Fleetwood Town beat Cheltenham Town in a lively evening fixture that finished 2-1, though the scoreline alone understates the volume of activity across ninety minutes.
Fleetwood settled quickly and took control in the opening quarter. Mark Helm opened the scoring at seventeen minutes, and Josh Powell added a second just four minutes later. The hosts looked comfortable, and Helm's second goal on the stroke of half-time, after Cheltenham's G. Miller had pulled one back at thirty-eight minutes, restored a two-goal advantage and gave Fleetwood a commanding position at the break.
The second half changed in character. Cheltenham pressed forward with more urgency, and J. Thomas reduced the deficit at fifty-seven minutes to make it a contest again. Both sides carried threat, and the substitutions came thick and fast. Ryan Broom and L. Young were introduced at sixty-five minutes, while Robbie Cundy had come on two minutes earlier. Will Davies followed at sixty-nine, Mitchell Clark at seventy-six.
The closing stages were frenetic. Isaac Hutchinson entered at seventy-four minutes, and then Josh Davison made an immediate impact, scoring at eighty-four minutes. Goalkeeper Jay Lynch was also brought on in the eighty-fifth minute, the same moment Davison struck again to wrap up the result. Cole Deeming came on in the same window of play.
Fleetwood held on to win, their first-half dominance ultimately proving decisive despite a persistent Cheltenham effort throughout the second period.
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