Clevedon Town Triumph in Roger Stone Cup Final

Photo courtesy of John Newport

It was the young Seasiders who triumphed over the young Miners, winning the Roger Stone Memorial Cup, five one, in extra time, at Weston Super Mare on Wednesday, April 19th. Yet the one sided score line doesn’t tell the tale of a game that remained goalless for 79 minutes, with both sides cancelling each other out in normal time.

Radstock broke the deadlock, through the impressive Kalem Marsh, with just over 10 minutes of the match to go. However, Radstock were unable to see the game out as Clevedon threw caution to the wind, Lucas Vowles scoring the Seasiders equaliser with only 5 minutes of normal time remaining.

Buoyed by their late reprieve Clevedon started extra time with the greater momentum and quickly raced into a two one lead, through Archie Ferris, within 3 minutes of the restart. Radstock efforts to get back on level terms were foiled by the impressive Will Bennett in the Clevedon goal.

The young Seasiders strengthened their grip on the game at the start of the second period of extra time, when a rash challenge in the Radstock penalty box gifted Clevedon a penalty which Alex Camm duly dispatched. The game effectivley ended as a contest with 7 minutes remaining, when Camm scored his second from the half way line, following a Radstock corner that saw goalkeeper, Charlie Phillips, join the attack and unable to recover for the Clevedon counter attack.

Alex Crofts scored the fifth with three minutes remaining, but the five one victory for Clevedon failed to tell the story of a game they were five minutes away from loosing. Both sides were a credit to their Clubs, in a keenly fought, sometimes fiery, Cup Final encounter, that enthralled a sizeable crowd at the Woodspring Stadium.

Full match commentary available here.