Stafford Rangers Reserves 2 Nuneaton Borough Res 2
Central Conference
At: Marston Road
Kick-off: 7-45 pm
Attendance: 26
Weather: -
Youth team player Mike Weston scored twice as the Reserves came from behind to defeat a strong Nuneaton Borough side. The visitors took the lead after just three minutes through David Blenkinsopp. After Weston replaced the injured Danny Edwards, Rangers got back on 17 minutes. Paul McMahon chased a long ball down the right, pulled it back low for Pat Bannister to net at close range. Nuneaton, needing a win to secure the Central Conference title, regained the lead after 36 minutes with a low drive from Tom Breward.
Weston scored Rangers’ second equaliser of the evening when he bravely scored with a low shot from just inside the area and was injured in the process. Mike Winstanley and Lee Collymore replaced Levi Reid and McMahon on 69 minutes. Three minutes later, Jackson pulled off a great save to turn round a curling free kick from Stuart Whittaker that was heading for the top-left corner. Substitute Collymore made an impact by setting up what proved to be the winner on 76 minutes. He flicked the ball into the path of Weston who gave Ryan Poole no chance with a rising shot that flew over the Nuneaton keeper and dipped under the bar.
