniors and they played with real passion and commitment, Pinhoe Spartans are a good side who play passing football and despite some early pressure by Stoke hill the stalemate was maintained until midway through the first half where a free kick was given to Juniors after Harry Taylor was bought down.  Connor McAndrews from the half way line then Beckham like hit a truly great floating shot which from 30 yards went straight into the top of the Pinhoe net for 1-0.   Pinhoe continued to play their passing game and after some good pressure on the right opened up the Stoke Hill defence and the resultant right foot shot hit the bar.  There hard work finally came to fruition after forcing a number of corners the pressure resulted in a deserved equalizer for Pinhoe from close range. 

The second half started brightly for Stoke Hill and Harry Taylor was proving very elusive with some great left hand side dribbling feeding Ethan Flanagan who looked up and shot just wide, then a good clearance from Tris Howe in defence found Sam Crees who passed one player and slipped a pass to Harry Taylor who dribbled into the box and hit a lovely left foot shot which was initially brilliantly saved by the Pinhoe Keeper only to rebound of a defender and possibly Taylors foot into the goal at slow motion pace for 2-1.   Again Pinhoe continued to attack but defensively Juniors were holding strong with some good saves by Connor Hepburn and defensive work by Tris Howe assisted by Sam Crees.  Again un sung hero Crees won a tackle and found Charlie Carr upfront who weighted the ball to skipper Ethan Flanagan who hit a lovely shot from just outside the box for 3-1. 

The last 5 minutes were tense especially when Pinhoe created there own Beckham moment with a lovely right hand side shot from at least 25 yards which cleared Hepburn in goal for second goal for Pinhoe.  But with great spirit Stoke Hill were able to hold on for a great 3-2 victory against a side who we always have very close contested games against. 

Men of the Match - The Stoke Hill Team - really played as a unit.    

Despite their best efforts Honiton were unable to overturn a first half deficit against Brixington. The final match of the season saw Exmouth demonstrate why they have done extremely well. However Honiton did themselves proud challenging every move until the end. Kelsey Pulman was again outstanding in goal.   Captain Jake Matthews was man of the match for his defensive performance along with Danny Ruel. Lewis Blackwell and Dylan Nicholas were also at the heart of many intelligent moves. 

The team of the day were Luke Barber, Lewis Blackwell, Owen Fisher, Jake Matthews, Ben Moulton, Dylan Nicholas, Joel Trim, Kelsey Pulman, Danny Ruel, and Luke Ward.

Beacon Knights 0 West Exe Exiles 9
West Exe played some nice football in their last game of the season and took the lead when a Tom Purrington cross was superbly vollyed in at the far post by Callum Sibley. West Exe doubled their lead when Reece O'Reilly found Tom Purrington who fired a shot into the bottom corner. An own goal made it 3-0 before Tom Purrington set up Callum Sibley for his second of the game. Camron Hance scored with a fine left foot strike after being put through on goal by Tom Purrington. In the second half Kai Parmenter fine run and cross was meant by Aiden Partridge at the far post to slot home.

Aiden Partridge got his second of the game when he finished off a one two with Harvey Richards. Tyler Griffin scored his first goal of the season when his latched onto Elliott Bicknell's through ball to fire home.

Pinhoe Sharks 0 West Exe Exiles 6
West Exe took an early lead when a corner was only half cleared to Tom Purrington who slotted home. Camron Hance scored a great solo goal after running clear from the half way line to cooly finish. Camron Hance scored his second from a Elliott Bicknell cross. Aiden Partridge then beat three player down the left wing and his cross found Tom Purrrngton who headed in at the far post. Tom Purrington completed his hat trick with a solo goal and then Aiden Partridge scored from long range chipping the keeper. Tom Purrington scored his fourth with a left foot finish from close range.