Harlow Town
Pre-Season Friendly: Brentwood Town 1 Harlow Town 1
Brentwood Town end their pre-season campaign with a 1-1 draw at home to Ryman North side Harlow Town at the Brentwood Arena.
Ryan O’Rawe took the lead for the home side just before the break with a header. In the second half Harlow were awarded a penalty early in the second half which Alex Read converted from the spot.
Brentwood almost broke the deadlock 13 minutes in, as Robbie Rees cut inside across the box to lay it back to Shad Ngandu who returned the ball for Rees but his shot was dragged wide.
A Long clearance by Johnny Bulter put Mitch Hahn in out wide, he lifted the ball into the box for Rees to run on too but he could not slip the ball past the keeper.
O’Rawe denied Harlow the lead just after the half hour mark. A great last ditch clearance was hooked off the line by the centre back, to keep the score goalless.
New face, Jared Small whipped in a ball at the by-line – which came to Rees to cut the ball back for centre back Butler and his shot was held by the Harlow keeper.
Brentwood should have taken the lead as Ngandu switched the play to Tom Richardson whose first time ball across goal was met by Small at the far post which was saved at close range by the Harlow keeper.
‘The Blues’ took the lead two minutes before the break from the resulting corner, Hahn’s ball in was converted by O’Rawe at the far post, despite a hand from the keeper.
Brentwood made three changes in the second half as Michael Asombalonga, Daryl Robson and Ade Cole replaced Johnny Butler, Shad Ngandu and Jared Small.
Harlow equalised five minutes in, as Brentwood substitute Michael Asombalonga went sliding in on Junior inside the box and the referee pointed to the spot. Read stepped up for Harlow and tucked-in from the spot passed Guest to equalise.
Just under the hour mark Rees out wide went to cross the ball which was over-hit and became a shot as the Harlow keeper, at full stretch palmed it clear.
Hahn’s long throw for substitute Martyn Stokes was flicked on but was parried to substitute Louis Baucutt with an open goal but his shot was over.
Substitutes slowed the game down in the second half as the game concluded in a draw.
Brentwood will now set their stool up for next week’s Ryman Premier opener away at Wingate and Finchley.
Brentwood Town Lineup: 1 Martyn Guest (74), 2 Richie Jones, 3 Dave Collins (73), 5 Ryan O’Rawe © (66), 4 Johnny Butler (45), 10 Mitch Hahn, 11 Robbie Rees (69), 8 Shad Ngandu (45), 9 Tom Richardson (85), 6 Nicky Symons (81), 7 Jared Small (45)
Substitutes: 14 Jordan Holdsworth (69), 18 Louis Baucutt (73), 12 Ade Cole (45), 17 Daryl Robson (45), 20, 15 Martyn Stokes (66), Matt Gill (74), 16 Michael Asombalonga (45), 20 Harrison Yates (85), Tom Bradshaw (81)
Attendance: 101
Ryman League North: Harlow Town 1 Brentwood Town 1
Brentwood Town extend their unbeaten league run to seven as they got a point in an eventful 1-1 draw away to Harlow Town, as both sides ended with 10-men.
Sherwin Stanley gave Brentwood the lead in the first half but Harlow got an early second half goal through David Cowley to end the game level.
The home side were reduced to 10-men after a second yellow for Shane Stamp and Brentwood also went down to ten men in injury time as Danny Dafter was given his second yellow.
Brentwood almost took the lead with two great chances as a short corner was whipped in by Sam Bantick which was headed by Stanley but cleared off the line. The clearance then came to Jamie Love whose shot from 20 yards was palmed away at full stretch by Ed Thompson.
On the 20 minute mark Harlow had a glorious chance as Stamp’s whipped in ball was flicked on by Alex Read but again went just wide of the far post.
Harlow’s Read tucked the ball in the net 30 minutes in but the linesman put his flag up for offside to Brentwood’s relief after poor defending.
Brentwood took the lead as Bantick from his own half beat several players and slotted in to the path of Stanley, which he calmly placed the ball under the keeper to give ‘The Blues’ the lead.
The home side equalised two minutes in to the half as David Cowley was slotted in inside the box to tuck it past Ollie Bowles.
Robbie Rees put his corner on a plate for Stokes who headed narrowly wide from the six yard box.
A quickly taken free-kick by Dafter fell to Rees on the edge of the box which his fierce shot was parried away by Thompson.
Shane Stamp saw a second yellow for Harlow, after getting the first for simulation the second came a few minutes after for a late tackle on Ollie Bowles, to play the final 19 minutes down to 10-men.
The sides were balanced a minute into injury time as Dafter was given a second yellow for dissent but Brentwood held off the final surge from Harlow to take home a point.
Brentwood Town Lineup: 1 Ollie Bowles, 2 Jack Gardner, 3 Louis Baucutt, 4 Martyn Stokes ©, 5 Ryan O’Rawe, 6 Robbie Rees, 7 James Love, 8 Danny Dafter, 9 Sherwin Stanley (76), 10 Shad Ngandu (80), 11 Sam Bantick (77)
Substitutes: 14 Marcus Milner (77), 17 Danny Aldwinckle (76), 12 Adam Rooke, 15 Christian Mbulu, 16 Ryan McFarlane (80)
Harlow Town Lineup: 1 Ed Thompson, 2 Robbie Martin, 3 Layne Eadie, 4 Joshua Urquhart, 5 Daniel Matsuzaka, 6 Fabion Simms, 7 Junnior Appiah (87), 8 David Cowley, 9 Alex Read, 10 James Smith, 11 Shane Stamp
Substitutes: 12 Warren Goodhind (87), 14 Michael Toner, 15 Luke Cuthbert, 16 Billy Jones, 17 Ben Glasgow
Attendance: 225
Ryman League North: Brentwood Town 1 Harlow Town 2
Harlow Town remain unbeaten after four games with a 2-1 away win to Brentwood Town at The Brentwood Centre.
Alex Read grabbed the opener within the first minute of the match but Brentwood didn’t respond till the second half and Harlow got the winner 18 minutes from the end to take all three points.
Harlow took the lead after only 30 seconds when a long clearance put Alex Read in and struck the ball on the half volley from outside the box leaving Olly Bowles stranded.
George Smith was replaced by Shane Stamp after a lengthy injury leaving him to limp off in crotches.
Fabian Simms went close to doubling the visitors lead just before the half hour mark from a dangerous free-kick but his header went over.
In injury time, after great play by Sherwin Stanley he played in Alex Akofi who was blatantly body checked by the Harlow Keeper after winning the ball but the referee waved away claims.
Substitute Stamp had the first chance of the second half, a shot from 25 yards which stun the hands of Bowles, down low to his right post.
Brentwood equalised in the 65th minute after a another great move involving Akofi who slotted in Sam Bantick who didn’t panic and cut the ball back to substitute Robbie Rees.
The away side responded eight minutes later after a corner wasn’t cleared, fell to Stamp who fired it across goal for Jared Small to guide it in.
Martyn Stokes had a shot just inside the box as the loose ball dropped to him but it was lashes just over the bar.
Brentwood huffed and puffed in the remaining ten minutes but couldn’t muster a chance to snatch a leveller.
Brentwood Lineup: 1 Olly Bowles, 2 Sam Cross, 3 Martyn Stokes, 4 Micheal Alille, 5 O’Rawe, 6 Dafner, 7 Sam Bantick, 8 Jason Dobbs (58), 9 Shad Ngandu (78), 10 Stanley (70), 11 Alex Akofi.
Subs: 12 Daryl Robson (78), 13 Courtney White (70), 14 Louis Baucutt, 15 Callum Webb, 17 Robbie Rees (58)
Harlow Town Lineup: 1 Edward Thompson, 2 Ben Glasgow, 3 Layne Eadie, 4 Micheal Tower, 5 David Kendall, 6 Fabion Simms, 7 Jared Small, 8 David Cowley, 9 Alex Read (84), 10 James Smith ©, 11 George Smith (12).
Subs: 12 Daniel Fry, 14 Chinedu Mckenzie (84), 15 Shane Stamp (12) , 16 Claudio Lorenzani, 21 Tristan Hickman
Attendance: 116
PREVIEW: Harlow Town v BRENTWOOD TOWN
Harlow Town v Brentwood Town at Barrows Farm Stadium
Ryman League North
as Mitchell Young looks ahead…
Brentwood Town continue their good form in to the New Year as they are once again on their travels to promotion pushers Harlow Town on Saturday.
After staging a great comeback away from home to Dereham Town last weekend Brentwood stretch to four game unbeaten run. With two goals in seven minutes from super sub Tony Martin to snatch a point from a two goal deficit.
Brentwood progress their league form with only one loss in their last eight games and are slowly climbing up the table away from the relegation zone.
Harlow Town have better form with only one loss out of their last 12 games in all competitions and sit comfortably in fifth position, going in to the game with confidence after a 3-1 win over Kingstonian in the Cup on Tuesday.
Brentwood will have to stop Harlow’s top goal scorer Alex Read with 27 goals this season but Brentwood have shown great spirit with fight backs recently against Barkingside and Dereham Town.
Both sides haven’t met so far this season, so who will come out on top as 5th place Harlow Town host 19th Brentwood Town?
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