SOUTHERN LEAGUE: Gosling goal helps Marine to victory (From Swindon Advertiser)

SOUTHERN LEAGUE: Gosling goal helps Marine to victory

6:50am Tuesday 31st August 2010 in

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JAMIE Gosling fired his first goal for Swindon Supermarine as they saw off local rivals Cirencester Town 2-1 at the Corinium Stadium yesterday.

The ex-Yeovil Town man struck in the second half following Steve Cook’s early opener, and despite Jody Bevan’s reply, Marine held on for three points.

The triumph elevated Marine into the top half of the Southern League Premier Division for the first time this season and stretched their run of unbeaten games to three.

That statistic delighted boss Mark Collier, who praised Gosling for his contribution to yesterday’s victory.

“When I spoke to him before the game, I said his build-up play had been decent but he needed to come up with an end product and he did that,” said Collier.

“Ciren is a very difficult place to come and play football, they put you under an immense amount of pressure, are very direct and get the ball forward.

“It’s difficult to cope with that but in the end I think we had enough quality to go and win the game. The back four and the goalkeeper were excellent and seven points from the last three games is a good return.”

Following an open start, Steve Cook put the visitors ahead after 12 minutes when he beat ex-Marine stopper Matt Bulman with a stunning strike that flew into the top left corner from 35 yards.

The remainder of the first half was relatively even, although Mark Scott made two fine saves to keep Marine in front.

The lead was doubled in the second half when Sam Morris, Chris Taylor and substitute Kyle Tooze all combined before Gosling fired left-footed high into the net.

Ciren gave themselves hope when substitute Jody Bevan outmuscled Danny Allen and drilled past Scott from 20 yards, but the visitors hung on.

Collier added: “We changed our system after the first couple of games and at this moment in time everything is going well.

“We started off the season 4-3-3 and we have now gone 4-4-2 and we know we can be flexible within that system.

“Steve Cook has done well and Kyle Tooze is very quick as well so we can change personnel and keep the same formation. It’s a system we’re comfortable with.”

A knee injury curtailed Cook’s involvement yesterday and he is due to see a specialist today, while Danny Allen came off after tweaking his hamstring.

Meanwhile, Supermarine will host Brading Town in the first qualifying round of the FA Cup after they beat Corsham Town 1-0 at the weekend.

In the Southern Premier yesterday, Chippenham drew 1-1 at home to Salisbury City with Sam Allison on the scoresheet for the Bluebirds.