It was a frustrating afternoon for Brakes supporters at Harbury Lane as Leamington lost the Battle of the Spas, going down 1-2 at home to Harrogate Town on a cold and blustery afternoon in front of crowd of 608. Following a good draw away at Solihull and a creditable performance against league leaders North Ferriby United, supporters were hoping for more from this mid-table clash.
Leamington started brightly enough and things were looking promising on 19 minutes when Newton burst through on the right wing. For a moment it looked as if the keeper might stop him but Newton got round him to make the score 1-0.
Tony Breeden in the Brakes goal required treatment after making a save from Steve Mallory. Then Ashley Worsfold got the wrong side of Daly and managed to make Breeden, although possibly the keeper should have done better. Breeden then had to make a good save just before half time to keep the score at 1-1.
HT 1-1
Harrogate made the first of a number of substitutions immediately after the break which seemed to serve them well. A great run down the wing by Lee Moore brought chants of 'We've only got one Moore' from the Harbury Lane end. Don't we know it.
The visitors made two more substitutions and kept up the pressure, winning some corners. But then we turned the tables and piled on the pressure with a series of corners. Daly put in a good ball to Ricky Johnson but, in the best chance of the half, he headed the ball just over. If he hadn't had jumped, he might have found the target.
On 79 minutes we failed to clear the ball and Harrogate went ahead through substitute Conor Sellars. Given the quality of our play, with the ball in the air far too much, we seemed unlikely to equalise. Indeed, Hawker picked up the only yellow card of the game, while Breeden had to make another great save to keep the score line respectable. Leamington were not able to make use of four minutes added on. We missed the injured Dodd and Magunda today.
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