Football: Dawes buries Bees
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Your support makes all the difference.Brentford 0
Bury 2
Daws 33, Carter pen 41
Attendance: 7,823
Brentford succumbed to their second home defeat in a row following an unbeaten run at Griffin Park since Boxing Day 1995 as Bury moved three points clear at the top of the Second Division, sending Brentford back into the pack chasing the second automatic promotion spot.
It had all started so promisingly for David Webb's side as Carl Asaba, fresh from scoring both goals in the midweek win at Wrexham, looked back to the kind of form that earlier in the season had prompted Premiership managers to take a closer look. But it was another striker with a growing reputation, Bury's David Johnson, who proved the greater influence.
Bury, promoted from the Third Division last season, took the lead against the run of play but capitalised on their good fortune thanks to some fine saves by Dean Kiely and some resolute defending as Brentford came back strongly in the second half.
Immediately after an appalling miss by Brentford's Marcus Bent, who stabbed the ball wide of an empty net, Bury took the lead in the 34th minute when Andy Woodward's long through ball beat the offside trap and Nicky Dawes chipped the stranded Kevin Dearden.
Six minutes later the home supporters' misery was compounded when another long ball, this time from Adrian Randall, led to Johnson being brought down by Brian Statham. Mark Carter, a 20th-minute substitute for the injured Ronnie Jepson, made it 2-0 from the spot.
Johnson's pace and persistence continued to cause problems for Statham and Jamie Bates after the break, but with 20 minutes to play Robert Taylor and then Paul Smith had headers cleared off the line and Taylor's piledriver from 25 yards went straight to Kiely.
Ten minutes from time Kiely produced a stunning save, turning Carl Hutchings' close-range header on to a post, and there was just time for a quick chorus of "We shall not be moved" from the faithful before another save by Kiely, this time from Smith, sealed the points.
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