Good start to 2015

It was a raw and foggy Sunday afternoon at the New Windmill Ground which kept the attendance down to under 350 (plus one faithful canine supporter) but Brakes made a good start to 2015 with a hard fought 4-3 victory over Bradford Park Avenue.

Leamington were ahead after two minutes when good work on the right enabled Lee Moore to put the ball into the net. A header from a free kick was not far wide. Then Stephan Morley delivered a belter of a shot from a free kick to make it 2-0 on 23 minutes. He was unable to repeat his feat from a similar position a few minutes later with the ball just going wide. The Avenue keeper looked to have carried the ball over the line and it could have been 3-0.

Leamington looked comfortably in control with most of the play in the opposition half, but break aways by Bradford enabled Chilaka to score on 38 and 44 minutes making it 2-2 at half time.

Tank had to be replaced by Edwards at half time because of an injury.

On 50 minutes good work on the left enabled Moore to make it 3-2. A shot almost went in after it bounced off the crossbar from Goddard. Then on 66 minutes Jordan Goddard put it in the goal of the game with a delightful lob over the keeper.

The call now was for the old five, but Avenue did not give up and made it 4-3 from a corner. Danny Newton, who had a good game, nearly scored but the ball was tipped over. In four minutes added on, Avenue had another corner, but Brakes got the ball down the other end and secured the win.