Competition

Date

Wednesday 26th January 2011

By Ned Payne » Swindon Advertiser

Jacob's glee tempered by City defeat

Jacob Erskine (pictured) scored on his debut but it was not enough to prevent a 2-1 home defeat for Swindon Supermarine at the hands of Southern Premier high-flyers Salisbury City on Wednesday night.

Erskine, who recently arrived on loan from Forest Green Rovers, opened his account for Marine after just nine minutes, when he headed in Nick Stanley’s cross after Sam Morris helped it on. But the lead lasted all of 12 minutes as ex-Chippenham Town man Jake Reid struck from outside the box to level matters, and Jamie Turley pulled off the same feat after 34 minutes.

Marine were left to regret a couple of missed chances by Sam Morris and a misjudged effort from Steve Cook as they went into the interval 2-1 down. The second half was even and despite their attacking intent late on, Marine were unable to force a goal as they suffered their third successive league defeat.

“We were disappointed with the result because we felt the performance deserved a minimum of a point,” said boss Mark Collier. “We were good value for something, but when our chances came along we didn’t work the keeper enough.”

Match Report from a Salisbury perspective

Salisbury City FC/six wins on the spin