The Braves knew all about tht threat that the visitors had up front and a bad early mistake in central defence almost led to an early goal for the visitors as they shot wide when clean through. At the other end the Manor had half a chance that fell to Dean Frett but he allowed the ball to try and run to his right and the chance was lost.

Poor defending again allowed the visitors half chances which were spurned. The Braves were not playing badly but lack of concentration and wrong options looked likely to cost them at the back. The gamr remained end to end though and after Tom Nyama had gone close, a good bout of passing saw Neil Barrett lay the ball back to Paul Marin who scored with a precise shot inside the right post, 1-0 to the Braves.

Not to be out done the visitors raced through the Manor defence and should have levelled the scores but somehow shot wide from a great position. Come the break and the Braves leading 1-0.

After the break , the mistake that seemed likely at the back of the Manor defence happened when a soft back pass allowed the visitors a gift equaliser. 1-1. Worse was to follow when the centre of the Braves defence was found wanting and Bowers slotted home to go 2-1 up.
Credit though to the Braves for they dug in and defiantly went about looking for the equaliser and should have got it when Tom Nyama was through but shot against the visitors keeper.

However the persistence paid off when a loose ball fell to Danny Clarke and he made no mistake and levelled the scores . 2-2. Soon after this Dean Frett was upended in the box but the Braves penalty appeals were waved away by the referee. The visitors were still very much in the game and again missed a great chance to score.

Once again though the pendulum swung the Braves way as excellent approach play by Richard Simpson and Paul Marin set up Neil Barrett to slide home, 3-2 to the Manor. It looked all over a Manor win now but from a disputed corner the Braves defending was non existent and the Bowers striker ghosted in to power a headed equaliser into the roof of the net, 3-3. Apart from a decent penalty appeal that was given outside the box the Manor were unable to fashion another chance and so the match ended all square with honours even.

Manager Kevin Durrant said "Once again we have conceded through lack of concentration and we must get this out of our game. I was pleased with our attitude and will to get a win . We played quite well but need to iron out a few technical details before we play Enfield on Saturday."

Man of the Match

Paul Marin - A good return and a goal.

Manor Team:

1 Paul Daley
2 Richard Simpson 
3 Joe Nightingill (replaced by number 12)
4 Carl Bailey
5 Chris Barratt
6 Michael Marin (replaced by number 14)
7 Paul Marin - 1
8 Dean Frett (c)
9 Neil Barratt - 1
10 Danny Clarke - 1
11 Tom Nyama (replaced by number 15)

12 George Durrant
14 Alan Browne
15 Ed Chibogu
16 Andrew Gibbons
17 Tony Hadley