Leamington continued their crawl towards safety in the Skrill North with a 1-1 draw with Barrow at the New Windmill Ground today in front of a crowd of 548, quite a few of whom had made the long journey from Cumbria. The Brakes are 16th in the league and 8 points clear of financially troubled Histon. Gainsborough Trinity, level on points, also drew 3-3 at home today.
The accomplished Ryan Higgins closed down early danger for Brakes with some good defensive work. Then on 14 minutes the visitors scored what had to be admitted was an excellent goal. A good cross found the head of Tom Corner, who has played in Spain, and he made no mistake with his header to make it 1-0 to Barrow.
Barrow's two giant centre backs were causing a few problems for the Brakes attackers, but the home side forced two corners as the half hour approached. On 36 minutes an inspired (or fortunate) substitution saw Peter Till coming off and Matty Dodd coming on.
I couldn't see where a goal was coming from, but just before the break Dodd was brought down in the area. At first I thought the referee was not going to give it, but the lino flagged for the penalty which was taken emphatically by Dodd to make it 1-1.
Leamington provided some early pressure in the second half with three corners in succession. With an open goal in front of him, but not an easy angle, Danny Newton hit the post. Breeden had to make a save at close range from Nick Rushton who had come on as a substitute. Around the 70 minute mark Lee Chilton came off and Ricky Johnson came on to the joy of his claque of followers.
Stefan Morley tested the keeper and won Brakes a corner which led to a second, but despite a goalmouth scramble the ball went wide. In three minutes added on, Barrow did have a penalty call which had more justification than their earlier appeals.
Despite some clogging from the Barrow players, and a certain amount of petulance, no cards were awarded. It was a better performance than on Tuesday, but that set a low benchmark.
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