Leamington went down to a 1-2 defeat at the New Windmill Ground to Tamworth, non-league's in form team. However, I felt that we played well and deserved a share of the spoils.
Early pressure led to a Brakes free kick, but it was cleared off the line and then blasted over. Tamworth looked dangerous from a corner, but were unable to put the ball away as we headed off the line. They then had two corners in succession and from the second Paul Green put them ahead on 25 minutes. It was a sloppy goal to concede and the keeper should have done better
However, within four minutes, Brakes were on equal terms. A corner was converted with a powerful bullet header by Delroy Gordon.
Despite calls from behind me for Leamington to ripple the old onion bag, they were unable to score a second with the Tamworth keeper making a good reaction save from Goddard. Tamworth's Joshua Sampson got a yellow card.
After half time, the game was keenly contested, but neither side was able to make the decisive break through. Tamworth goal scorer Green got a yellow card for a nasty foul on Stephan Morley and was eventually withdrawn.
I thought that in the last quarter of an hour Tamworth started to predominate more and on 86 minutes with Atkins out of his goal, after being put in difficulty by a poor back pass, Brendon Daniels got round him to score the winner.
I didn't hear the attendance, but I think it was over 750 with the visitors well supported. However, they didn't have a dog in attendance like us.
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