Town Take 3 Points From League Leaders

Town, who were without the likes of Ben Pattie, Carl Resch and Tom Bryant, were looking to stretch the great run even further, as they travelled to the Grassroots Stadium, backed by a large amount of Town supporters.
They lined up as follows: Benney, Osborne, Silford, Murphy, Donkor, Newbury-Barr, Towell, Fredericks, Murrell, Webb, Campbell. Lead out on the day by young Town mascot and my brother, Harry!
Dan Benney, on his Town debut, made a smart early stop to deny Tring, after Donkor’s error allowed then a free strike at goal.
Surely after, it was Town piling on the pressure and forcing Tring into mistakes.
Jordon Fredericks was one of the men forcing those errors and his sliding tackle and slick pass fed Danny Webb, who didn’t need asking twice... he dinked the ball over the goalkeeper for 0-1!
Town’s early dominance gave them a deserved lead, but the tide began to turn in the favour of the hosts.
Benney made a brilliant save down low to his left, before gratefully thanking the crossbar as another header came in and cannoned off of the underside.
Alfie Osborne entered the book on 26 minutes, for a late tackle in the centre of the park.
With 5 minutes to go until half-time, Tring pulled themselves back on to level terms.
Benney and Osborne couldn’t keep out Tring’s captain who slotted into the empty net with ease, to make it 1-1.
The hosts could’ve taken a lead in with them at the break too, but 8 found himself blazing over, one-on-one, from just a matter of yards!
The second half started in the same tempo, but with Tring attacking the Town area. Benney called into action just a couple of minutes into the second period to claw a shot away from danger.
Then, on 55 minutes, greatness happened. Campbell won a free-kick and Webb stood over it with intent. He struck it so cleanly, so powerfully and much to the delight of us behind the goal! If you haven’t seen the video, head to our twitter account. My phones notifications haven’t stopped...
With Town now in front, they were under the cosh for the remaining half an hour!
Archie McClelland came on to replace Alfie Osborne on 65 minutes.
Within the space of 3 minutes, debutant Dan Beeney, showed his class with 2 extraordinary saves. One with his feet and one with a fantastic firm palm!
Aaron Murrell was soon replaced with Martin Conway.
With the clock running down, Tring were forced to go long and try and win some more headers like they did in the first period.
Kuda Butawo came on towards the end in place of Ashton Campbell.
There were late yellow cards for Butawo and Donkor as they looked to shut out the hosts from grabbing an equaliser.
And luckily, that was it! A brilliant victory, over a team Leighton lost 7-1 to last season in the league!
A fantastic win, with Webb and Benney winning the game for Town, but every single player a hero! What a win!
Thank you for your brilliant support, you out-shone Tring’s supporters!
See you on Tuesday as we welcome Eynesbury!