Leamington secured three important points with a 2-0 victory over Paulton Rovers at the Phillips 66 Community Stadium this afternoon. The crowd of 443 and one dog saw a rather uninspiring display by the Brakes, but we do go up to 3rd in the table, albeit Kettering have two games in hand over us. We will need to do better on Tuesday if we are to come away with anything.
An early penalty was awarded to the Brakes after the Paulton keeper (said to be 'a character on and off the pitch') came out and brought down Dubidat who had to go off injured. The referee did not show a card as the ball was going out for a goal kick, but I thought that a yellow was merited. In any event, Austin stepped and took the penalty to put Brakes 1-0 ahead. Ogleby came on to replace Dubidat.
We came close to scoring when the ball had to be cleared off the line twice, but the score remained at 1-0 at half time.
In the second half our play often seemed to be disjointed and we surrendered possession too easily. It wouldn't have been easy to work out which was the bottom team. Leamington did get the ball in the net after a nice move, but it was offside.
The sub was subbed and Ben Mackey came on. I wasn't sure why he didn't start. In any event he made it 2-0 on 88 minutes with a header from a corner.
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