Sports in Axminster

Colyton get the better of Seasiders in first league encounter

By Philip Evans

20th Oct 2020 | Football

Matches between neighbouring Lyme Regis and Colyton are usually  evenly matched and so it was when the Seasiders travelled over the Devon border for their first Devon & Exeter League Premier East enocounter with Lyme playing the better football and dominating territorially but Colyton looking more like scoring with their counter attacks.

Colyton took the lead against the run of play after half an hour when Lyme failed to clear a long throw and Jake Collier fired home after keeper Chris Higgs had smothered the first shot brilliantly.

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Shepton too strong for Lyme Rovers

By Philip Evans

19th Oct 2020 | Football

A young and inexperienced Lyme Rovers side worked hard but were ultimately well-beaten 4-0 by a strong Shepton Beauchamp team in Perry Street Division One on Saturday.

From the very first moments of the game, the home side pushed forward quickly and with precision, hitting the side netting within 15 seconds. But the Rovers side, featuring debuts for Jack Handy, 17, and Bruno Marques, 16, soon settled and battled hard.

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Tigers bounce back after FA Vase defeat

By Philip Evans

16th Oct 2020 | Football

AFTER the disappointment of being knocked out of the FA Vase, Axminster Town bounced back on Wednesday night by smashing 15 goals past South West Peninsular Premier East basement boys Stoke Gabriel.

The Tigers were beaten 2-0 at Tiger Way last Saturday by Western League side Clevedon Town.

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