DIAMOND UNITED WERE WITHOUT DEFENDER ROBERT HODGE TODAY AS BEN FLEET AND TERRY COLES MADE THEIR RETURN, AND HOW THEY SHONE DESPITE TWICE GIVING AWAY THE LEAD. FIRST IN FRONT THROUGH MARK CHALLONER EARLY IN THE FIRST HALF AFTER A CROSS FROM ARON BURTON.DIAMOND LOOKED COMFORTABLE AND WERE SPREADING THE BALL AROUND BEAUTIFULLY, WHEN A HOOF FROM THE KYPROS GOALKEEPER LEFT DEFENDERS FLAT FOOTED AND THE OUT-RUSHING WILL BARTON WAS EASILY BEATEN WITH THE EQUALISER. SECOND HALF HAD CHALLENGES FLYING IN FROM ALL ANGLES AS DIAMOND UNITED SHOWED THEIR STRENGTH AND ABILITY TO DIG IN.
AFTER WEATHERING AN EARLY STORM FROM THE HOME SIDE THEY SOON STARTED TO HOLD THE BALL BETTER. THEY AGAIN SHOWED SOME WONDERFUL PASSING AND MOVEMENT TO CREATE CHANCES AND BEFORE LONG BIRTHDAY BOY JACK LUBY GOT TO THE BY-LINE RAN UP IT AND WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE GOALKEEPER PUT THE BALL IN THE BACK OF THE NET 2-1, ALL WAS LOOKING GOOD FOR DIAMOND WHEN A MISS PLACED PASS FROM JASON BURTON LET IN THE KYPROS FORWARD WHO LEVELLED WITH 10 MINUTES LEFT AND HAD THERE FANS RUNNING ON TO THE PITCH AS THEY KNEW JUST HOW CLOSE THEY WERE TO BEING BEATEN AND SAT BACK HAPPY WITH A DRAW. DIAMOND UNITED NOW SECOND IN THE LEAGUE A POINT BEHIND KYPROS RESERVES WITH A GAME IN HAND AND A FREE WEEK NEXT SUNDAY, WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO MAYBE STARTING THE NEXT GAME WITH AN INJURY FREE SQUAD FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON.