MONMOUTH TOWN'S Kingfishers were in action for the first time in 2010 and the first time for seven weeks but found the steel of Corus too hot to handle in the shadow of the rolling mills of Port Talbot.
The early exchanges were scrappier than Steptoe's yard however with both teams looking even more rusty after the long snow enforced lay off as passes went astray and no one managing to get a grip of proceedings. A cheap free kick on 17 minutes was floated over a curious Town defence a Steel head did the rest to put Corus in the lead.
Unfortunately for the supporters of both sides this didn't signal an improvement in the football and apart from a half decent shout for a Monmouth penalty, a bit of off the ball argy bargy and a missed sitter for Corus the most interesting thing on offer was calculating the effect on the climate of whatever it is that is spewed out of the giant chimneys that nudge the compact setting of Corus's ground.