Bewdley Town 7 Daventry Town 3

Sunday, 6th Aug 2023

FAIRYTALE START FOR BEWDLEY- Fantasy Football became reality at Ribbesford Meadows when Bewdley advanced to the next round of the Emirates FA Cup , defeating Daventry Town 7-3 in front of healthy and vocal support from the home fans .

That this performance, in this famous competition came in Manager Andy Shaw's first ever game for his home town club , and was achieved with a team  completely rebuilt (bar one) in their first official game was nothing short of remarkable.

The game actually got off to the worst possible start when Daventry took the lead on 40 seconds with the very first passage of play and fans watching unfamiliar players possibly feared the worst . But far from heads dropping the group reset instantly and started to take the game to the visitors from Northamptonshire. The Bewdley Dental sponsored Riversiders drew level  with a sublime goal from Ben Worthington in 3 mins . Worthy as he is affectionately known in the club was the only player from last season in the starting eleven and what an afternoon he was about to have as he added a second on 22 mins  . From that point on Bewdley really started to dominate the game and it was nothing more than deserved to go in at half time 3-1 up thanks to a debut goal from another local player Ethan Tivey .

After the break the support volume went up a notch and the team responded  straight from the restart when Tyrese Segree scored on his debut  on 46 mins.

Daventry were still dangerous at times and they pulled a goal back with a tremendous strike from 25 yards as the game reached the hour mark.

For a while Daventry enjoyed a period where they put the home side under pressure but the new defensive line up coped with what was thrown at them .

However on 68 minutes, the always dangerous Worthington added another  with a class finish to complete a tremendous hat trick.

Although the visitors added one more to their tally Bewdley added a sixth from Tivey and a 7th from the penalty spot converted by Abbas after he himself was upended by the Daventry keeper. The final whistle blew with looks off disbelief all around as the fans applauded the team and management of the pitch amidst incredible scenes as the Bewdley victory song "Bringing on back the Good Times " rang out on the PA.

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