Vs. Firehills Seniors (H)
Starting XI	Substitutes:
Grant Lewis
Paul Rook
Alan Cowley
Max Sztyber
Paul Ford
Ollie Jeffs
Dave Sitch	(72 Adam Staplehurst)
Dave Mills (c)	(72 Pete Cooper)
Ian Rafiti
Tom Frere-Smith	(15 Steve Spicer)
Gary Walsh
Referee: S Ralph
Goals: Ford, Walsh.
HT Score: 0-2
FT Score: 2-2

Battle Baptists came back from 2-0 down at half time to claim a well-earned point and had a couple of late chances to take all three.
For the second week running Battle gave themselves a mountain to climb by conceding goals in the first half without scoring themselves. The situation looked even more bleak as Tom F-S limped off injured after 20 minutes. He was replaced by Steve Spicer, playing for the first time since the car crash that seriously threatened his life a year ago.

Man of the Match Ian Rafiti ran his heart out for the Baptists, forging down the left wing and causing problems for the away side. Grant Lewes had a solid game in goal pulling off a brilliant save that kept his team in the game. His performance creates a selection dilemma for next week's return match against Little Common when Andy Poulter is expected to be recovered from flu. Youngster Adam Staplehurst came on 15 minutes from time and his central midfield promising performance also gives selection flexibility.

Battle's bid to rescue the game began when Paul Ford smashed in their first goal from a narrow angle. Gary Walsh then finished coolly to equalise with ten minutes to go. As the Firehills defence tired, Ian Rafiti had a chance to wrap it up and shot wide in front of goal. The fairytale finish almost came true when Steve Spicer broke through the defence and narrowly missed.
Having narrowly missed out in close games previously, Battle will be pleased to get something out of this game, especially because it denied Firehills the three points that would take them further away in the league.