Heanor Town FC 1-2 Barton Town Old Boys FC

Heanor suffered their second defeat in the last fifteen games when Barton Town Old Boys visited The Town Ground on Saturday.
The Lions should have been aware of the threat posed by Barton, a side on a quick chase to return to the top six position they seem to occupy year after year. The visitors forced three saves from Ian Deakin within the first five minutes, three low saves coming within a sixty second spell to ensure an early lead wasn’t on the cards.
It was the great link up play between Matt Richards and Gary Ricketts that saw Heanor take the lead on nine minutes, Richards split the Swans defence with a perfectly weighted pass to Ricketts who didn’t need to break strike as he placed the ball past White with consummate ease.
On twenty three minute it was Barton’s top scorer, Scott Phillips, who found himself through on goal after the Lions defence had believe him to be offside. The forward took the ball almost to the reach of Deakin but then deftly chipped the exposed goalkeeper to level the scores.
Phillips had to be substituted afterwards to get treatment from paramedics due to a muscular injury.
Shortly after Adrian Hawes had to replaced by Marc Strzyzewski, Hawes suffering with dizziness after a collision of heads whilst defending a set piece.
Courey Grantham should have put Heanor back in the lead on thirty eight minute but saw his header held by White.
The half ended with Debrouwer receiving a caution for a late challenge on Mortimer, the forward aggrieved to be on the end of a caution in what had been a physical, but fair, match.

Half time saw Danny Booth replaced by Nick Hall, Booth who is cup tied for The FA Vase fixture next weekend feeling similar to Adrian Hawes with a spell of dizziness, Hall replacing him to prevent any further symptoms.
On fifty two minutes Heanor made their third substitution of the day, new signing Jack Andrews replacing another player who is unavailable in The Vase, Matt Richards.
Shortly before the hour, Debrouwer saw his free kick from all of twenty five yards deflected wide for a corner. The set piece awarded after Hall was chopped down on approach to the penalty area.
The coach of Barton Town Old Boys had complained about how slick the surface of the pitch as the second half began, if we waited for a dry pitch at the end of November we would never see a game played.
It was the slick pitch that aided Barton, the ball slipping its way to Ashley Lattimore who fired first time at goal, the effort hit with such power that Deakin had no chance to react as the ball flew into the net.
Ricketts saw himself in the referee’s notepad on sixty four minutes, along with Barton’s Gareth Owen, the two facing off after a solid challenge came in from the full back.
Grantham saw another Heanor chance come and go, he shot with real venom but found himself unable to hit the targer as the ball nestled high in the trees behind the goal.
Heanor chose to go all out attack for the final twenty minutes of the match but with Barton becoming very compact and moving centre forward Gareth Barlow to join the defence it wasn’t to be Heanors day, seeing the third home defeat of the season out.

Heanor Town FC: Deakin, Marriott, Shaw, Jones, Henshaw, Hawes (Strzyzewski 37), Debrouwer, Booth (Hall 46), Ricketts, Richards (Andrews 52), Grantham.
Unused Substitutes: Wells, Thompson.

Attendance: 168

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