Goalless so far, but Jack goes close

By Ray Simpson

Goalless so far, but Jack goes close

Trying to bounce back from the FA Cup exit

Leamington 0 Darlington 0

Louis Rose had the first shot of the game, a left foot shot from the edge of the box that Peter Jameson saved low down to his left.

Demico Burton then ran through and fired over the top after Kallum Griffiths seemed to be barged out of the way, before Quakers got a free kick on the edge of the Leamington box for Rogan Ravenhill flattening Tom Allan. Griffiths' free kick was blocked by the wall.

Leamington replied with a couple of corners, the second of which Burton headed into Jameson’s hands.

When Quakers won their first corner, the ball dropped for Lennon, whose shot was blocked, and when the ball came back into the box, Lennon had another effort stopped by a defender.

After Leamington’s Ewan Williams failed to test Jameson with a shot on the turn from a long throw, Quakers nearly took the lead on 32 minutes, when Will McGowan crossed to the far post where Jack Maskell’s header was blocked by Ravenhill.

Just on half time, Quakers broke well out of defence through Main, who set up McGowan on the edge of the box, but he fired over

Half time Leamington 0 Darlington 0

Leamington went close at the start of the second half, with a low shot by Luke Shaw that went just past the far post

 

Team: Jameson, Griffiths, Forbes, Barrow, Hedley. Platt, McGowan, Allan, Lennon, Main, Maskell

Subs: Lees, Cornish, McGrath, Scott, Barton, Rutledge, Stanton