CHESHUNT (H) | ISTHMIAN PREMIER DIVISION

Bishop’s Stortford 3-2 Cheshunt Match Report 31/8/19 Jamie Cureton scored a brace to help the Blues to a 3-2 win against Hertfordshire rivals Cheshunt. After celebrating his 44th birthday during the week, Cureton opened the scoring in the fourth minute. Shomari Barnwell - making his home debut - flicked the ball on from a long kick to Cureton and who ran in the left channel, delicately scooping the ball over Ambers’ goalkeeper Harry Girling from a tight angle. A soft foul by Mark Haines of Tom Hitchcock gifted the visitors a chance of an equaliser, and it was Hitchcock - who played against Harlow and Heybridge Swifts in pre-season for the Blues - that sent Fred Burbidge the wrong way to level the game. Cureton's second was nearly identical to his first, with another Barnwell flick on presenting a shooting chance, and he converted again into the bottom corner with a lobbed finish. Ryan Charles scored soon after, dribbling past two defenders before rifling a low shot into the bottom left of the goal. In the second half, the Blues looked rocked by the loss of captain Sam Robbins in defence, and as a result Cheshunt grew into the game. Aaron Greene made a welcome return to the action, he came off the bench for his first competitive appearance this season after suffering an injury in the last friendly. In a frantic few minutes, Ben Worman had a shot cleared off the line before Ryan Henshaw headed away a goal-bound effort at the other end. The sustained pressure from our visitors told, with Taylor McKenzie heading home from close range, after no defenders had picked up the man at the far post waiting to deliver the ball across. The Blues kept the ball - something that they had struggled to do after the break - in the corners to see out the win. That makes it two wins from two in home league games this season for the Blues and the three points moves us up to 7th, while Cheshunt are yet to get a point on the road and sit in 19th. We start our FA Cup campaign away to Dunstable Town on Saturday 7th September in the first qualifying round, with a possible replay at home on Wednesday 11th. Our next league outing is at Folkestone Invicta on Saturday 14th September. TEAMS Bishop’s Stortford XI 1. Fred Burbidge (GK) 2. Ben Sampayo 4. Jack Thomas (Yellow card 57’) (Sub Morgan 79’) 5. Sam Robbins © (Sub Warman 46’) 6. Ryan Henshaw (Yellow card 82’) 7. Ryan Charles (Goal 33’) (Sub Greene 63’) 9. Jamie Cureton (Goal 4’ 30’) 14. Johnville Renee 17. Mark Haines 18. Ben Worman 20. Shomari Barnwell Subs 8. Alex Warman 10. Olly Miles 11. Aaron Greene 12. Harry Morgan 19. Kane Lowe Cheshunt XI 1. Harry Girling 2. Ibrahim Diallo 3. Joe Russell 4. Mark Hughes © (Yellow card 43’) 5. Taylor McKenzie (Goal 87’) 6. Jordan Wescott (Yellow card 50’) 7. Toyosi Olusanya (Sub Cojocarel 69’) 8. Mo Camara (Sub Williams 59’) 9. Tom Hitchcock (Goal - pen 25’) 10. Joe Re 11. Dipo Akinyemi Subs 12. Arti Kasniqi 14. Shane Cojocarel 15. Tremayne Charles 16. Ola Williams 17. Corey Watson Att 325