Stitch2Print Devon & Exeter League premier division: Feniton 1, Wellington Reserves 4

Our Reserves bounced back from their East Devon Cup defeat to record a fine away victory over Feniton, who were sitting just above them in mid-table.

Ollie Nott was man-of-the-match and he’s pictured with Michael Owen.

As with the previous week, they called up three players from the U18s into their squad of 14.

Wellington started the stronger of the teams and had two great chances inside the first five mins to break the deadlock, but both went begging.

The first goal was not far away, however, as Ben Evett finished off a fine move by firing across the keeper and into the bottom corner.

A second goal for Wellington was not far behind on 10 minutes. Another fine move sent Alfie Barratt clear on the left and, similar to Evett, he hit a low shot past the keeper.

Wellington now dominated all the play and could have increased the lead further but some good saves by the Feniton keeper and a header from Tom Davies which hit the post kept the score at 2-0.

With the visitors in total control and looking for a third goal, they were forced into an early change as keeper Rob Hall went down with a knee injury after 20 minutes.

With no recognised keeper to replace him, Connor Noble was forced to take over the gloves.

Five minutes later, Wellington scored a third when Ollie Southcott collected the ball after a scramble in the box and calmly fired past the keeper from 10 yards.

Wellington saw out the remaining 20 minutes of the first half and went into the break 3-0 up.

The second half started evenly as Feniton made a few changes but the Wellington back four were outstanding in protecting Noble in goal.

On the hour, Barratt scored his second and Wellington’s fourth. Ollie Nott, who was outstanding in the centre of the park, won the ball and drove forward. He found Barratt who ran into the box and shot past the keeper.

As the game moved into the final 10 minutes, Wellington got reduced to ten men when Jack Bryant was surprisingly sin binned by the referee.

Feniton pulled a goal back in the final minute from a free kick which was not cleared and the striker hit a shot from the penalty spot high into the top right corner.

The ref then blew with no time to restart to cap an excellent away day.

Wellington: Rob Hall, Harry Chetland, Dylan Groves, Scott Merritt, Tom Davies, Connor Noble, Ben Evett, Ollie Nott, Alfie Barratt, Jack Bryant, Ollie Southcott. Substitutes: Lewis Oaten, Josh Sibanda, Connor Porter (all used).