CHARMOUTH faced Thorncombe in the quarter final of the Jack Venn Cup at home and after two wins were the favourites but their neighbouring villagers had a very different plan.

Charmouth looked off the pace with wayward passing and no real spark. Thorncombe took full advantage and after 10 minutes they were 2-0 up with two near identical goals, a great through-pass opened up the Charmouth defence and a clinical finish putting Thorncombe in control.

Charmouth did rally creating chances and Dave Bridges hitting the post but with the pressure they could o't find the back of the net.

Thorncombe then punished Charmouth again with another counter-attack, making it 3-0 at half-time.

Charmouth were looking to respond in the second half but in the 55th minute a Thorncombe corner was met by an unmarked Thorncombe head to make it 4-0. Charmouth did make a late rally with Archie Knox lobbing the keeper on the 80th minute for 4-1 and just 2 mins later Ashley Williams made it 4-2, then Charmouth found the net a few minutes later but had crept offside. This ended the comeback and saw Thorncombe progress to the semi-finals, a well deserved win and one Charmouth will want to forget. The two sides meet again on Saturday in the semi-final of the Tommy Tabberer Cup.