MATCH REPORT: Chippenham Town 3-0 Hemel Hempstead Town| National League South | Saturday 19th October 2024
Chippenham Town produced their most impressive home performance of the season in front of their largest crowd to date, whilst condemning Hemel Hempstead to their third successive defeat.
The sun shone brightly throughout the game which was largely one way traffic as Will Dawes found Lewis Colwell on five minutes and his shot was blocked by Jack Davies.
Four minutes later Matt McClure found Leone Gravata but his effort went wide.
The Bluebirds became even more dominant after home skipper McClure had to leave the field with a leg injury on twenty minutes to be replaced by Harry Parsons.
Four minutes later Joe Andrews’ shot was blocked whilst Parsons presented Tom Owen-Evans with a chance that went just wide.
Parsons then broke the defensive line and rounded keeper Craig King but his shot hit a post.
Gravata then produced a superb ball to Parsons whose shot was deflected wide by King.
Dawes’ shot was then blocked by Ben Tompkins then two minutes before the break a Tudor hand in the area from a Parsons shot resulted in a penalty and Parsons took the resulting penalty himself tucking home his first league goal since joining the Bluebirds in the summer.
HALF TIME: Chippenham Town 1-0 Hemel Hempstead Town
After the break Gravata fired over before the on loan York City man fired home from a central position on fifty minutes after being set up by Parsons.
As Chippenham continued to dominate Dawes’ shot was deflected over before Hemel were reduced to ten men just after the hour mark as half-time substitute Kyran Wiltshire was shown a straight red card for a tackle on Colwell.
Dawes then tricked his way past three defenders before squaring to Parsons whose shot was superbly saved by King.
The Bluebirds continued to press as Colwell drove straight at King whilst on eighty four minutes the Tudors had their first real chance of the game but substitute Saleem Akanbi’s shot was deflected behind.
Five minutes from time King again saved from Parsons before Chippenham hit a deserved third in the fourth minute of stoppage time as a neat passing move ended with substitute Caine Bradbury sliding home.
FULL TIME: Chippenham Town 3-0 Hemel Hempstead Town
Chippenham: Will Henry, Lewis Colwell, Will King, Luke Haines, Freddie Grant, Tom Mehew, Joe Andrews, Tom Owen-Evans (Caine Bradbury 88), Leone Gravata (Alex Bray 81), Will Dawes (Tyreke Johnson 88), Matt McClure (Harry Parsons 20) substitute not used: Nat Williams
Hemel Hempstead Craig King, Kyle O’Connor-Ajayi, Ben Tompkins, Chris Smith (Bayley Brown 61), Teddy Howe, Charles Omdo, Jack Davies (Kyran Wiltshire 46), George Williams, Max Hemmings (Brandon Barzey 46), Ricardo German (Guiseppe Iaciofano 61), Alfie Cerulli (Saleem Akanbi 46) substitutes not used: None
Referee: Stacey Pearson
Ass Refs: Harry Price, Stuart Lathan
4th Official: Zak Demetriades
Attendance: 833
