MARINE 0
BARWELL 1
By Ralph Rands
BARWELL skipper Michael Townsend’s 23rd-minute header proved the difference between the teams in Crosby.
Marine vkeeper Germano Mendes blocked Ryan Seal’s first-minute shot and the follow-up effort from the same player, and the Mariners then enjoyed the better of the opening 20 minutes.
However it was Townsend who broke the deadlock as he escaped his marker to meet a corner and head home.
The Leicestershire side almost double their lead just before the break as Seal lobbed Mendes but Michael Grogan was on hand to head clear from underneath his o...