Manor notched their second point of the season with a well deserved draw against a very useful Sawbo side. Despite having to reshuffle the starting line up due to injury and holidays Manor still managed to create the better chances in the opening 15mins and two snap shots from stand in striker Andy Wilson had the Sawbo keeper scrambling across his line to keep the ball out, however some neat inter passing between Connolly and Pamplin eventually saw Pamplin whip in a fierce cross from the bye line and Andy Wilson rise above the defenders to head the ball home and put the Manor 1-0 up. The lead never lasted long and Sawbo pulled themselves back into the game with two gifted goals, the first saw some indecision between Young and Scales at the back, which let the Sawbo striker nip in to put the game level, and it was young again who let his marker slip past him to put the away side 2-1 up at the break. Despite being a goal behind Manor refused to lie down and pushed forward in the hope of getting something from the game, chances were few and far between for both teams but it was Manor that was applying the more serious pressure, with time running out Midford, Efejuku and Barratt came on for Wilson, Pamplin and Scales and it was the three subs that contributed to the equaliser, Chris Barratt rose at the back to send a thumping header out of defence Toma Efejuku chested the ball down to Johnny Quinn who fed a delightful through ball to Gordon Midford who flicked the ball up with his right foot turned and drove a cracking half volley into the bottom corner of the net from some thirty yards to put the Manor back on level terms. There was still time for the Manor to win the game and when Efejuku smashed another thirty yard drive goal bound it looked like Manor had secured all the points, but the ball hit the underside of the bar and bounced out. Another tidy performance from the Manor, with things improving with every game 3 points won’t be long in coming.

Team: Neal, Smith, Young, Scales, A.Marsh, Connolly, Quinn,
McTasney, Marks, Wilson, Pamplin. Subs Efejuku, Barratt, M. Marsh, Jenkins, Midford.