Llandaff Athletic 1–2 Brixton AFC: the draw streak ends
Llandaff Athletic 1, Brixton AFC 2. Matchday 36, Sunday 30 August. The side that turns drawing into a habit finally remembers how to lose. The board at full-time says 1-2, which for Llandaff is almost an achievement in itself.
Brixton, fourth, arrive in good nick. Llandaff, fifteenth, arrive with 39 points and a firm commitment to sharing them. The earlier meeting between the pair finished 0-0. This one has more edges.
The first goal comes on 44 minutes. Múgica-Olano, who scored against Hitchin eleven days ago, takes the ball in the pocket and finishes. No deflection, no controversy. Just a piece of work on the stroke of half-time. The whistle follows, and the momentum takes a seat in the Brixton dressing room.
Llandaff respond on 68. Tagliaferro feeds Vermeulen-Brand, a man who has scored in three of his last four. He finishes. The home end wakes up. For ten minutes, the pattern is back on track and the arithmetic looks generous.
It lasts exactly ten minutes. On 78, Vauquelin steps over a free kick. He has spent the season laying on goals for others: this time he takes the low and awkward route himself. The wall, if there was one, is not worth remembering. The ball lands where the goalkeeper is not.
That is the match. Brixton collect the points and stay fourth. Llandaff stay 15th with one small consolation: they did not draw. Sources confirm there is no time to stew. Tomorrow is Matchday 37, and a daily league does not wait for anyone's feelings.
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