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  March 2015 News
 
Saturday 21st
 
Bromsgrove Sporting 2 - 3 Hinckley AFC
Dominic Smith celebrated receiving his player of the month award by scoring another important goal, netting the winner against Bromsgrove minutes from full time, after a crazy last 10 minutes saw four goals scored.

With Sporting kicking down the slope first half the game started even, but Sporting began to make more chances as the half went on. Chris Conway and Josh McKenzie went close for Bromsgrove and it looked ominous for AFC when Marco Adaggio had to go off with an injury in the first half. Sporting did take the lead after 25 minutes when Nathan Walker fouled Conway just inside the area, and Reece Hewitt converted from the penalty spot. AFC responded with Luke Richards dragging a longe range effort just wide, and then Dom Smith headed just over from a corner, but Sporting held their lead going into the break.

It was a different story second half when Hinckley brought on pacey wide men Justin Nisbett and Tyrone Clarke-O'Connell, to give them an advantage down the slope, an advantage they took with aplomb. For long periods Hinckley attacked and had Bromsgrove penned in their last third, but Sporting were resolute and managed to repel every chance, until the final 10 minutes of the game. JJ Melligan, who had dictated a lot of the second half play for AFC, again was the instigator winning the ball at the back of midfield and then releasing Nisbett down the wing. Nisbett ran towards the Sporting area and crossed low to Clarke-O'Connell who swept the ball under Jake Bedford from 10 yards. Moments later and Atletico were ahead, Isaac Cooper launched one of his trademark long throw's into the area, causing panic and as no Sporting defender took responsibility for clearing, the ball reached Bedford who was wrong footed and it ricocheted off the Bromsgrove keeper and into the back of the net. This did momentarily rouse Sporting from their second half slumber and responded 5 minutes later with a free kick from Sean Brain being headed over Sam Arnold by Lewis Clarke, levelling the scores. With Sporting looking like rescuing a point, almost immediately AFC regained the lead, from a Ross Clarke free kick, again the Sporting back line were static and Dom Smith followed the ball in, to blast it into goal from 5 yards out with Bedford stranded on his line. Hinckley this time managed to hold on to the lead for the remaining injury time and stretched their unbeaten run to 24 games, consolidating their second place in the league.

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