Match Report
6 points and 3 places separated them: Royston Town 7th with 77, Basingstoke Town 10th with 71. Basingstoke Town had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 10th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.83/1.41 for Royston Town and 1.98/1.57 for Basingstoke Town (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.7.
Defeat had followed defeat for Royston Town — four in succession. Over the last five, Royston Town had taken 3 of 15 points to Basingstoke Town's 9.
The match was played at Garden Walk Stadium in Royston (capacity 4,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.


