Woods wobble!

Northwood have had a fine campaign, but one of their few slips this season came against Hanworth Villa back in September, a three-nil Trophy defeat one of the low points of their campaign. On that note there may have been some concern amongst the home fans at the sight of the Villains appearing on the horizon yesterday- and it turned out that they would have been right to be concerned, as the visitors delivered a thumping to our leaders. Villa went ahead on eleven minutes, Kyen Nicholas opening the scoring, and George Wells made it two before the break. Five minutes after the restart Nicholas added a third, and almost immediately the visitors went four up, Jacob Erskine with that one. New signing Gareth Chendlik got one back from the spot just before the end, but it wasn’t much of a consolation for the hosts.

Three points further back, Walton & Hersham have become terribly inconsistent. The Swans had won five and lost five of their previous ten matches as they headed to bottom side Merstham, and they let slip a two goal lead to take only a point from their encounter with the Moatsiders. Jordan Adeyemi put the visitors ahead just after the half hour, and they were almost immediately two goals to the good, Eddie Simon’s fifteenth of the season leaving them seemingly comfortable. Comfort was an illusion, however, as first Aziz Sankoh and then Lorenzo Lewis struck back for the hosts- and although John Gilbert put the Swans ahead once more, Jordan Wilson had the last word for Merstham, equalising with fourteen minutes remaining.

Third place Marlow are three points off the top- although they have a game in hand and a better goal difference than the leaders. They welcomed Binfield to the land where the red kites fly free, and may have been concerned about the arrival of the Moles given they’d already lost twice to them this season in cup competitions.

The visitors came close to making it three wins out of three. Taylor Morgan put them ahead on seventeen minutes, and although Nawaf Naheer-Omar equalised for the hosts just before the break Brandon Curtis restored Binfield’s lead with only eleven minutes to go. Into the last minute and Aaron McLeish-White grabbed the goal that earned Marlow a point- his sixth of the campaign.
Basingstoke Town saw their five match winning streak come to an end against Walton & Hersham last time out, but quickly put that behind them against Thatcham Town. Both goals arrived in the six minutes immediately after the break, George Reid and Bradley Wilson earning three points and lifting his side to within five points of the leaders- with two games in hand. Eight hundred and two watched on, and our image is from Binfield- more here.

Guernsey v South Park Reigate was postponed due to problems with the Sparks flight to the Channel Islands.

Chertsey Town looked back to their best in defeating Hanworth Villa four-nil on Boxing Day, and they added three more goals to defeat Westfield. The goals all arrived in the second half, and two of them arrived in the last eight minutes as Field’s resistance finally evaporated. Jonathan Hippolyte opened the scoring for the Curfews just after the break, and with the visitors pushing for an equaliser William Montague delivered the killer blow eight minutes from time. Hippolyte made quite sure with the third, three minutes before the end- and his side are up to fifth.

We had a derby on the outskirts of the airport as Ashford Town welcomed Southall. The visitors have had a fine season and were in good form, with only two narrow defeats from ten matches, and were ahead on twenty minutes, Jaden Thompson-Brissett opening the scoring. The second goal arrived just after the hour and it again went to Hall, Emmanuel Williams with it- and with thirteen minutes to go Thompson-Brissett made quite sure by getting a third. An own goal gave the scoreline a little more respect just before the end, but the visitors close to within two points of the top five.

Chipstead had been excellent of late, and welcomed Tooting & Mitcham United to the High Road looking to defend a seven match unbeaten run. They did more than defend it, they extended it, a two-nil win with a goal in each half the outcome. Andy Kabuikusomo’s tenth of the season got them underway- that’s eight in his last six matches for the Chips number nine- and right at the end Michael Dixon added another. The Terrors are eighteenth, seven places and twelve points behind their hosts.

Uxbridge welcomed Bedfont Sports- newly reinforced with two New Years Day signings- to Honeycroft. The hosts have been distracted by their FA Trophy exploits and had only one win from their last five league matches- and by the end it was one win from six, as a fine first half performance saw the visitors home. That first half ended with Sports three goals to the good, Kofi Anoyke-Boadi, Sam Evans and Aidan Brown doing the damage- and although the hosts hit back in the second half with goals from Scott Donnelly and Alex Witham, Sports held on for three points and climbed out of the bottom four.

Leatherhead, boosted by their victory over promotion-chasing Walton & Hersham last time out, triumphed in a seven-goal thriller against Sutton Common Rovers. The visitors had the best of the first half and went in ahead, Zaid Ouaret Sorr and Shakeel Morris putting them two up before Maxwell Mullins got one back for the Tanners- but the hosts were quickly out of the blocks after the break, Dave Tarpey and Daniel Hector putting them in charge and three-two up. The lead lasted only a minute before Ryan Stedman-Hoyte equalised for Rovers, and it was next goal wins. Next goal went to the hosts, and it went to Tarpey, his tenth of the season arriving three minutes from time.