News in Wells

Thursday 31 October 2019

There were some tricks by Wells and some treats for the spectators as the homeside put in there best performance of the season so far with an excellent victory over their visitors from Bath, Oldfield Old Boys. The game played last Thursday evening was actually under the lights at Tor and Wells must offer their thanks to the Glastonbury club for the use of their facilities and the excellent pitch.

Corsham 0 - Wells FC 4 The Les Phillips Cup:

Corsham took the early initiative when a dangerous Corsham free kick from the left hand side evaded everyone before fizzing across the Wells goal, begging for a Corsham touch. After early Corsham pressure Wells took the lead with their first attack after great defensive play by Char Crook to win the ball back before he finds Craig Herrod, still with a lot to do Herrod drifts inside of two defenders and caresses the ball back across the keeper and into the far corner of the net.

Wells Rugby Football Club

Wells 31 – Stothert & Pitt 0

Wells City sit second in the league following a tough 2-2 draw with Cheddar on Tuesday (October 22).

Wells took the lead after only five minutes, when a mix up at the back saw Dale Hunt feed a sublime ball through the back four and Harry Foster first time slid it through the keeper's legs.

St Bernadettes Old Boys 24 – Wells RFC 45.

It is 19 months since Wells last won away from home, so this resounding result in Bristol against St Bernadettes Old Boys was a great fillip to the team and indeed ones hopes for the remainder of the season to come.

There was Friday night football fun for Wells City yesterday (October 18) as they ran out 4-1 winners against Oldland Abbotonian, after dominating the second half.

Their first goal came after only three minutes, when great play by Paul Braithwaite down the right saw him clip a ball into Craig Herrod whose shot was blocked, but Kieran Davis timed his run perfectly and he unleashed a thunderbolt from 25 yards which left the keeper stranded as it flew into the top corner.

Wells City came unstuck away to Calne Town at the weekend despite being ahead at half-time, and a missed penalty proved to be a turning point in the game.

Wells took the lead on 12 minutes as they went from defending a corner to scoring, as Charlie Crook got to the clearance first and set Harry Foster free with a glorious 60-yard pass. Foster then got in front of the defender and smashed home a half volley from 20 yards.

It was a Jekyll and Hyde performance from Wells City at the weekend as they were out-played and out-worked by Bishops Lydeard in the first 45 minutes but then in complete control for the second 45.

A 1-1 draw was a fair result given the balance of play and it was an entertaining game for the neutral.

In one of their best performances for many years, Wells City triumphed 7-0 away to Corsham on Saturday, with five of the goals coming in a remarkable first 11 minutes.

They got the goal-scoring going in the very first minutes as straight from kick off Craig Herrod won the ball in Corsham's defensive third, he found Alex Camm through the middle who delicately lifted the ball over the central defender and into the path of Harry Foster who slotted the ball past the keeper and into the far right corner. There was a possibility of an offside but with no VAR present, Wells lead 1-0.

Ten tries, lots of open play, indeed plenty to keep the crowd entertained when Wells beat Weston-super-Mare 2nds 39-24 on Saturday at the Portway Ground.

Wells eased into a 15-point lead after 20 minutes, thanks to an Aaron Cook penalty, Ben Knight with a scintillating break from a ruck scorching over for the first try of the game after 15 minutes and then Oskar White, back from injury, got the first of his two.