By George ! Fareham are off mark

Paul Metcalf [Mark Upfield]

Fareham scored twice in three third-quarter minutes to beat draw specialists Ashmoor 2-1 and ease themselves out of the Western Conference danger zone.
Paul Metcalf and George Davey scored the goals which earned Fareham their first win of the season from a match low in quality and which only came to life in its latter stages.
Fareham’s young and inexperienced squad has been boosted with the return of Steve Daxter and Jack Simmons alongside James Morris, with the pre-half-term 1-1 draw at Havant and the win over Ashmoor giving the side confidence ahead of Saturday’s demanding lunchtime visit to second placed Chichester (1.30).
Fareham ‘led’ Ashmoor 4-2 on unconverted penalty corners until that critical period early in the third quarter when they opened up the visitors’ defence.
Nippy England Under-16 starlet Charlie Cook was the architect behind both the Fareham goals, his right-side dart in to the Ashmoor circle forcing a penalty corner from which Paul Metcalf scored his second National League goal.
Cook, whose England team-mate Matt Dicker really caught the eye in midfield, had an ever bigger hand in Fareham’s second points-clinching goal.
Picking up on a surging run out of defence by Kieron Page, Cook forced another short corner, which Davey fired against the backboard to make it 2-0.
Ashmoor, who had drawn all four of their previous games, cut the gap early in the final quarter, but Fareham managed the closing stages satisfactorily, with goalkeeper Alex White making several fine saves.

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