Sorry to hear of his departure to Kidderminster, that's the second keeper we have lost there. Tony Breeden has since moved on to Kidderminster. But, of course, if players are any good they are likely to go higher up the non-league pyramid.
The news from a Kiddy angle here: Vaughan
Not sure who his replacement will be, the guy we had last Saturday was ok, but not as good as Vaughan.
Leamington got a good work out against Conference side Mansfield Town at the New Windmill Ground yesterday as they went down 0-1 through a second half penalty.
Brakes started brightly with one wag commenting that he had seen more football in the first ten minutes than he had in the whole of last season. Alex Taylor posed a number of questions to Mansfield early on through penetrating runs down the right. Long range shots from Adkins and Taylor tested Stags keeper Shane Redmond. Jamie Hood nodded the ball in the net, but was judged to be offside. The Brakes back line held their discipline and the linesman was raising his flag as often as the guard on a preserved railway.
Stags introduced a completely different eleven in the second half and they posed more of a threat after a somewhat disjointed first half performance from the visitors. Brakes lost their shape after they made some substitutions, some of them players unknown to me and those around me. As Brakes tired, the inevitable happened and Liam Daly conceded a penalty with Matt Green sending Vaughan the wrong way.
If it hadn't been a number of fine saves by the on form Vaughan, Mansfield could have gone away with a bigger scoreline. However, it was an encouraging start to the season.
