It was good to be back at the NWG after nearly 2 months and watch the Brakes give a good performance to take all 3 points against Swindon Supermarine.
Swindon took the lead early with an own goal remarkably similar to Stephen Wright's goal in the Cov-Portsmouth FA Cup replay a couple of weeks ago. After a number of weeks without action a number of our players seemed to take time to get into the tempo of the game. And our formation was a bit confusing; couldnt tell if we were playing 4-1-3-2 or with a diamond formation in the middle. Faulds seemed particularly unsupportive to Tuohy who was our only defence against Swindon coming down our right flank at will.
However, initial concerns soon were relieved when Bello did a cute lob to equalise 10 mins into the game, and Sanders leathered the ball into the net to make it 2-1 going into the second half.
Swindon had a couple of efforts flash by the post and Kiely was in good form - back to his old confident self which was good to see. He saved low when Swindon did break through early on but other than that we limited Swindon to shots outside the area. Lycett and Knight were a force in the centre with Sanders on the left.
Second half and we continued to press forward searching for the third. And it came when we sprung forward with Corbett, Bello and Husband with Husband's shot across the goal hitting the post and coming out to Corbett who slammed the ball home for us to seal the points. Other chances included Corbett doing a great turn before having his shot saved. Corbett and Bello looked sharp today.
A well-deserved 3 points and nice to be back at the NWG after our mid-season break.
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