Bromsgrove Sporting took the short journey to Stratford Town on August Bank Holiday Monday with the hope of gaining three points against local rivals.

After working well in the second half of the Hitchin game on the previous Saturday, The Rouslers set up in a 3-5-2 formation with travelling fans ecstatic to see both Mikey Taylor and Dan Sweeney up front together.

The Bards though started on the front foot calling in visiting 'keeper Ollie Taylor very early on. However the in-form keeper dealt calmly with the chances. James Fry opened the scoring for Sporting on the 16th; a goal that felt all the better being against his previous club. As the game kicked back off Stratford immediately went up field, took their chance well and immediately equalised through new recruit Adam Rooney.

Sporting came back in the second half thanks to a Dan Sweeney penalty after a handball in the Stratford penalty area however again Stratford again equalised shortly after and took control of the game with two fuehrer well-take goals and the game ended 4 - 2 in their favour.

So a disappointing outing for Sporting, who will now focus on the Emirates FA Cup fixture this Saturday at the Victoria Ground.

Sporting line-up: Ollie Taylor, Miro Pais, Harvey Gregson, James Fry, Jack Byrne, Mike McGrath (Capt) Callum King-Harmes, George Forsyth, Mikey Taylor (Charlie Shaw 60 mins), Dan Sweeney, Ryan Edmunds. Unused substitutes: Joe Curtis, Kieran Dawes, Dom Perkins, Lewis Wright.

Referee: Mr L Beames

Crowd: 795