Breach heads Crawley Down through in Trophy against league leaders
Skipper Breach had a header being hacked off the line as Anvils dominated the early play.
But on 24 minutes they suffered a double whammy when Dapo Kayode went down clutching his hamstring, followed minutes later by Gary Holloway with a similar problem, changes on the bench then bought on Stefan Cox and Wade Eason, midfielder Carey was getting in a few free-kicks without any positives.
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Hide AdThe Casuals then started to come forward more with a Conner French cross just missed by Robby Traynor, and a Liam Collins corner taken by Anvil keeper Kieron Thorp, as the pace increased the tackles started to fly with both sides having cards being shown.
Lee Carey’s free-kick on 52 minutes set-up Breach who rose to nod home a worthy opener.
Wade Eason then saw a shot hit the inside of the post and come out.
By the hour mark the game started to get ugly as the visitors struggled to get back into the game with Lee Sullivan and French seeing yellow, followed by another altercation this time on the Walton bench with their manager Mark Hams being sent to the stand after charging into the Down technical area with his fists flying.
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Hide AdDown substitute Stefan Cox tormented the left side of Walton’s defence with his twinkling feet.
The visitors threw players forward at the Down defence with a free-kick by substitute Malik Ovani being missed by Dyaan, followed by a Collins corner taken by Thorp, it was all Walton as they desperately fought in vain for the equaliser.
Down: Kieron Thorp, Owen Roberts, Marvin Farrell, Lee Carey, Chris Breach, Charlie Holness, Tom Bold, Gary Holloway (Wade Eason), Tim Rivers, George Cousins (Ash Elson), Dapo Kayode (Stefan Cox).
Unused subs: Jamie Hills, Tom Frankland.
Man of the Match: Lee Carey