Credit goes to the groundstaff
of Cradley for even keeping this fixture on after the torrential
rain of Thursday and Friday.
The game started pretty even
with most of the play coming in the midfield area, with Josh Davies
and Ben Finch working hard with some good tackling and forward
passing.
Cradley worked a few good
scoring chances, notably from Josh Davies and Taine Lochhead but
were unlucky on both occasions with the Leigh & Bransford
keeper seemingly taking up all of the goal.
Midway through the first
half, following a Leigh & Bransford corner, a lapse in concentration
from Cradley's defence allowed the opposition to pounce and score
to make it one nil at half time.
Cradley started the second
half strongly and through some good team play had chances on goal
through Taine Lochhead, Thomas Fairclough and Josh Davies, but
the opposing goalkeeper was having a very good game and kept everything
out.
Unfortunately for Cradley,
Leigh & Bransford started to dominate and ended the game strongly
scoring 4 more goals in quick succession to make the final score
a flattering five nil.