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Royston Town

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Coalville Town

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Southern League 24/08/2019 @ 3:00 pm Garden Walk

ROYSTON TOWN FC v COALVILLE TOWN FC

Saturday 24th August 2019

 

The battle of the birds ended in a draw, as the Crows were unable to capitalise on having an extra man advantage for the last 25 minutes.

It was the Crows who took the lead at the end of a largely forgettable first half. The architect of the goal was Claudio Ofosu, who had troubled the Ravens with his pace throughout the opening 45 minutes. Another probing run saw him lay off the ball to Brandon Adams, whose cross-shot was turned away by the Coalville keeper, straight to Matt Bateman who tapped in from 2 yards out.

The second half started quietly but sprung to life in the 57th minute as Dan Brathwaite hauled down Kairo Mitchell in the penalty area after he had latched onto an excellent, early dropkick from keeper Saul Deeney. Mitchell picked himself up and scored the penalty, with what turned out to be Coalville’s only effort on target.

This sparked Royston into life, as they enjoyed their best spell of the game, with the best effort seeing Adams have a header tipped over by Deeney. The continued pressure told on the home defence, as Stuart Pierpoint saw red for a second bookable offence in the 64th minute.

The red card seemed to halt the Crows momentum as Royston struggled to create any chances against the 10 men, a penalty shout for handball being the closest they came to gaining a winner.

 

Royston: 1-Welch, 2-Scott-Morriss, 3-Newton, 4-Bridges, 5-Murray, 6-Crowther, 7-Brathwaite © (15-Ingrey 74), 8-Green (12-Mentis 66), 9-Adams (16-Martin 85), 10-Bateman, 11-Ofosu

Unused: 14-Newman, 17-Castiglione

MOM: Adam Murray

 

ROYSTON TOWN COALVILLE TOWN
9 EFFORTS ON TARGET 1
3 EFFORTS OFF TARGET 3
3 BLOCKED SHOTS 5
20 FREE KICKS AWARDED 9
4 CORNERS 1
2 YELLOW CARDS 6
0 RED CARDS 1

 

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Royston Town 1 - 1 Coalville Town

  • Saturday 24 August 2019 @ 3:00 pm
  • Southern League 
  • Garden Walk
  • Attendance: 245
  • Referee: Jack Bloxham
GLS
12 Ben Martin Brandon Adams
13 Ryan Ingrey Daniel Brathwaite
14 Spyros Mentis Dan Green
15 Josh Castiglione
16 Tom Newman
11
Played
5
Won
5
Drawn
1
Lost

Previous meetings

23 Feb 19 3:00 pm League Royston Town v Coalville Town 2 - 0
02 Apr 19 7:45 pm League Coalville Town v Royston Town 2 - 3
24 Aug 19 3:00 pm League Royston Town v Coalville Town 1 - 1
18 Jan 20 3:00 pm League Coalville Town v Royston Town 1 - 4
23 Oct 21 3:00 pm League Royston Town v Coalville Town 2 - 2
05 Apr 22 7:45 pm League Coalville Town v Royston Town 2 - 3
20 Aug 22 3:00 pm League Coalville Town v Royston Town 2 - 2
03 Dec 22 12:30 pm League Royston Town v Coalville Town 1 - 1
26 Aug 23 3:00 pm League Royston Town v Coalville Town 2 - 0
07 Oct 23 3:00 pm FA Trophy Royston Town v Coalville Town 1 - 3
23 Dec 23 3:00 pm League Coalville Town v Royston Town 1 - 1