Monmouth Town were held to an entertaining two-two draw at home to the students of UWIC last Saturday (19th March).
The visitors arrived in good form after a sensational cup run which saw them beat Welsh Premier League side Bala Town four-one just a few weeks ago.
After a goalless draw midweek against Tredegar, this was billed as a must-win game for the Kingfishers in order to keep their promotion hopes on track.
The home side kicked off, attacking from the off despite missing Sam Palmer and Andrew Smith through injury.
Sam McCoy returned on the left flank while Aaron Davies returned to the heart of the defence after missing the midweek fixture with a calf strain.
The town should have taken the lead after just four minutes. Good link up lay between Ashley Ford and Bowen resulted in Elliot Ford cutting inside and, with only the keeper to beat, seemed destined to score but somehow fired over from four yards.
Two minutes later, it was the younger Ford brother found guilty of missing when he too fired over from close range after Bowen had robbed the full back and squared the ball across goal.
For full report see Beacon 23/03/11.