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Stourport Swifts 1
Chasetown 4

TWO goals in four minutes early in the second half ensured this was going to be a blank bank holiday return for Stourport.

The Swifts' cause was not helped when keeper Chris Jay hobbled out of the warm-up to join an already lengthy list of absentees. Rookie Chris Grey took his place in the starting line-up for his Walshes Meadow debut.

Striker Dean Perrow twice went close to handing the visitors the lead, having a goal' disallowed for offside on 10 minutes before rattling the upright three minutes later.

Stourport struggled to get going but moments after Pete Wood had forced keeper Lee Evans into a save, Craig Webb saw his shot cleared off the line by John Branch.

The breakthrough came five minutes before the interval. Nick Hawkins floated a corner to the far side of the Swifts' six-yard box and Lucan Spittle rose to head home unchallenged.

The home side began the second half well but were rocked by Chasetown's double strike.

Andy Penny struck them both, volleying home on 53 minutes before looping a header over the wrong-footed Stourport keeper to make it 3-0 to the visitors.

Will Gayton claimed the goal of the game on 74 minutes with a 30-yard effort that eluded former Stourport keeper Evans and crept under the crossbar. But it was to be too little too late to stop the Scholars from claiming the three points needed to maintain their play-off bid.

Perrow and substitute Jermaine Gordon went close to adding a fourth before the latter made amends deep in injury time following a slip by Grey.

Swifts: Grey 5, Smith 6, ROBINSON 8, Jukes 7, McComisky 7, Wood 5, Colwell 5 (Williams 76), Webb 6, Burgess 7, Roberts 5, Gayton 6. Subs (not used): Lavery, Charles, Tomkins, Jay.

8:59am Monday 24th March 2008

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