Beverley entertained St. Andrews for this midweek fixture, knowing a win would put daylight between them and second place Sculcoates, with a game in hand. Unfortunately for Town after his four goal heroics the previous week, Jamie Waltham was unavailable. Richard Gibson came in, with also Matt Dixon and James Whittingham making returns. There was also a comeback for inspirational midfielder Nathan White who has been out with a knee injury for six weeks, and has been sorely missed. On a very solid pitch the game was a little scrappy, but Beverley were beginning to stamp their authority with White prominent in midfield, this gave the chance for something that hasn’t been seen for a while Dave Ricardo getting forward. Ricardo was making some good runs into the opposition box, but the final ball was letting him down. A good chance fell to Town when Mike O’Connell burst into the box, but he sliced his right foot attempt wide of the goal. In fact it was the visitors who took the lead against the run of play, when a long ball out of defence, led to a mix up between centre back Dane Mortimer, and keeper Adam Nicholson, Lewis Poucher…

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