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| Potters Bar Town FC 0-3 Leighton Town FC |
After successfully making it into the
second round of the FA Trophy on Tuesday night, Leighton were brought back down
to earth with a tricky game against second in the league Potters Bar.
Leighton kicked off looking strong, but
were constantly being caught offside much to the annoyance of the crowd. The
first 10 minutes saw Leighton crossing the ball in left, right and centre only
for them to be denied of a goal by the lack of players in the box.
A shot from Danny Watson in the 24th
minute saw the ball skim over the bar and play was then stopped as Robbie
Goodman was treated for an injured shoulder.
Potters Bar had their first corner of
the game in the 33rd minute. The ball flew straight across the goal only
needing a touch to put them into the lead, however it went straight out for
another corner before being well cleared by Leighton.
An unmarked Joe Bennett in the 37th
minute saw him slide the ball across to Lamar Simpson but his shot could only
find the hands of Dan Green. Good footwork by Alvin Rajaram stopped Lamar
Simpson in his tracks as he made his way towards goal only moments later.
With 40 minutes gone, a spectacular
ball by Phil Draycott flew towards the goal, bounced off the far post and flew
into the corner of the net, putting Leighton into a well-deserved 1-0 lead.
A miss kick by Jack Friend saw the ball
ricochet off Danny McNicholas and land at the feet of Claude Senla but his shot
bounced behind the back of the net.
A half time announcement revealed that
one of the assistant referees had picked up an injury, so Leighton Town
supporter Matt Parsons volunteered to take over.
Potters Bar kicked off the second half
and a chance came for James Ewington to equalised when he saw Green off his
line and no defenders in sight but he panicked and skied the ball over the bar.
With only 4 minutes gone of the second
half the determination to win was written all over the faces of Leighton.
Draycott played a lovely ball to Senla who slotted it past the keeper without
too much trouble, putting Leighton 2-0 up.
56 minutes in and Michael Lyon came on
in place of Ash Farmer and moments later Lyon and Mark Bunker both received
yellow cards.
A good two handed save over the bar by
Green denied Potters Bar of yet another goal. Leightons' second substitution
saw Tyrone Taylor come on for Christian Lester.
In the 63rd minute Jack Friends' free
kick flew straight across the open goal but there was no one to give the ball
the nudge it needed to cross the line.
A Draycott corner curled round to the
far post of the goal in the 67th minute finding the towering head of Goodman
who headed the ball home.
Chris Doyle could have scored Potters
Bars' consolation goal in the 71st minute but his strike hit the bar and
ricocheted out to Leighton.
Tommy Boxer was shown a yellow card in
the 74th when a bad tackle on Draycott saw him escorted off the pitch and
replaced with Aaron Morgan.
The last 5 minutes saw Leighton
continue to walk all over Potters Bar, Morgan livened the game up, not backing
down when the ball was lost to the opposition and Gary Ridgway won a corner
before the final whistle was blown. However Leighton couldn't put another past
McNicholas and the game finished at 3-0 to Leighton.
Leightons next game is at home against
North Greenford on Tuesday 28th October, kick off 7:45pm.
Leighton Town FC
Team- Green, Rajaram, Ridgway, Bunker,
Crook, Goodman, Farmer, Lester, Senla, Watson, Draycott
Subs- Durcan, Murphy, Lyon, Morgan,
Taylor
Potters Bar Town FC
Team- McNicholas, Feltwell, Clifford,
Friend, Bozer, Bowditch, Shepherd, Bennett, Hutchinson, Ewington, Simpson
Subs- Akinyemi, Sullivan, Doyle
Attendance- 129
By
Hannah Sellman
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