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Saturday 6th March 2010

Marine on the road to recovery

By Ned Payne » Swindon Advertiser

Supermarine snapped up two new signings on Saturday - at a motorway service station.

 

Weston-super-Mare duo Jake Harris and Chris Taylor, the latter of which confusingly possesses the same name as a current Marine player, signed registration forms at Sedgemoor Services in Somerset, as the Hunts Copse side made their way down the motorway to Truro City for a Southern League clash, which they eventually drew 0-0.

 

Club secretary Judi Moore was able to locate a fax machine in the building, enabling her to send the relevant forms to league officials in time for the duo to be involved in Cornwall. Striker Harris came on as a late substitute for Gary Horgan but left-sided midfielder Taylor will have to wait for his first-team debut after warming the bench for the whole 90 minutes.

 

As dual registration players, Harris and Taylor are effectively on loan deals at Marine but will play for struggling Blue Square South outfit Weston if called upon.

 

Marine boss Mark Collier (pictured) may have admitted to enjoying a traditional Cornish pasty on his trip to England’s most south-westerly county, but the knowledge that his injury-ravaged side were the first to prevent Truro from scoring in a home league game this season would surely have tasted even better.

 

Marine played a 4-1-4-1 formation at Treyew Road and the setup, made primarily to keep free-scoring City at bay, achieved its purpose. “We were very pleased with our performance, to go there and get a clean sheet,” said Collier. “We had a game plan and the lads stuck to it fantastically well. “We changed the system from what we normally play, because we wanted to be solid defensively and make the game as boring and ugly as it could be. “Their crowd got frustrated which helped our cause, and Dave Bampton was outstanding at the back for us alongside Leigh Henry.”

 

Stewart Yetton came closest to breaking the deadlock in the second half but Matt Bulman palmed away superbly, while Robert Hobbs and Nick Stanley had chances at the other end.