Saturday, 20 December 2008

GOAL - GULLS 1 HISTON 0

In the third minute Dsane hits a snap volley from close range but it's straight at Naisbitt and the Histon keeper blocks it.
In the sixth minute Matt Green skins his full back and crosses for Carlisle, but his effort to set up Sills comes to nothing.
But from the ensuing corner the Gulls take the lead. Sills has an effort blocked from close range and Dsane lashes it into the net from about a yard out.
And seconds later Matt Green makes space for a shot 25 yards out, but drags it well wide. It looks as if Naisbitt is struggling with an injury, because he has a full back taking the kicks for him.
Inside the first minute Antonio Murray tries his luck from 25 yards for the visitors, but his shot is wide.
Good numbers on the Histon shirts today. They're in red and black with black shorts, and we shouldn't have any trouble reading the numbers on the back.
We're all in yellow, naturally, and will be playing towards the Babbacombe End with the winf at our backs.
And there are no glove wearers today, so no List of Shame.
There are 13 Histon fans here at the moment, and full marks to them for making such a long journey on a day when their other halves may have preferred them to be traipsing around a mall somewhere listening to Wizzard.
This is the fourth placed team in the BSP at home to the second placed, so it should be a good game.
John Beck is the second in command at Histon, so you can expect some up-and-at-em stuff. Having said that, you don't get to second in the league without being able to play a bit.

GULLS v HISTON

Welcome to Plainmoor on another chilly afternoon, with a weak sun poking through.
The teams are warming up in front of a sparse crowd, but there's plenty of time to go yet.
The team news for Torquay is that Matt Green will join tim Sills up frpnt, with fit-again Elliot Benyon having to make do with a place on the bench.
For Histon, Langston and Mitchel-King are both suspended, so manager Steve Fallon brings Neil Andrews into midfield and Lanre Oyebanjo into his defence.
So, the team line up as follows, both in 4-4-2 formation.
Torquay are Bevan; Mansell, Woods, Hodges, Nicholson; Carlisle, Hargreaves, Wroe, Dsane; Sills, Green. Subs: Robertson, Benyon, Thompson, Carayol, Stevens.
Histon are Naisbitt; Pope, Oyebanjo, Ada, Gwillim; Murray, Andrews, Simpson, Knight-Percival; Midson, Wright. Subs: Okay, Kennedy, Reeves, Welch, Sparkes.
Referee is Ray Lee of Essex.