Midweek games under the lights sometimes determine the outcome of a season. Tonight 471 fans plus a dog wearing a black and gold scarf saw Leamington go down 0-1 at home to a petulant but effective Redditch. The visitors played with ten men for much of the second half.
Redditch had pace, they were faster to the ball and they moved well off the ball. They created space for themselves. We were invariably second to the ball. Brakes relied hoof and hope football, the relentless long ball forward all evening. I don't know how many shots on goal we had exactly, but it wasn't more than five.
All evening Redditch where whingeing and surrounding the referee. A dive led to a concerted shout for a penalty. However, they were soon ahead with a well-taken goal on 17 minutes which involved playing the ball along the ground. Throughout the game they showed an ability to carve through our defence. Tony Breeden stopped it becoming 0-2 with a great save.
Redditch's No.2 was given a well deserved red card in the second half after bringing down Chilton, but Brakes were unable to take advantage of playing against ten men. We did hit the post and Redditch keeper Jose Veiga made a great save from Big Ben to prevent the equaliser.
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