Peter Thorne and Rhys Weston both played around an hour of the game.
Report from Paul Evans
Not a bad game today with a very inexperienced City team getting a 1-1 draw with a Cheltenham side full of players with first team experience.
To be honest, Cheltenham will, justifiably, feel they should have won, in the first half they hit the crossbar twice and right at the end they squandered some excellent chances to win the game - the City had their moments in front of goal as well, but not as many as the visitors.
Most interest to City fans would have been how Rhys Weston and Peter Thorne played in their first games back after injury. Both played about an hour before being replaced and came through the game well - Weston especially showed few ill effects from his injury, getting up down the right hand side in the manner that we have become used to. Thorne also didn't seem to suffer any reaction to his injury and I would like to think that both of them will come into consideration for the Wimbledon game.
Tariq Khalil started the game in the City midfield - it was my first look at him and I would have thought one of his first ever reserve games, but, unfortunately, very early on in the game he suffered a nasty injury (it looked like a dislocated shoulder to me) and had to be replaced by Anthony Taylor.
Cheltenham dominated much of the first half, mainly because their bigger and stronger midfield got on top of City's younger and smaller four all of whom showed their natural talent in patches, but to be honest, it literally was men against boys and our kids shouldn't be criticised for that - they kept on going and got into the game more after the break.
Leading the line for Cheltenham was the vastly experienced Bob Taylor who gave the visitors the lead in the first minute of the second half when, looking offside to me, he received a through pass and chipped a lovely effort over the helpless Arran Lee-Barrett.
The City responded well to this setback and Michael Hayward forced the keeper into a good save with a shot from about twenty five yards, before Andy Campbell wasted a great chance by blasting over the bar after the Cheltenham defence got into a muddle.
However when Weston and Thorne left the pitch to be replaced by Fleetwood and Parslow it meant that, Campbell apart, they almost had a youth team on the pitch and it was hard to see a way back into the game for the team.
As it turned out though, Stuart Fleetwood's introduction really livened things up and he was very impressive. It didn't take Fleetwood long to get the equaliser - he beat his marker with a neat turn and fed Andy Campbell who had a clear run in on goal, Campbell unselfishly drew the keeper before squaring the ball to Fleetwood who tapped it into the empty net.
Shortly afterwards, Fleetwood almost got the winner when he burst onto Collins' header, but couldn't get enough on his shot to beat the keeper. A City win though would have been rough justice on Cheltenham who finished the stronger of the two teams, but in the end the sides had to settle for a draw in a game which offered some decent entertainment to a crowd which must have been one of the smallest ever for a game at Ninian Park - there couldn't have been more than 50 people present!