Well what a game that was, and ultimately what a disappointment. This contest had everything, great football, crap football, great goalkeeping, crap goalkeeping, superb goals, bizarre goals, a red card, you couldn't take your eyes off it.
For an hour we were on top and made high flying Bracknell look pretty ordinary, and, but for their keeper, could have scored three or four in that time. But you always had the feeling that one goal was never going to be enough.
And so it proved, with a car crash of a last half an hour that will live long in the memory. Firstly an unnecessary penalty conceded which seemed to change the whole atmosphere of the game, then one of the worst own goals you will see. This has been coming for a while, I've noticed in previous games that Morgan Campbell is very uncomfortable in dealing with back passes, he takes an age to decide what to do, always lets the ball run past his body, which lets attacking players close him down and cause a panic situation. This time was similar, except he wasn't under any pressure, he let the ball run past his body, but he totally misjudged it and this time the ball was in the net before he could clear it.
Now Bracknell could sniff all three points, and after another straight red card for Daryl Coleman, there was only going to be one winner. No complaints over the sending off, a bad challenge and Coleman knew what was coming, his shirt was off and he was walking towards the tunnel before the ref got his card out. After his first half penalty miss and his third red card in as many months, it ended up being a bad day at the office for him.
By this time it was mistakes galore all over the pitch and another defensive error let Bracknell in for their well taken third goal.
That probably is the end of our slender play off hopes, we haven't been good enough or consistant enough in the last couple of months to justify a playoff spot. Very disappointing as I think this is a pretty poor division and I am desperate to get out of it. We have shown some great promise at times, though, and if we can keep hold of our better players next season, I would expect a better challenge next time.