Bromsgrove Sporting 3, Pershore Town 0

A RECORD crowd saw Bromsgrove Sporting breeze to a 3-0 victory over Pershore Town in the Midland Football League Division One on Saturday, writes Max Banner.

A delicately placed Simon Fitter free-kick from just outside the area got the home side’s afternoon off to the best possible start after a quarter of an hour.

Further goals from Liam Spink and Sean Brain helped Sporting to secure another league win, with a record crowd of 553 people in attendance on Non-League Day.

Spink almost opened the scoring on 12 minutes but his shot was wide of the post.

However, Fitter was more accurate with his free-kick, which followed a foul on the lively Connor Collins.

Keeping the ball low, it sailed past the wall and into the bottom corner.

Sporting almost doubled their lead after half an hour when a Luke Dugmore corner came to Ricardo Richards, who hoisted his volley over the bar.

Spink doubled his Sporting's lead when he slotted home after Richards had seen a shot blocked.

The Rouslers almost added to their tally after the interval, but squandered numerous chances.

Pershore keeper Andrew Yarnold saved shots from Collins and Spink plus another free kick from Fitter that was destined for the top corner.

Substitute Brain had three chances of putting the game to bed inside the final ten minutes.

The first a shot struck wide after some neat interplay with Reece Hewitt, the second well-saved by Yarnold but the third was coolly placed into the corner after benefitting from a pinpoint Spink pass.

For the second Saturday in a row, the talismanic Brain scored with virtually the last kick of the game and it sealed what was a routine victory for Sporting, with goalkeeper Josh Moreton having a fairly quiet afternoon.

SPORTING: Moreton, Roberts, Kelly, Fitter, Jones, McKeon (Brain, 67), Spink, Hewitt, Collins (Edwards, 82 mins) Ricardo Richards (Josh McKenzie 76 mins), Dugmore.

Suns not used: Delaney, Gibson PERSHORE: Yarnold, Webb, Donnelly, Jenvey (Snape, 60), Guest, Walker, Carter, Walsh, Hall (Baker, 74 ), Connor, Roche. Subs not used: Mitchell, Griffith, Bastable.

Referee: Mr B Hall (Great Barr). Crowd: 553. Sporting MoM: Liam Spink