Match Report
The table gap was wide: 35 points between Brackley Town (3rd, 85 pts) and Blyth Spartans (21st, 50 pts). Per game in the league, Blyth Spartans were scoring 1.43 and conceding 1.78, Brackley Town 1.41 and 0.8, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Blyth Spartans — four in succession. Brackley Town came in having won three on the spin, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Over the last five, Blyth Spartans had taken 1 of 15 points to Brackley Town's 13.
Croft Park in Blyth, capacity 4,435, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Brackley Town led 4-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-5.