Date	Saturday 24 November 2012
Match	Royston Town v Guildford City
Competition	Evo-Stik League Southern: Central Division One
Result	Won 3-2
Royston Scorers	Edwards, Lockett, Collins
Attendance	207
Crows MoM	Jack Bradshaw

The Crows of Royston Town flew back to the top of the table defeating Guildford City by a score-line of 3-2 on a wet and miserable day that levelled the playing field, but still saw two strong teams compete admirably in a tight and tense match.

It couldn’t have started any better for the home side as they took the lead in the third minute when Carl Edwards shot home a low Luke Robins cross. Guildford made it level twenty minutes later with Ben Rayner scoring only for the Crows to react immediately and they regained the lead four minutes later when the lively Ryan Lockett converted another Robins cross to take the lead into the break.

With Jack Bradshaw and Joe De La Salle marshalling the defence brilliantly, Royston created numerous chances to try and put this game beyond their visitors and seven minutes into the second half we saw Lockett beat the offside trap, round the keeper and cut back a fine pass that skipper Ross Collins powered into the net. Guildford stepped up a gear and put pressure on the home side and their persistence won them a penalty in the 66th minute that Dan Moody converted low into the bottom left corner past the diving Will Norris. The Crows continued to push forward taking the game to their opponents but couldn’t add to their goal tally and this well contested game finished with a hard fought, but deserved victory for Royston.

Team: Norris, Parr, Endacott (Wilson-75), Bradshaw, De La Salle, Spencer, Edwards (Ingrey-70), Collins (c), Standen (Malins-80), Lockett, Robins. Unused Subs: Fehmi, Reynolds