Monmouth Town's Kingfishers bounced back from their first defeat of the season despite not being at their best and going behind for only the second time this season as the Buds provided an early scare.

Indeed, in the opening exchanges the Buds, managed by former Cardiff City and Abergavenny Thursdays legend John Lewis, looked the brighter team as the Kingfishers struggled to find their passing range.

Bowen was passed fit to play for the first time and Alderdice dropped back, leaving Hughes on the bench.

It looked like Town were coming back to full strength but they were rocked by a simple move as a cross was swept in from the left, and Ford played his man onside to allow a stooping header to be planted beyond Pass.

Ford departed the action soon after, still feeling the strain of his injury sustained at Port Talbot.

Kennedy joined the fray as his replacement but the reshuffled back four struggled to clear their lines in the strong wind.

A couple of promising moves later, however, and Town were level as Elliot Ford capitalised on the disarray in the Buds defence to smash home a loose ball.

Town then survived a scare as the dangerous left winger clipped the cross bar and a few free kicks tested Pass in the home goal.

For full report see Beacon 30/11/11.