Brackley Town 1 Chippenham Town 0:

Chippenham's mini-revival ground to a halt in Northamptonshire, their recent two-week lay-off doing them no favours as they meekly succumbed to defeat at the hands of Brackley.

The Bluebirds' chief weakness this season has been an inability to convert their chances, but on this occasion they failed to create a single effort on the Brackley goal.

Manager Adie Mings was very disappointed with the result, praising young keeper Chris Snoddy but rueing the sloppy penalty that decided the outcome of the match.

Chippenham were forced to rearrange their centre-back pairing as both Cortez Belle and Ross Adams served suspensions.

On the one occasion Chippenham found a way through the resolute Brackley defence Sean Seavill was denied by a fine recovery tackle from Danny Spencer.

From then on the match deteriorated into a dull midfield battle with the five-man Brackley midfield especially giving nothing away. The all-important goal came just past the hour mark, when Kevin Halliday fouled skipper Scott Hadland in the box and Dean Cracknell gave Snoddy no chance with the ensuing penalty.

In an effort to get something from the match Chippenham introduced Luke Gullick and Joe White but neither could make an impression on the uncompromising home side's defence.