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The second half saw Minehead needing<br />
to defend far more than the first, with play<br />
territorially becoming more even, but the blues<br />
still managed to create serious chances. A Lee<br />
Smyth centre evaded both Mike Mullen and Chris<br />
Yeates by inches at the far post, and a superb<br />
turn by Aaron Deeks inside the box created an<br />
opening for Lee Smyth but his effort also went<br />
just wide.<br />
Making two substitutions in the 70 th<br />
minute Minehead continued to take the game<br />
to their hosts, with strikers Martyn Phillips and<br />
Luke Freeman replacing Guy Burns and Chris<br />
Yeates, and after Matt Crackenll had been hashly<br />
booked for a trip,<br />
the blues finally got<br />
the break through<br />
with <strong>12</strong> minutes<br />
remaining when<br />
Luke Freeman had<br />
been fouled on the<br />
edge of box and Lee<br />
Smyth’s awkward<br />
curling free kick<br />
from an angle<br />
evaded everybody<br />
and crept in at the<br />
far post.<br />
A slick 1-2<br />
between Lee Smyth and Martyn Phillips gave<br />
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Smyth another shooting opportunity but again<br />
Lewis was good enough in the Ilminster goal to<br />
push it around<br />
the post for a<br />
corner, then a<br />
hand off by<br />
Jonathan Manley<br />
which felled<br />
Aaron Deeks<br />
resulted in the<br />
defender’s<br />
second yellow<br />
card and a<br />
penalty for the<br />
blues. Top scorer<br />
Stefan Phillips<br />
put his spot kick<br />
wide of the goalframe, but the away side were<br />
Photos courtesy of The Somerset County Gazette<br />
now well in control and in the 90 th minute<br />
a powerful close range shot from Deeks<br />
cannoned off Lewis’ body but fell kindly to<br />
Martyn Phillips who finished the scoring<br />
from a few yards out.<br />
Minehead: K Wilkins, R Gurnett, M<br />
Cracknell., M Mullen, P Smyth, C Yeates, S<br />
Phillips, L Webber, L Smyth, A Deeks, G<br />
Burns<br />
Subs:M Phillips (6,70) L Freeman<br />
(11,70)