Boldmere St. Michaels 3 - 1 Malvern Town
The Mikes returned to Church Road looking to bounce back from their mauling on Saturday at Rocester against a Malvern Town side who last season were playing Southern League football.
Boldmere had the first opportunity after 7 minutes when Matt Hawker shoot just past the post. On 13 minutes Malvern created their first opportunity when Edward saw his shot just go past the mikes post.
On 17 minutes Boldmere had a great opportunity when Lee Osborne had his shot pushed out by the Malvern keeper but Simeon Tulloch saw his follow up saved by the keeper on the line. Three minutes later Simeon had another opportunity this time his volley just cleared the Malvern bar.
On 30 minutes Simeon Tulloch had the best opening yet for Boldmere as his shot was fumbled by Malvern keeper and put out for a corner.
Boldmere’s pressure finally told after 42 minutes when Ricky Baker’s cross over was met by a diving header into the bottom of the net by Nathan Gough to give the mikes a deserved interval lead.
Malvern came out for the second half needing to get back into the game and they got their equalizer on 58 minutes when a defender lost the ball on the edge of the penalty area and a Malvern player pounced on the ball to fire home and level the game. On 61 minutes Nathan Gough could have doubled his tally but his volley just went past the post.
Malvern created a couple of chances on 66 and 68 minutes respectively when Mansfield volleyed over the bar from a throw in and then Crosskey’s shot just curled round the post.
Stuart McNaught had a great opportunity to regain the lead on 69 minutes when he latched onto a a cross but he shot wide from close range.
The mikes finally regained the lead on 73 minutes when a long ball found Lee Osborne who shot under Malvern keeper Hands into the net.
With a minute left the mikes made sure of all three points when a Simeon Tulloch shot from inside the Malvern 6 yard box was palmed out by the Malvern keeper only for Jerrod McGivern to fire the rebound in the roof of the net to get his first goal for the club and secure all three points for the mikes ahead of the big game on Saturday and the visit of the league leaders Barwell.
Boldmere St Michaels Jenkins, Simmonds, Swain, Stevenson, Watkins, Hawker, Tulloch, McNaught, Gough, Osborne, Baker Subs Used McGivern, Volante Not Used Wood, Butler, Fuller
Malvern T Hands, Green, Barnes, Ingland, Reid, Brooks, Edward, Mansfield, Hooper, Crosskey, Craven
