BOURNE were defied by one of the best goalkeeping performances ever produced against them as they resumed their league programme with a defeat against bottom-of-the-table Moulton Fields.
Moulton, with only 11 players available and playing against the wind, made a complete mockery of their league position by producing a battling and gritty performance.
They took the lead following a well-taken free-kick from the edge of the box and
, despite Bourne creating a number of chances both before and after the Moulton strike, they only had a Beth Goodman equaliser to show for all their efforts at half-time.
An injury to one of their players saw Moulton reduced to 10 players for the entire second half, but this didn't stop them regaining the lead following an awful collision that resulted in Bourne keeper Danielle Warr being taken to hospital and later diagnosed with a broken bone in her shoulder.
Again Bourne went in search of an equaliser and were constantly thwarted by resolute defending and a string of unbelievable saves from the Moulton keeper.
Eventually persistence paid off and Kimbo Fairweather appeared to have at least earned the home side a deserved point.
Incredibly though Moulton struck again, this time via an unstoppable effort unleashed from well outside the area.
Try as they might Bourne were unable to break down the Moulton defence for a third time and were ultimately left to rue the many unconverted chances.
Bourne Girls U13 13 Moorlands U13 0
BOURNE were quickly back into their stride after a month's break due to half-term and cancelled fixtures.
They were on-song from the first minute and quickly brushed aside their shell-shocked opponents.
The goals came at regular intervals as Isabelle Briggs opened the scoring in the first half with two quick goals.
This was soon followed by a Katie Shales blast from just inside the Moorlands half, two rockets from Jodie Roe and a neat finish from Amy Scott.
The second half goal tally was another from Briggs, another two from Roe, another for Scott, two for Annie Hill and a penalty from Gabby Schiavi.
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