MANAGER Adam Collington resigned as manager of Westbury United after a narrow home defeat to Roman Glass St George.
Collington, who took over in the summer feels he is not the right man to take the club forward. He will be replaced initially on an interim basis by his assistant Mark Hurkett and Mark will now be assisted by Paul Brickley.
The match was contested by two poor teams and included some questionable refereeing decisions that was ultimately decided by a goal from former Bristol Rovers professional Andy Gurney.
United’s best player on the day was Nick Taylor who showed the determination necessary if a way back to positive results is to be found.
Both teams played some decent football in a goalless 1st half with Ryan Elliott, Simon Millard and Nick Taylor going close for Westbury as did Drew Hamilton-Dunn and Dan Williams (twice) for St George. The respective goalkeepers Callum Hotine and Gary Dempsey were both called on to make saves to keep the score level.
The pivotal moments came early in the 2nd half ; after Hotine had done well to save from Hamilton-Dunn United’s Mark Young was shown a straight red card for dissent before 10 minutes later Gurney arrived unmarked to head in a corner kick.
The referee deemed it necessary to brandish yellow cards to a number of players in the closing stages, including Gurney for an audible obscenity whereas Young’s hadn’t been heard from the sidelines.
*STAR MEN – Nick Taylor (Westbury United) & Andy Gurney (Roman Glass St George). TEAM – Callum Hotine, Gary Tugwell, Grant Gunning, Dan Hurkett, Marc Scammell, Ryan Elliott, Nick Taylor, Jon Price, Mark Young, Simon Millard, Josh Maguire. SUBS – Richard Jones, Lee Stevens (used) Levi Wood (unused)
