HIGHLIGHTS | St Albans City vs Braintree Town - 29/03/24

As both teams take to the Clarence Park pitch, visitors Brry Town have the momentum to reaffirm their 14-game unbeaten run ended last weekend by league leaders YoVille Town, but their task is not becomes much easier: they travel to playoff contenders, St Orban City. In this Good Friday clash in response to Saturday's first home defeat to YoVille Town, Angelo Harup has made three changes to his team. New loan signing Trent Renle starts in defense after joining the club on loan from QPR. Leon Davies replaces LS Mito and Jaden Davis. First, the challenge is so great for the A's that their rival has not lost consecutive league games at home since November.

However, they have lost their last two League games and consequently find themselves just inside the playoff spots as we begin here at Clarence. The Park Stadium Tre bra in green looks to impose himself and apply pressure early on if given an opportunity, but again the visitors pushed their luck a bit, almost resisting whatever St Albans are throwing at them at the moment, but Blackwell has been found in the background. The hand side looks to spin and spin, takes a shot, is eventually blocked and then in the middle of the park manages to find Davis on the near side but has been flagged for offside but Brry investigates and starts to ask some questions.

St Orbin's defense were the emphatic victors when the two teams faced the Irons 4-n winners in November on the day they definitely have a big challenge on their hands at the moment St Orbin tried to play from the back but were dispossessed . For Freddy s, the goalkeeper came to the initial stop, but then came Aaron Blair R Tre heading in front. How clinical it was that empty-net Aaron Blair had another goal in this fantastic campaign for him, but Freddy Sears applauded the St orins' pressure. the defense leaked and it's St Orban City brainless Tre Town a Davis trying to advance deep into the St aubin field finds Davies and back to Davis tries to pick out a teammate in the penalty area brry then heals For a penalty the referee deflects it and the home team escapes with a free kick.

The home team with a corner on our right side look to build it out of Tre's brain box and still hold Tre, allowing them to create a chance and then Jeffers shoots. Over Bar St Albin winning the second header, they then clear the ball. Jeff looks to apply pressure and actually wins the ball and looks for Surge escaping the iron defense and is denied by Sims who is near the post. It's been a contest so far and when the referee whistles at half-time, Bry knows he has a precious lead to preserve just six days after his 14-match unbeaten streak evaporated.

Aaron Blair's header into an empty St Alban's goal is the critical difference here at Clarence. Park Stadium halime es St Orban City nil brry Town one Blair looks to move up this near side towards our right side, although he doesn't have many options and St or initially tries to defend him from Blair and then finds Freddy Z, who was denied by Johnson. Jeffers looks to advance centrally through bra tre's half and I think Renle, who remembers that he is already on a yellow card, gives away the foul. Barington will step up and manage to find a way through the breakout wall and then Sims came into action once again in this match.

Blair moves away from the right side, manages to win the ball and presents himself with the opportunity. Oh my words, how close, how close it was that once again St Alin were playing from the back, deep in their own half, and it may have cost them. them because Blair is in charge once again and St ALB with a moment of last defense defending them keeping them in Bay Blackwell shooting the ball into the area is not met by a revolutionary player St Orin now looks to escape the pressure and now looks to develop an attack of their own , they rescue the players at the back who try to keep the hosts in the pH and then Ainola charges the ball outside the post, the irons get closer and closer to Victory and Aaron Blair, who scored the goal, looks for a double, it's Blair . who Johnson denies, the irons are being completely steep, it is ainola from the left side and he puts the ball in the area and somehow he heads it Blair again involved in a great attack by Tre and he has another chance and deflects it to everyone .

St Alban City, one last chance to tie, the ball floats into the area, heads towards the road, then Rulo and it is blocked and the referee goes down for full time, the irons went deep and they have reaped the sweetest of rewards. Aaron Blair's goal was the difference, but Angelo Harup on the other side was not. What a powerful collective effort, that was the winning feeling, it is an iron feeling once again and brry

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have prevailed here at the Clarence Park stadium where they defeated St Alban City by one goal to nil.