Exeter Bohemians 2

OKEHAMPTON travelled to Exeter for their first match for three weeks due to postponements and were to prove rusty against lowly Bohemians.

A reshuffled Okehampton started brightly and played most of their football in the home side's half and rarely looked troubled in the early stages. Okehampton overly complicated too many good chances and this with poor passing was to be their reason for not taking all the points.

When Okehampton played the ball to feet Bohemians had no answer and a defence-splitting ball through the middle saw Steve Williams round the keeper and stroke the ball.

Steve Harris and Daniel Johnstone were dominating midfield and Roger Voaden and Daniel Gibbs were winning the lions' share of the tackles but it was to be poor refereeing that gave the home side their equaliser.

The referee ignored a blatant offside flag allowing play to continue where the home striker saw his cross hand balled in the box and an untouchable penalty gave the home side an undeserved equaliser.

The second half saw the visitors run the home side ragged with attack after attack, but poor passing and woeful finishing saw many easy chances squandered. Kevin Gill and Graham Soby continually thwarted a lightweight Bohemians forward line but could do little when a corner took a touch which looped over Paul Yip on the line to give the Exeter side a goal in the last minutes.

Okehampton threw caution to the wind and Bohemians panicked and they defended too deeply which allowed Okehampton to snatch an equaliser in the last minutes of injury time with Adam Mortimer tapping home for a share of the points. This Saturday home to Dunkerswell, 3pm kick-off.