Ramadan and O’Malley on target as Bury Town get their promotion hopes back on track with a win
A mostly uneventful first half played out with Tilbury marginally the better side. The visitors had an early chance when on 4 minutes Alex Hernandez fired a decent strike at goal and Charlie Beckwith made an excellent one handed save. From the resulting corner Macauley Joynes sent the ball over to the far post but the ball was fractionally too high for the head of Lewis Clark. On 18 minutes Max Maughn went on the attack for Bury and his low pass to the edge of the box found Luke Brown but his effort lacked the power to trouble the keeper. Bury found it difficult on the attack as Tilbury denied them time and space to settle on the ball as they closed Bury down quickly. On 30 minutes a Tilbury attack gave Kieran Jones an opportunity to shoot from distance but Charlie Beckwith made a comfortable save. Bury went close on 39 minutes when Max Maughn put a pass across the edge of the box for Taylor Parr to shoot but he put his strike just wide of the far post. on 41 minutes another Bury attack saw Max Maughn work the ball in from the wing and his cross in the box looking for Camal Ramadan was too close to the keeper who collected the ball with ease. Just before the break Bury got forward to give Ed Upson the chance to test the keeper from outside the box but his shot was saved and collected by Thomas Middlehurst.
Half Time : Bury Town 0 Tilbury 0
After a first half with little between the two sides the game sprang to life second half. Bury took the lead on 51 minutes when Luke Brown’s shot was initially saved by Thomas Middlehurst but the ball broke loose to Camel Ramadan and he scored from an incredibly tight angle. Bury doubled their lead on 62 minutes when a corner into the box played in by Mikey Davis was headed home by Lewis O’Malley. Bury had the ball in the net again on 65 minutes only to be ruled out for offside. Bury looked comfortable but on 69 minutes an error at the back let in Alex Hernandez who halved the deficit for Tilbury. On 71 minutes Max Maughn went inched way from another goal for Bury when his powerful low shot to the near post was saved then spilt by the keeper who then had to scramble to stop the ball crossing the goal line. The visitors had a double effort on goal on 77 minutes when a shot to the near post was blocked on the line by Max Maughn and Hernandez hit the bar with his follow up strike. On 83 minutes Tilbury won a corner which was sent into the box and Jack Hayes goal bound header from close range saw Charlie Beckwith make a superb save. Tilbury finished the game strong and Bury had to be at their best in defence but at the final whistle Bury had done enough to secure the win and return to second place in the league, three points behind leaders Brentwood Town.
Full Time: Bury Town 2 Tilbury 1
Bury Town Star Man : Charlie Beckwith
Match Rating : 3
Attendance : 557