As in recent games Nailsea started quickly and after 5 minutes the first goal opportunity came from a Matt Long corner. Stuart Lee headed the ball goalwards only for a Taunton defender to clear off the line with the keeper beaten.

On 20 minutes a through ball found Matt Vickers who coolly slotted the ball past the advancing home keeper. In recent games Nailsea have found it difficult to protect leads and midway through the half only a fine save by Andy Fellows diving low to his right kept the visitors lead intact.

There were no further clear cut chances for either side with Stuart Lee commanding in the Nailsea back line. With 5 minutes to go until the break the Nailsea defence failed to clear their lines allowing Taunton to equalise.

Taunton started the stronger in the second half and should have taken the lead when a home forward blasted wide from a good position. After 5 minutes a home corner was allowed to pass through a static Nailsea defence allowing Taunton to take the lead.

On 55 minutes Chris Gayle replaced the injured Ben Cook to join Jon Clayton in attack. Nailsea went in search of the equaliser and used the long throws of James Taylor to good effect. After 65 minutes from one such throw the Taunton defence were in panic mode and scored an own goal under pressure from Stuart Lee.

The Nailsea lead was restored 5 minutes later when a good move saw Jon Clayton headed the ball over the home defence for Matt Long to draw the home keeper and slide the ball into the empty net. Nailsea were now dominant and saw out the remainder of the game without much trouble. The tiring Vickers was replaced by Darryl Workman with 5 minutes to go to ensure that the points went to the visitors.

A much improved performance after last week’s disappointment. At the moment Nailsea are a Jekyll and Hyde side but today the good guy won.