Leamington still winless as Bury Town cruise to comfortable victory
An excellent Bury Town side were comfortable 3-0 winners over visiting Leamington on Saturday.
It was the Brakes' first visit to Ram Meadow in 17 years as they went in search of their first three points of the season at the fourth attempt.
The Suffolk club returned to Step 3 after a 10 year absence last year under the leadership of former Bristol City and Ipswich Town midfielder Cole Skuse, and were moved sideways back into the Southern League at the beginning of this season for the first time since 2010.
They had won three out of three prior to kick off so this was going to be no easy task.
Cian Tyler was the first goalkeeper to be called into action, pulling off a super stop to deny Bailey Clements as Tommy Hughes picked him out at the far post from the right.
Unfortunately it proved far too easy for Bury to open the scoring on 16 minutes, Quantrell having the presence of mind to see Ollie Canfer in space just outside the box in a central position after being played down the left by Tommy Smith, and the pass was perfect for him to sidefoot low and powerfully past Tyler into the bottom corner.
Bury were playing with the confidence of a side who had made a good start to the campaign, and Tyler was forced into another save from a low strike from outside the box, before Hughes clipped the top of the crossbar with an impudent effort from way out on the right wing.
Leamington found themselves further behind with 21 minutes played, as Canfer found the back of the net again despite the best attempts of Tyler to keep it out.
Bury were absolutely purring as they knocked the ball around the Leamington defensive third with the utmost confidence, one pass movement ending with Tyler forced into a flying save to keep out a header from Clements.
Brakes finally came to life going forward four minutes before the break; Kyle Finn turning back inside on the right edge of the box to bend a ball into the far post which Louie Rea stooped to head towards goal, forcing Charlie Beckwith into his first action of the afternoon.
The hosts should have almost put the game out of reach for Leamington in first half injury time, Clements and Canfer combining for the latter to sweep a shot over the bar.
The opening exchanges of the second half provided a speck of hope for the travelling supporters, but sadly it was short-lived.
Easterlow made two changes, and Leamington looked like they might make a fist of things briefly, but Bury added a third goal on the hour mark through Quantrell after Tyler was pressured into surrendering possession outside his area.
Brakes were forced to finish the game a man light after keeper Tyler was unable to continue; substitute Kyle Belmonte donned the gloves for the final five minutes, and was only forced into one save.