7:30pm Monday 23rd August 2010
By John Boyman
Full time - Basingstoke Town 1 Dorchester Town 0.
Harsh on the visitors but a much needed win for Basingstoke. See Thursday's Gazette for a full report and reaction to the game.
90+3 minutes - Long kick from the Dorchester 'keeper almost catches Tardif out as he has to get a hand the ball before it creeps in under the bar.
90+2 minutes - Moss is allowed to turn and shoot in the Town box but Tardif saves. Town bring on Downes for Pratt.
90th minute - The referee indicates five nervous minutes of injury-time. Town are under the cosh.
86th minute - Dorchester's Devlin booked for dissent.
83rd minute - Town forced into a change as Finlay goes off injured. Smart comes on at right-back, with Rice moving over to the left side of defence.
77th minute - Dorchester pile on the pressure. A cross from the right hits Gasson and goes narrowly wide and from the resulting corner, a goalbound header is cleared off of the line by Rice. Devlin then fires in a low shot that Tardif is able to gather.
75th minute - Dorchester make their first change, bringing on Matt Groves for Crittenden.
73rd minute - Dorchester's Nathan Walker booked for bringing down Warner. Town are still under pressure but look increasingly dangerous on the break.
69th minute - Good flick by Moss gives Allen a chance but he puts an angled drive well over the bar.
65th minute - Another well struck free-kick from Hill goes narrowly over Tardif's crossbar.
62nd minute - Town make their first change. Warner replaces Frewen on the left.
60th minute - Dorchester's Allen booked for persistant dissent.
58th minute - Another chance for Town as Pattison breaks down the right. His low cross finds Frewen, who pulls the ball back for Laidler - but the midfielder elects to take a touch and his shot smothered out.
56th minute - Great chance for Town as Gasson heads across goal. The ball falls for Ogunbote 10 yards out but he can only volley well over the bar.
53rd minute - Another close shave for Town as Gasson misses a ball over the top and Moss races through - only to shank the ball badly wide.
49th minute - Lucky escape for Town as Steve Devlin hits the post with an angled drive. Tardif was well beaten that time and is scrambling again seconds later, relieved to see Mark Jermyn's shot go narrowly wide.
46th minute - The second half kicks off with Town shooting towards the clubhouse end of the ground. Dorchester are quicker out of the traps again, with Crittenden firing a shot narrowly wide from the edge of the box and Allen blasting over when well placed 12 yards from goal.
Half-time - Basingstoke Town 1 Dorchester 0.
Perhaps harsh on the visitors, who have put Town under pressure with their direct style - and Gray will want his men to improve after the break.
45+2 minutes - Dorchester's Moss booked for a foul on Adams battling for a low ball 10 yards from the Town goal.
43rd minute - Frewen shot from the edge of the box. Low and on target but comfortable for Simon Evans in the Dorchester goal.
40th minute - Matt Finlay booked after bringing down Nick Crittenden on the right wing. Ryan Hill shoots from the free-kick, forcing Tardif into a decent save.
33rd minute - GOAL - Basingstoke Town 1 Dorchester Town 0.
Finlay crosses the ball from the left and Pratt flicks it in at the near post. 'Keeper should probably have done better but it ends 211 goal-less minutes for Town.
31st minute - Town get a good shooting opportunity when a Dorchester player handles just outside the area. Sadly, Frewen's effort from the free-kick flies well over the bar.
22nd minute - Great touch and left-footed shot from Pattison but the visiting 'keeper is able to catch his effort from 25 yards out. Town's first shot of the match.
20th minute - Dorchester are putting good pressure on the ball and this pays off as they win the ball in a dangerous area. Town do well to block a couple of well-struck shots from the edge of the box.
15th minute - A couple of dangerous crosses cause problems in the Town box but the home side seem to be wresting control from the visitors in midfield. Jay Gasson loops a header from a free-kick at goal but is ruled offside.
9th minute - Town are getting back into it but Dorchester continue to look a threat, Dave Allen blasting well off-target from just outside the area.
5th minute - Once again Town have started slowly and it's Dorchester with the early pressure. Their striker Ryan Moss has the first shot of the match, forcing Tardif into a low save by his near post.
1st minute - The game gets underway in bright sunshine at the Camrose, with Dorchester lining up in a 4-4-2 formation.
7.33pm - Town will be looking to get their first win of the league campaign tonight and manager Frank Gray has made four changes to the team that started against Lewes.
The back four remains unchanged, with Chris Tardif in goal behind a back four of Rob Rice, Matt Finlay, Ross Adams and Jay Gasson.
Gray seems to have plumped for a five-man midfield, with Matt Pattison and Gary Frewen on the wings and Stuart Lake, Steve Laidler and Jide Ogunbote in the middle, while David Pratt will plough a lone furrow in attack.
Nathan Smart, Tom Williamson, Matt Warner, Greg Draper and Jahson Downes are on the bench.
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