5 days Ago
The Hammers were searching for their 10th league win in 16 to consolidate their play-off spot in the league and found it through a 7-3 win at home in the Velocity Wessex League One. After early chances for both sides, it was the home side that opened the scoring on nine minutes. A diagonal ball from Jack Delves found Mike Hubbard on the left, before his ball in was headed back by Josh Malpas for George Deem to volley into the roof of the net.
It was two after 23 minutes as Toby Diaz’s curling cross to the far post was fumbled by keeper Aaron Pullin, with Bailey Rowe thumping home. Three minutes later it was three, Rowe playing in Delves who fired into the top of the net. Deem added the Hammers’ fourth, powering the ball home after a Lewis Sainval header from a Jake Streams corner.
Clanfield got one back after 33 minutes, Joe Briggs finding himself free at the back post and scoring despite appearing to mishit his shot. Briggs added the Clanfield second four minutes later, running through and rounding keeper James to put the ball into an empty net. The visitors nearly had a third before the break, but Jacob Pope’s effort went just wide of the far post as the sides went into half time at 4-2.
Clanfield’s Jake Knight saw two good chances go begging at the start of the second period, before Hamworthy added their fifth on 54 minutes, Deem completing his hattrick heading home from Delves’ corner. But the deficit was narrowed back to two three minutes later thanks to a Jake Streams own goal. Deem added his fourth goal on 58 minutes, firing low past the keeper into the far corner to make it 6-3.
Four minutes later it was Hamworthy who benefited from an own goal, the Clanfield captain Harry Swatton getting too much on a ball back to his keeper and leaving Pullin stranded. James made a fantastic save from a Pope curling effort, before Nixon had a goal disallowed for offside. Briggs hit the post with a long range effort in what was a final drama in a crazy game, ending 7-3 to Hamworthy.
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