Travelling Town flew out of the starting blocks. First, Albie Hall fired a diving header into the side netting on 6’. Then, just two minutes later, Louie Barrett opened the scoring. Finlay Brennan produced the goods on the left and Barrett was alive to tap home. The early away ascendency continued as Hall forced goalkeeper James Callan into a fine diving save on 13’ - yet the stopper wasn’t equal to Town’s next sublime effort.
Luke Pyman started off a busy evening in the spotlight with a remarkable solo goal. Picking the ball up just left of the centre circle, he jinked and jived, nutmegging his marker. The head went down as he surged on. He floated past another with ease and then the goal was in his sight as he fizzed it with his laces. It went low into the bottom right corner with the keeper having absolutely no chance. Lead doubled – 21 minutes.
Before the break Leighton made it three as Pyman, and the first goal’s provider Brennan, were involved again. The winger found Pyman just inside the box and he snuck it past Callan – again low into the bottom right.
In the second spell, it became bookings galore as Town found themselves frustrated by officials. Finlay Brennan ended his evening early as he was given his marching orders for a foul and then dissent. Manager Gary Flynn found himself in the book too in a frenetic spell.
After this, a mix up at the back gifted Pyman his hattrick. Callan was hassled by James Sage on the right of his six-yard box. Such was the case that the goalkeeper stretched and mistakenly found a waiting Pyman who slotted into the empty net with ease on 74’.
With respect to Aylesbury, there was a late resurgence. Jonas Kalonda and Owen James had Leighton strained before Jack Wood got one back. His side-foot volley came from a well worked corner. Admittedly, a depleted Leighton had the handbrake on now – and Aylesbury kept coming. Owen James got his side’s second with a solo effort of his own, curling the ball into the bottom right after a driving run.
Fortunately for Town, it was too little too late as the points on the road were sealed. Now, it’s back to Bell Close for FA Cup Second-Preliminary Round action against Enfield FC.

LTFC: Comas; Joyce, Sage, Farrell, Flanagan, Powell, Simpson, Pyman, Brennan, Hall, Barrett.

Match Report Max Bradfield