Match Report: Exmouth Town 2-0 Paulton Rovers

Exmouth Town got back to winning ways with a strong performance, beating Paulton Rovers 2-0 at the Search4Local Stadium.

Exmouth started strongly and were under clear instruction by manager Kevin Hill to press the visitors high up the pitch from the first whistle.

Town’s hard work almost paid off in the sixth minute with a fluid counter attack when Aarron Denny put the ball on a plate for a Matthew Wright who shot just wide of the post from eight yards out.

Town looked like a rejuvenated side, and they continued to pile the pressure on the visitor’s goal. A free kick taken from deep ended up at the feet of Ross Edwards whose initial shot was spilled by the Rovers keeper, before he followed it up by ballooning his rebound high over the crossbar.

The sustained pressure eventually paid off for Town in the 27th minute, when Denny picked up a loose ball from 25 yards out and danced his way into the box, finishing well to give the hosts a well deserved lead.

The visitors came out in the second half looking to match Town’s intensity, with this spilling over when Ollie Knowles went in late for a challenge leading to some pushing and shoving between both sets of players before the refer eventually calmed things down.

Town eventually doubled their lead after 63 minutes when Ben Steer went on a fantastic solo run down the left hand side and delivered a low-cross into the box which found its way to Denny whose controlled finish into the bottom corner capped off a man of the match performance for him.

Exmouth kept Rovers at arms length for the rest of the game, with the team working hard all over the pitch to ensure the visitors posed no threat to their goal.

Any faint hopes of a come back were extinguished in the 88th minute when the visitors were reduced to ten men after Dylan Gould was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Wright to cap off a miserable afternoon for Paulton.

Town are back at home next Saturday, as they welcome Bristol Manor Farm to the Search4Local Stadium.