Name: Leeds United 1-1 Brentford match reaction.mp4
Uploaded: 2026-08-31T15:28:16.000Z
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Description: Reaction after Leeds United's 1-1 draw at home to Brentford.

Horbury Town’s positive start to the season continued with a brilliant FA Cup result backed up by another solid point in the league.

Darren Barnes’ men won through to the first qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history with a 1-0 replay success against 1874 Northwich in midweek.

Up against a team from the higher Northern Premier League’s West Division, they had already shown their capabilities in drawing 1-1 in Cheshire and also showed that result had been no fluke in the quick return game at Horbury.

A fast start saw three chances created in the first 10 minutes as Joe Angell, Joe Jagger and Emmy Nzondo all went close.

Goalkeeper Paul Day kept a clean sheet in Horbury Town's FA Cup tie win over higher league Northwich and was man of the match in a 1-1 draw with Rossington Main. Picture: Horbury Town

placeholder image — Goalkeeper Paul Day kept a clean sheet in Horbury Town's FA Cup tie win over higher league Northwich and was man of the match in a 1-1 draw with Rossington Main. Picture: Horbury Town

George Whittaker also came within a whisker with a great strike from distance, but the teams went in goalless at the break.

More near misses followed in the second half with Sam Hobson and James Travis heading over and Luke Playford denied by the visiting keeper before what proved to be the only goal of the game came on 72 minutes when Aaron Fell found the back of the net with a free-kick that evaded everyone.

Northwich threw plenty at Town in the closing stages, but with keeper Paul Day and his backline standing firm a clean sheet was kept to book a place in the next round of the famous cup competition when Horbury travel to play another team from the higher league, Prescot Cables, this Saturday.

"It’s another step 4 club who have a big crowd, it’s another away day, another coach – but we love those says,” said manager Barnes.

"It’s great to keep building the profile of the club up.

"I’m really pleased for the club as a whole and thought we deserved to get through. It was a team effort and we created a bit more history against a side in the league above.”

Town, meanwhile, returned to action in the NCE League last weekend and came from behind to draw 1-1 at Rossington Main.

They fell behind to a Myron Gibbons goal on 17 minutes and struggled to reproduce their superb display from a few nights earlier.

But they kept battling and equalised nine minutes into the second period through Lucas Smith.

Man of the match was goalkeeper Day who made a string of fine saves to keep the team in the contest.

It was to finish 1-1 with Horbury taking an unbeaten league record into Tuesday night’s league match at home to early season pacesetters Bottesford Town.