WESTERN PREMIER Brixham AFC 5 Ivybridge Town 1

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Created on Thursday, 26 December 2024 17:25

Last Updated on Saturday, 28 December 2024 12:26

Published on Thursday, 26 December 2024 17:25

Written by GRAHAM HAMBLY with Ivybridge Town

AN early goal from Jacob Smelt failed to give Ivybridge Town the necessary boost in their visit to high-flying Brixham, who bounced back to claim a 5-1 home victory in their Boxing Day Western Premier clash at Wall Park.

Smelt opened the scoring with a cracking effort from a free kick in the 13^th minute as Ivybridge looked to build on an impressive 10-0 home win over Welton Rovers.

But championship chasing Brixham bounced back to take a 2-1 interval lead with goals from James Moxon in the 20^th minute and George Dandridge in first half stoppage time.

Further Brixham goals followed in the second half through Reece Somers (49^th minute) Kieran Parkin (82) and substitute Jaden Maslen in the fourth minute of added time.

Ivybridge will now look to start 2025 on a bright note when they host Wellington at Erme Valley on New Year’s Day (3pm).

That will be their only home match in January as they then face a run of five successive away matches. They were due to play at home to Clevedon on January 18, but that fixture has been postponed because Clevedon are involved in a Les Phillips League Cup game at Portishead that day. Instead, Ivybridge will now play a re-arranged match at Saltash that afternoon.

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