Non-League: Adie hails side's 'best performance by a mile' (From Bournemouth Echo)

Non-League: Adie hails side's 'best performance by a mile'

7:00am Friday 22nd February 2013 in Non league football By Andy Goodall

VERWOOD boss Adie Arnold has hailed his side’s 3-1 home win over Bemerton on Wednesday night as the club’s ‘best performance of the season by a mile.’ The Potters hero was their recent signing from Bemerton Lee Burch who scored twice against his old club. Jack Satterley was also on target for the hosts.

“Bemerton are a good side and we had to be at our best,” said Arnold. “We’ve played well in patches recently, but this is the first time we’ve performed for the whole 90 minutes. Now we have set the benchmark to show what we are capable at this level.”

Ryan Long and Jack Lovell are added to Verwood’s squad for their trip to Bournemouth Poppies tomorrow.

Poppies, meanwhile, have added Elliott Ward and Kenny Vaughan to their squad that won 3-1 at Hayling on Tuesday night.

Potters: (from) Lynch, R Long, J Lovell, J Smith, Murray, Lynch, Evans, Kelly, Burch, Gajic, Satterley, Webb, Saxby, Dyer.

Poppies: Jones, Ayrton, Jackson, Corby, Batchelor, Saadi, Lockyer, Phillipson-Masters, Joyce, Warren, Phillips, Martinez, Hales, Clarke, Turner, Ward, Vaughan.

•  Hamworthy United boss Simon Browne fears a backlash when his side lock horns with Bemerton tomorrow at .

“It’s probably the worst time to play them on the back of a couple of league defeats and their Vase exit,” said Browne. “But I know their manager ‘Chalky’ (Ian Chalk) well and he will have them fired up to get a result against us.

“They are one of the strongest sides in our division and have been unlucky not get promoted in recent seasons,” added Browne.

Hammers: Knight, Murray, Hester, Horlock, Ayling, McCormack, Penny, Bassiriki, Wyatt, Shovelton, Chudy, Pekun, Bradley, Lanahan, Muller, Sturgess.

•  Elsewhere in the Wessex Premier Division, New Milton host GE Hamble at Fawcett’s Field, while in Division One, Ringwood travel to bottom-of-the-table Hythe & Dibden.
•  Bashley boss Frank Gray welcomes back Reading on-loan midfielder Andy Jenkinson from injury for their Southern Premier Division trip to Hitchin.

In Division One South & West, Wimborne Town hope to have skipper Scott Arnold back for their visit to North Leigh.

It will also be the final game for AFC Bournemouth duo Ryan Case and Alex Moth who have impressed during their month’s loan spell at Cuthbury.

It is understood that Magpies boss Steve Cuss intends to have talks with the Cherries in the hope of having the loan deals extended.

Bashley: (from) Moore, Stephenson, Strickland, Oliver, Colson, Middleton, Richardson, Casey, Jenkinson, Finlay, Gradwell, Stokoe, Gamble, Knight, Foster, Gazzard, Kearn g/k.

Magpies: (from) Harvell, Case, Maybury, Costello, Moth, Peprah-Annan, Blake, Hubbard, Jeffes, Davidson, Webb, Arnold, Sainsbury, Brian, Cole, Kemble, Smith, Ackerman (gk).