Aveley 2, Bath City 2

AVELEY brought the curtain down on their time in the Vanorama National League South with an eventful match at Parkside on Saturday (26 April).

In the last match under the direction of outgoing manager Danny Scopes, Millers had two players sent off but showed much of the fight that has been a trademark of many previous performances when they have lost out, but at least got the consultation of a point.

Bath made a lively start but it was Aveley who opened the scoring on nine minutes, when Luke Holness firing home from close range.

The visitors continued to enjoy the majority of possession but couldn't turn this into clear chances and had an escape in the 36th minute when Manny Ogunrinde struck the crossbar. Two minutes later Aveley saw their first red of the game when Jason Ring received a second caution for pulling down Jordan Alves.

The second half began with an off-the-ball incident in the penalty box involving Alves and Harry Beadle and the Aveley man saw red before Bath converted the resultant penalty through Jesse Nwabueze.

Bath's dominance continued but the Millers nine men thwarted the Romans with a 'backs-to-the-wall' performance, with the crossbar coming to their rescue when Ewan Clark was denied in the 69^th minute.

And then they had the audacity to take the lead again on 79 minutes when a rare break ended with sub David Kawa, who had replaced previous scorer Holness, scoring from close range.

The lead last just three minutes responded within three minutes with Scott Wilson shooting past James Holden but the Millers were not be denied some reward and held on for a point despite seven minutes of added time.

Danny Scopes' final interview as Millers baoss and he reflects on his time at Parkside.