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Runaway lawnmower stops play in Alcester Town's narrow win over Kenilworth Sporting




DEBUTANT George Davis struck a last-minute winner for Alcester Town at Kenilworth Sporting in a game which assistant boss Tony Round says his side did not perform to the standards expected of them.

The runaway lawnmower stops play. Photo: Alcester Town (60537128)
The runaway lawnmower stops play. Photo: Alcester Town (60537128)

The two teams had drawn 2-2 at the Stratford Road Ground earlier in the season and it looked as though the points were going to be shared once again on Saturday.

However, right at the death the visitors snatched all three points when Ricardo Richards’ in-swinging cross was headed in by Davis to lift Alcester up to third in the table.

Round told the Herald he would have had no complaints with a draw but stressed that on some occasions “three points can mask a below-par performance”.

“It was one of those games where, even though there were chances, neither side looked like they were going to take proceedings by the scruff of the neck,” he said.

“Then right at the end Ricardo has worked an opening and George did really well to get across his man to score on his debut. While we would have been happy with a draw, we were disappointed with the performance. The performance was not there on Saturday but we did say in the changing room afterwards that if we want to do anything this year and want to be successful, these are the types of games you have to win.”

One peculiar highlight on Saturday was when a runaway automated lawnmower halted proceedings early on.

The pitch invader made its way to the halfway line before being escorted back to where it belonged.

“We were attacking at the time and all of a sudden I heard Ricardo shout and there was this lawnmower making its way onto the pitch,” said Round.

“I think someone was doing a demo but lost control of it.”

The Romans have now lost just one of their last nine games in all competitions and they will be looking to maintain their good run when they welcome Hampton to the Stratford Road Ground on Saturday (2pm kick-off).

Round knows that Hampton have always been competitive at this level and has warned his side they cannot afford to take them lightly.

“When you’re on a good run things start going your way and that happened at Kenilworth,” he said.

“However, there’s a danger you start to think that luck is always going to happen but it’s not.

"We have to make sure we put in a performance that’s worthy of beating Hampton because if we don’t then they’ll punish us.”



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