Premier Division

Long Buckby  2    Raunds Town  2

Tuesday, 21 August 2007

Long Buckby shared the spoils for the third time this season as the visiting Shopmates picked up their first pont of the new campaign.

Carl Holmes gave Buckby the lead two minutes before half time with a header from a left wing cross, but Raunds were quick to square the game on resumption with Danny Frid levelling after 48 minutes, turning in a cross from the right after a quick counter attack.

Holmes restored the home side's advantage with a far post header after 57 minutes but the Shopmates again fought back with a 77th minute Josh Davis goal earning them a share of the spoils after Ashley Bradshaw's effort was saved by Martyn Margason.

Long Buckby: Martyn Margason, Ryan Nash, Dan Burke (Jamie Wright), Mark Njotsa, Andreas Kattos, Danny Duggan (Steve Smith), Richard Bunting, Stuart Smeathers, Carl Holmes, Ben Foster, Richard Bailey.

Raunds: Michael Hearn, Joe Rich, Ashley Bradshaw, David Green, David Coales, Ben Armstrong, Callum Ridgway, Jake Upton, Danny Frid, James Willmott (Josh Davis), James Russell.