The Manor knew that they would have to be at their best to compete against one of the stronger sides in the league. Manager Kevin Durrant and his staff made sure that the team were suitably prepared for this tough encounter.

Honours were about even for the first 5 minutes with Sid Nelson having a decent effort cleared by the home defence and Manor keeper Michael Wakefield, making his debut, had to be alert against a lively Enfield attack. The home side looked pacy down their right flank and from one of these attacks a good cross came in and the Enfield striker, Manor old boy Bradley Nelson, was on hand to slot home the opener. 1-0 to Enfield.

Although this was not the start the Braves were looking for, to their credit they quickly got back into the game. Although the visitors pressed hard they had to wait until the 35th minute to seriously threaten the Enfield goal when a great strike by Courtney Linton crashed against the bar with the keeper well beaten. The Braves looked dangerous now and had the home side on the defensive, particularly from set plays. Unfortunately they were unable to fashion an equaliser and at the interval the home side led by the only goal.

After the break, the Braves took the game to Enfield. Their dominance had the home defence stretched and Dean Frett had a good effort saved and within minutes only the keepers legs denied Courtney Linton the equaliser. Tom Nyama, making a welcome return after injury, was introduced into the fray and soon had an impact . He ran at the home defence, laid the ball off to Joe May who in turn picked out skipper Dean Frett and he made no mistake and cooly put away a well deserved equaliser for the Manor.

The Braves went searching for the winner now and a great cross from Richard Simpson was fired over the bar by Courtney Linton. The game drew to a close with the visitors well on top and possibly feeling they might have got all 3 points from the match.

Man of the Match

Sid Nelson - Consistency personified in midfield.

Manor Team:

1 Michael Wakefield
2 Richard Simpson
3 Joe Nightingill 
4 Carl Bailey
5 Chris Barratt
6 Manny Sackey (replaced by number 12)
7 Joe May 
8 Dean Frett (c) - 1
9 Courtney Linton (replaced by number 15)
10 Scott Lovett
11 Sid Nelson

12 Tom Nyama
14 Asa Pamplin
15 Danny Alleyne
16 Tony Hadley
17 David Bryan