We take a look back at Brakes games played on March 29………..
1937 - We faced Cubbington Albion in the Final of the Whitnash Charity Cup, the game ended in a draw, to be replayed almost a month later.
1947 - A Harry Olliver Cup Semi Final at Bedworth saw Brakes ahead at half time, as per the report below from the Coventry Evening Telegraph. Apparently the final score was 7-2 to Brakes!
1948 - Lockheed-Leamington defeat close neighbours Saltisford Rovers 3-2 in the Final of the Whitnash Charity Cup in front of a crowd of 2,000. It was their second trophy win in two days, having won the Foleshill Nursing Cup against Standard Athletic at Courthouse Green, Coventry, on the Saturday.
Team: Len Isaacson, Charlie Stradling, Joe Murphy, Jerry Underhill, Roy Greenwood, Joe Watson, Samuel Henn, Tommy Drummond, David Montgomery, Frank Gardner, Ted Eden.
1952 - One to forget, as Hednesford visited for a Birmingham Combination fixture and won 4-0 in front of a crowd of 500. This would turn out to be Leslie Latham’s last game as Player-Manager, as he transferred to nearby Banbury Spencer the following Monday.
Team: Jack Thacker, Les Latham, Dennis Tooze, Alf Stubbs, Ken Hawker, Fred Keeble, Micky French, Charlie Stubbs, Frank Grimwood, Hughie Morrow, Jack Day.
Meanwhile, in the Birmingham & West Midland Alliance West Section, our Reserve side won 2-1 away from home at Rubery T.A.S.C.O.S, which is the abbreviation for Ten Acres & Stirchley Co-operative Society, if anyone is interested!
Team: Poole, Coope, Griffiths, Brant, D French, Allwood, J Shaw, Atkins, Hughes, F Gardner, Cox.
1958 - Gresley Rovers were beaten 4-0 in a Birmingham & District League game at the Windmill Ground.
Team: Anthony Lines, Ken Jones, Mick Lane, Gordon Dougall, Gordon Hancocks, Ken Hawker, Frank Hawkins, George Dean, Jack Evans, John Clark, George Burrows.
1962 - Brakes saw their 30 game unbeaten run in league matches come to an end at nearby Stratford Town as they went down 3-2 to their Warwickshire rivals after being two goals ahead at half time thanks to a brace from Barry Jepson.
Team: Peter Woodward, Geoff Coleman, Mick Lane, Barry Shorthose, Roy Bradley, Brian Bradley, Ernie Ward, Ken Cornbill, Barry Jepson, Colin Holder, Syd Hall.
1965 - Ernie Ward’s brace sees Brakes to a win away at Heanor Town in the Midland Counties League.
Team: Johnny Crosby, Roy Lockton, Gordon Hancocks, Colin Davis, John Connolley, Jimmy Knox, Ernie Ward, Cyril Parry, Ray Holmes, Barry Shorthose Syd Hall.
1966 - Defeat for Lockheed in Derbyshire at Long Eaton United in the Midland Counties League. Ernie Ward and Ray Holmes scored in each half for Leamington.
Team: Johnny Crosby, Roy Lockton, Gordon Hancocks, Jimmy Knox, Keith Haines, Bernard Jones, Ernie Ward, Cyril Parry, Ray Holmes, Brian Wilson. Sub: Syd Hall.
1969 - A day to forget at the Windmill Ground as Matlock Town romp to a 6-0 win in the Midland Counties League.
Team: Bob Steane, David Pyle, Peter Lawton, Bill Salmon, Bill Tedds, Richard Gretton, Geoff Skellington, Jim Bryant, Richard Gommersall, Alan Vest, Syd Hall. Sub: Terry Keen.
1974 - Ivor Talbot’s 25 yard strike saw AP Leamington take the points at Corby Town in the Southern League Division One North.
Team: Dave Jones, Anthony Bowden, John Brady, Doug Griffiths, Roger Brown, Mickey Boot, Dennis Taylor, Steve Lee, Adrian Stewart, Ivor Talbot, Mick Keeley. Sub: Neil Armstrong.
1980 - AP Leamington fall to defeat at York Street in the Alliance Premier League…..
Team: Alan Dulleston, Paul Cooper, Mickey Taylor, Alan Jones, Gary Brown, Tom Kilkelly, Dennis Taylor, Tom Gorman, Lenny Derby, Duncan Gardner, Roger Bain. Sub: Shaun McNulty.
1983 - Graham Allner’s Brakes side return from Dartford with the points in the Southern League Premier Division….
1986 - Jimmy Knox and his VS Rugby side won a tight game by a single goal in front of a crowd of 360 in the Southern League Midland Division.
Team: Shaun Hemming, Tony Belcher, Tony Upton, Stuart Hall, Rob Rennie, Ashley Alexander, Tony Higgins, Mick Hartfield, Albert Johnson, Kenny Trickett, Ian McConville. Sub: Andy Taylor.
1988 - Leamington suffer a 5-0 defeat on the road at Walsall Wood in the Midland Combination Premier Division.
2003 - Handrahan Timbers 0 Leamington 1
Midland Combination Premier Division
Saturday 29th March 2003
By David Hucker
Brakes Cut Through Timbers to Maintain Challenge
This was a comfortable enough win in the end for Brakes as they chase the ICIS MIdland Combination Premier title, but the home side put up some stiff resistance succumbing to a first-half strike from a rejuvenated Josh Blake.
The rock hard pitch and windy conditions were against Brakes' flowing style of football and combined with the long ball tactics of the home side meant that the match never quite lived up to expectations. Boosted by their draw at Rugby Town the week before, Timbers were certainly fired up for this one and the opening ten minutes were a testing time for Leamington. The visitors' first real goal attempt didn't come until the fifteenth minute when a shot from Chris Hanrahan, who excelled for the second week running in midfield, went over the bar. Nick Mort, Brian Agar and Josh Blake were all involved in a good move a minute later but the opportunity went begging. However, all was well on eighteen minutes when Blake converted a cross from the left from skipper Steve Thompson to score his fifteenth goal of the season.
Timbers struck back and Jonny Burgess was forced to clear off the line. This seemed to spur Brakes into action as they entered their best period of the half with shots from Mort and Thompson that could have brought a second. On thirty-three minutes the improving James Gettings saved at full stretch to keep Brakes in the match and, with play ebbing and flowing, Harj Dhesi sent a free-kick just the wrong side of the post as half-time approached.
The second half started just as the first had with Timbers pressing, but the first real chance fell to Brakes when the evergreen Brian Agar put his fifty-first minute shot into the side-netting. Then Blake set off on a fine solo run before passing to Agar whose shot was cleared off the line. Further efforts by Thompson and Hanrahan failed to prise open the Timbers' defence in which 'keeper James Trevalen had a cracking match and Brakes had to settle for a narrow but important winning margin.
In the absence through injury of Tom Sidwell, the central pairing of Andy Gregory and the impressive Neil McFarlane looked solid at the back and Baz Shearsby worked hard with Hanrahan and Mort to give the midfield some bite and creativity. It is getting tough at the top but co-manager Jason Cadden couldn't have been more pleased with his side saying "it was a good performance and we thoroughly deserved to win. Chris Hanrahan won everything in midfield and the back four were immaculate. I couldn't have asked for more."
Leamington: James Gettings, Jonny Burgess (Ben Adams 70), Harj Dhesi, Nick McFarlane, Andy Gregory, Chris Hanrahan, Nick Mort, Barry Shearsby, Josh Blake, Brian Agar (Paul Nicholls 87), Steve Thompson ©.
Subs Not Used: Darren Timms
Team News: Tom Sidwell dislocated shoulder, could miss rest of season. Two "new boys" are signed just ahead of the transfer deadline of 31 March: Jamie Ball (brother of Adam and a midfielder) and Leamington's Director of Football, Dave Draper (striker extraordinaire) - the term "boys" is used loosely, very loosely in at least one instance.
2008 - Brakes consolidate second place
Saturday, 29th March 2008 @ The New Windmill Ground. vs Bishops Cleeve (2-0). British Gas Business Football League Midlands Division.
By David Hucker.
With Ben Mackey and Robbie Beard still unavailable and Josh Blake, Stuart Herlihy and Liam Reynolds all injured, manager Jason Cadden was forced into rethinking his line-up.
Despite the conditions, which were probably the worst of the season so far, both sides put on an exciting end-to-end encounter to keep the crowd of 533 on their toes, with Leamington's James Husband controlling the midfield and the lively Marcus Jackson weighing in with some good passes and an all-action display.
There was little incident of note in the opening 15 minutes, with the wind taking the ball in all directions and one kick from visiting 'keeper, Sam Gilder, sailed past the Brakes goal with just one bounce. Things livened up three minutes later when Brakes took the lead with Justin Marsden, on loan form AFC Telford United, crossing from the right and Husband stealing in at the far post to slide the ball past Gilder (18 mins).
The post denied Marsden two minutes later but with half-time approaching, the striker was to find the back of the net, meeting a Jamie Towers cross to beat Gilder to the ball (45 mins).
The visitors could have pulled one back in injury time at the end of the half, but a long-range shot from Nick Williams came back off the Brakes crossbar.
In the second half, Brakes thought that they should have had a penalty when Towers was brought down after a good move involving Martin Thompson, Marsden and Husband, but the referee waived play on. Marsden whipped in a cross from the left which Gilder dropped, but Richard Mansell was on hand to hook clear.
The Leamington back three of captain Arron Parkinson, Adam Cooper and Guy Sanders showed all their experience, putting up a solid display to hold the Bishops Cleeve attack, although the dangerous Michael Davis did hit the post in the 68th minute.
David Care, who last played for Brakes at the Bescot Stadium in May 2006, came on for Towers and Shay Morgan made his debut for the club, replacing Thompson. However, it was the third substitute, Glen Webb, who could have added to the scoring, being clean through with just seconds to go, but he put his shot wide of the far post.
Thompson deserved a goal for his endeavours and he was twice denied in the first half, initially by a good tackle from Nick Williams and then, after rounding Lydon Tomkins, by the legs of Gilder who was at full stretch.
In the end, this was a comfortable victory for Brakes that kept them in second place and just two more wins from their last five matches will guarantee a play-off place in their first season back in the Southern League.
Husband and Jackson were both strong candidates for the Man-of-the-Match accolade and Husband just got the vote for his influence on the outcome and again slotting well into a midfield role, rather than his normal wing-back position.
Manager Cadden said, "It was good to get back to winning form after Monday and we were good value for our win. We were pleased with the three points but there are still five matches to go and we will be looking to win them all."
Brakes: Richard Morris, Jamie Towers (Dave Care 83), Arron Parkinson ©, Adam Cooper, Guy Sanders, Marcus Jackson, Scott Hadland, James Husband, Justin Marsden (Glen Webb 73), Martin Thompson (Shay Morgan 84), Ryan Parisi
Subs Not Used: Martin Hier, Neil Stacey
Bishops Cleeve: Sam Gilder, Sam Avery, Richard Mansell, Nick Williams, Lydon Tomkins, Allton Axton, Matt Collins (Tim Haddock 53), John Meadows (Keith Knight 88), Lee Davis (Kacey Johnstone 78), Luke Corbett, Michael Davis.
Subs Not Used: Mike Rhodes, Fred Ward.
Attendance: 533 -
Man of the Match: James Husband.
2014 - Brakes held Champions to be AFC Telford United at the New Windmill Ground, meaning that they had taken four points from the best team in the league that season…
First half goals from Danny Newton and Nathan Hicks (penalty) earned Leamington their point.
Team: Tony Breeden, Ryan Higgins, Stephan Morley, Joe Magunda, Liam Daly, James Mace, Aron Wint (Matt Dodd), Reece Flanagan, Danny Newton (Ricky Johnson), Nathan Hicks, Lee Chilton (Peter Till)
Subs not used: Lee Moore, David McNamee.
