RYAN started brightly against Parmiters with Ahmed and Maloney paired up front. And it was those two who really put the County defence under heavy pressure. Ashfaq went close with a nice chip that clipped the bar.

Then Maloney beat two and had a shot saved. Fuller had a strong drive then tipped over as Ryan stepped up the pace.

The pressure finally told when Fuller, Ashfaq and Gough combined to find Maloney who beat his marker to fire Ryan into the lead.County bounced back and a delightful chip hit the bar. Then Maamoon saved from a good break through.

Ryan again pushed forward and another five man build up ended with Ahmed outpacing the defence to put Ryan two up at the break.

County looked a totally different side in the second half and attacked with style. They forced three corners in the first five minutes but found a strong Ryan rearguard. But their pressure finally told and from a long ball it was forced home to reduce it to 2-1.

This snapped Ryan into gear again and for the remainder it was an onslaught on the County goal with Gough, Ahmed and Morris thumping the woodwork and their keeper saving up to ten certain goals.

In between a few dangerous breaks by County could have been costly for Ryan but it was certainly a very close game.But in the end Ryan edged it but only just, MOM Aqil Ahmed....Defied a bad back injury to lead the line.