Seasiders narrow the gap

Felixstowe and Walton United narrowed the gap on leaders Lowestoft Town to three points last night- and took their winning run to five matches, five matches in which they haven’t conceded a single goal.

The Seasiders were making the trip to Brightlingsea Regent, and- as usual- the Taydal sponge beat off anything the weather could throw at it to get the go ahead. Regent had lost six in a row coming into this one, results which had badly hampered their promotion dreams, and needed to stop the rot- but they’d have struggled to find more difficult opponents against whom to get back to winning ways. A goalless first half was followed by an opener for the visitors on fifty eight minutes, Josh Mayhew’s eleventh of the season- one every two matches- giving his side the lead; and once they got one they quickly added another, Henry Barley doing his best Peter Lorimer impression (ask your…grandad) to make it two-nil.

Unsurprisingly given their defensive record, the Seasiders held onto that advantage, and kept the pressure on the leaders whilst keeping their title hopes firmly alive.

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