Brackley Town Football Club

Two Saturday's ago I went to what I had hoped was the final game of the Brackley Town FC men's season. They had gone on a 12-game unbeaten streak and had moved up to 2nd place in their league. The top two teams at the end of the season would automatically promote to the next higher division. Teams 3 - 6 would be in a playoff to decide a 3rd team that would advance.

Brackley was playing the 3rd place team and only needed a tie. Normally they get about 100 - 130 people at a game. At this game there was over 600 fans. The first half of the game was hard for Brackley. The other team controlled the game and was rewarded with a goal late in extra time in the first half. Brackley woke up in the 2nd and came close to scoring a number of times but were unable to pull a ball in the net. The loss dropped them to 3rd and into the playoffs.

The won their first playoff game 2 days later to advance to the playoff final also at Brackley. Unfortunately their leading scorer was injured and forced to miss the final game. Brackley was ahead 2-1 when the other team score 2 late goals (81st and 90th minute) to win promotion.