What a difference a game makes, after Saturdays meagre performance Manor travelled to last seasons champions Enfield Town for another league fixture, only this time they actually decided to play the way the management know they can. Despite some sloppy defending in the first 5mins which lead to Town taking an early lead, Manor out played the champs for 60mins and were unlucky not to come away with all three points. Inspired by the evergreen Asa Pamplin who lead the line superbly Manor created a number of chances and should have ended the half on level terms, Johnny Quinn had the best chance of the half when after some desperate defending from the home side the ball found it’s way to Quinn some 6yds out and he completely missed the ball on an uneven surface. Manor took charge in the final 15mins of the first half and went close again when Gary Scales rose to meet a Grant Smith free kick only to see his header scrape the wrong side of the bar. The second half saw Manor apply even more pressure as Knapman, Connolly and Pamplin all go close to grabbing the equaliser. All 223 Enfield fans remained silent as their team defended wave after wave of Manor attacks, and with Quinn and McTasney controlling midfield there was no way through for the Enfield strikers. Eventually Manor got the break they deserved when a Town defender handled the ball in the box and Quinn stepped up to score a well deserved goal for the visitors. Marsh, Quinn, Connolly, Knapman, & McTasney were all outstanding for Manor, but it was ass manager Asa Pamplin who took the m.o.m. for a inspirational performance, he did everything but score. Manager Kirk Whitelock was full of admiration and praise for his players after this quality display & said “ it’s a proud moment for the whole Manor side, not many teams will come here and get a result the boy were superb tonight”.

Team: Neal, Smith, Young, Scales, A.Marsh, Connolly, Quinn, McTasney, Marks, Knapman, Pamplin. Subs Efejuku, Wilson, M. Marsh,
Jenkins, Snazel