Date	Saturday 18th November 2017
Match	Royston Town v Redditch United
Competition	Evostik League South: Premier Division
Result	Won 2-1
Attendance	217
Royston Scorers	Powell, Bridges
Crows MoM	Sam Corcoran

A dominant second half performance saw Royston overturn a half time deficit to record a deserved 2-1 victory against Redditch.

The first half was a fairly even affair as both sides looked to get the ball down and play. For the home side John Frendo saw a shot saved, whilst Joseph Thomas saw his shot blocked by team mate Kevin De Veiga Monteiro, preventing Redditch taking the lead.

Shortly afterwards Redditch did take the lead as a wayward Royston pass was fed through to the prolific Spencer Weir-Daley, who gleefully shot home to give the away side the half time lead.

Royston were not behind for long as within 22 seconds of the start of the second half they were level. Scott Bridges collected the ball in the Redditch penalty area, in the process attracting three defenders. This created space for Martel Powell and he collected Bridges pass to bury a shot into the bottom corner.

Nine minutes later Weir-Daley had a chance to restore Redditch’s lead but home stopper Joe Welch was out quickly to block his effort.

What turned out to be the winner arrived in the 59th minute as Bridges converted an easy tap in, following a good save by Ethan Ross from Frendo’s low shot.

Both sides had further chances, with Welch making a good low save with 5 minutes to go, but in the end it was Royston who took the 3 points.
1-Welch, 2-Asafu-Adjaye, 3-Chappell, 4-Bridges (c), 5-Murray (14-Castiglione 52), 6-Brathwaite, 7-Corcoran, 8-Thomas, 9-Frendo (16-Oyinsan 76), 10-Powell, 11-Ingrey

Unused – 12-Kennelly, 15-Canham, 17-Alomenu

 

ROYSTON TOWN		REDDITCH UNITED
13	ON TARGET	7
5	OFF TARGET	5
4	BLOCKED	2
15	FREE KICKS FOR	10
4	CORNERS	5
0	YELLOW CARDS	0
0	RED CARDS	0