Towners return to the summit- with the latest of goals

Our Monday Night Football came from Colston Avenue, as Carshalton Athletic looked to avoid a fifth successive home defeat, with Enfield Town the visitors. 

For much of the second half it seemed as if the Robins were going to take a point. They fell behind in the first half, Amrit Bansal-McNulty sending a fantastic free kick over the wall and beyond Ben Dudzinski in the  home goal, but within four minutes of the second half the hosts were level, a corner causing chaos in the visitors defence and Nathan Young-Coombes delivering the simplest of equalisers, his seventh goal of the season. 

Eighteen minutes from the end Town were handed a golden chance to win the game, awarded a penalty, but on this occasion Dudzinski was the master, making a fine save to keep the scores level- and that looked to be that, but it most certainly wasn't. Right at the end substitute Tariq Al-Sadi showed the home defence a clean pair of heels, displaying some fine footwork and a fine finish to send the points back to North London.

Town go three points clear at the top; whilst Athletic are fifth, but they can't be enjoying playing at home at present. That's five defeats in a row in League and Cups at Colston Avenue, and in contrast they've won three in a row on the road. Monday evening matches haven't been their friends, either; the Robins have  traditionally liked to play on a Monday, but that's four Monday matches in a row they've lost, too. 

Saturday sees Town travel to Three Bridges, whilst Athletic are also on the road, at Dulwich Hamlet. 

Image courtesy of Enfield Town FC (possibly by Tom Scott?).