Binfield and Woods fire blanks- and Villa take advantage

Less than a month ago promotion- chasing Northwood and Binfield met and delivered a goalless draw- and last night they made it one hundred and eighty minutes without a goal. The result suits the travelling Woods more than it does the hosting Moles, as a win elsewhere for Hanworth Villa saw Binfield fall out of the top five.

Hanworth Villa picked up our Performance of the Month award on Monday, and they delivered another excellent performance to defeat Southall in a local derby. The Villains climbed back into the top five as a consequence, moving a point ahead of now sixth place Binfield with a game in hand. The game was won rather early, Kyen Nicholas opening the score on the quarter hour mark and Finlay McNabb adding the second six minutes later- and that turned out to be that, revenge for a two-nil defeat against these opponents in October, and more importantly, three valuable points.

Leatherhead haven’t yet given up on the play offs, and they closed the gap on the top five to five points in an unlikely fashion, two goals right at the end seeing them snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Visitors Merstham knew that victory could lift them out of the bottom four for the first time this season, and a Mario Quiassaca penalty on fifty six minutes looked to have earned them three gold played points, but it turned out that their gold was fashioned from the finest green. One minutes from time Daniel Hector equalised for the hosts, and it was to get even worse for the Moatsiders, as Hector removed himself from their Christmas Card list by scoring a second almost immediately.

The Tanners are up to eighth- their highest placing all season- whilst the Moatsiders remain eighteenth. That’s a two-one double for Leatherhead.

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