A crowd of nearly 300 watched this local derby, most of whom came away happy with the result. Unfortunately the match itself was not that memorable. The first half was probably the more entertaining with the visitors providing most of the attacking play. The first chance came on just two minutes, Jerad O'Pray, after having his first shot blocked had a second attempt cleared off the line with the goalkeeper beaten. Bradford had to defend in numbers as the Trowbridge forwards kept the pressure up....
Trowbridge Town were full value for the two points by which they won by score of 2-0 and thereby avenged defeat by a similar score at Cheltenham a fortnight ago. Despite an overwhelming superiority - Vince, in the home goal, only had one really difficult shot to deal with - it looked as though the match would end goalless, for it was not until the 81st minute that Jack Dagg scored the first of Trowbridge's two goals. That Cheltenham's goal remained unbroken for so long was due to some brilliant
Venue | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Agst | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 13 | +22 |
Away | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -1 |
Neutral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 28 | +21 |