MATCH REPORT: Frome Town 0 Cambridge City 0
A very entertaining opening match of the Calor League Southern Premier Division season eventually finished goalless.
However, it was only the intervention of the woodwork and top quality goalkeeping that saw Frome Town and Cambridge City share the spoils.
Frome had the better of the first half thanks to a new brand of slick passing football that restricted Cambridge to rare attacks and long-range shooting.
With a little more composure in front of goal, Frome could well have been ahead as Matt Smith and Luke Ballinger combined well on several occasions, but each time the final shot went wide or was saved by Zac Barrett in the visitors' goal.
The second half was different as Cambridge closed down the space in midfield and looked much better, restricting Frome's attacking intentions.
Ballinger thumped a long-range free-kick against the Cambridge bar in the 54th minute, while Will Lowton did likewise at the other end 13 minutes later. On that occasion, the ball came down on the line and Neil Midgley poked it wide from a yard out.
Heavy rain and end-to-end action saw Frome keeper Darren Chitty produce a stunning low save to deny Joey Abbs, while Barrett denied Ballinger a late winner as the game ended all square.
Dean Flockton was chosen as Frome's man of the match by Zippy, who sponsored both the game and the match ball.
