Saturday 6 September 2008

Goal feast at Harbury Lane

The 602 fans in attendance at the New Windmill Ground this afternoon saw nine goals scored, seven of them in the first half, as Leamington beat Marlow 7-2 in the BGB Business League Midlands Division.

Leamington opened their account on ten minutes with a fierce shot along the ground from ex Reading ace Guy Sanders. An attack down the right wing on 17 minutes led to the second goal by Luke Corbett. The third goal came two minutes later with a header from wing back Jamie Towers. On 27 minutes a conversion by Guy Sanders from a free kick made it 4-0 with hapless Marlow keeper Keiron Drake losing it with his defence.

However, the visitors pulled one back two minutes later through Lane. Marlow's Sam Arhin received a yellow card for a foul. The Old Five came on 37 minutes with a run from the halfway line by Mark Bellingham that left him one on one with the keeper. Former Warwick University student James Husband then made it 6-1 on 40 minutes.

Brakes stepped off the accelerator in the second half and Marlow pulled another one back on 48 minutes through Jermaine Roche. Leamington made a series of substitutions between 58 and 64 minutes which destroyed their rhythm to some extent, but there was a great cheer for Stuart Herlihy returning for injury and it was good to see Shay Morgan being given a chance.

Some interest was provided by Bob Marley look alike Philip Nugent who came on for Marlow and proceeded to demonstrate his spitting skills against Adam Cooper.

Brakes skimmed the bar and hit the post, but it was not until the 89th minute that Josh Blake scored their 7th goal, sending the Marlow keeper beserk.

After all the boardroom troubles this week, this result was a great tonic for Brakes fans as Leamington maintained their 100% record this season in decisive fashion.

2 comments:

ChicagoAddick said...

You know what Wyn? I've been reading your blog for about 4 years and by my reckoning Leamington have hardly ever lost!

Wyn Grant said...

Unfortunately the one match they did lose was the play off final last year.