Invicta Lose One Of Their 9 Lives!

NINE was the magic number at the Fullicks Stadium as it was the shirt number which ensured this clash involving teams at both ends of the table ended with honors even.

- Richard Murrill

Harlow number nine Alex Read opened the scoring for the lowly visitors with an excellent 44th minute strike before Invicta counterpart Ian Draycott levelled for promotion-chasing Invicta 20 minutes into the second half.

Failure to claim all three points meant that Invicta missed out on the chance to go second in the Bostik Premier table, long-serving boss Neil Cugley cutting a frustrated figure.

“To be fair to Harlow, they made it difficult for us and their goalkeeper made two excellent saves to keep us at bay,” Cugley told The NLP.

“We huffed and puffed during the second half but our link-up play was not of the quality that we would have wanted.