Woodford Town 0 Hoddesdon Town 1

Essex Senior League Premier Division, Friday 22nd February 2019

Ollie Gnandi netted deep deep into stoppage as Hoddesdon Town edged their Essex Senior League Premier Division contest against Woodford Town at a foggy Harlow Arena on Friday evening.

Both teams have had a solid season thus far, the hosts sit sixth in the division whilst Hoddy are ninth, although the sides recent form has only seen them win one in their last six in the league, so both would have been looking for the win here.

The visitors had a couple of effort fly off target early on, but the first shot on target from anyone didn’t arrive until the 28^th minute when a Woodford free-kick was excellently tipped over by Bull in the Hoddesdon goal.

The visitors then totally miss-kicked an effort across the hosts penalty area, whilst the hosts saw a chance but the effort was deflected over the bar, and then just before the break Hoddesdon headed a close range over the bar.

However, in a half of few chances, and with only one attempt on target, it was no surprise that the game remained goalless at the break.

Half Time Woodford Town 0 Hoddesdon Town 0

The second half began just like the first, that was until just before the hour mark when Hoddesdon were awarded a penalty kick, but Joss Lillis saw his spot-kick saved by Scammell and the game remained goalless.

The hosts were then screaming for a penalty themselves before the loose ball was fired over, and then down the other end Hoddesdon broke in down the right, but the ball was then overrun and keeper Scammell came and gathered.

Woodford then hammered a decent effort across goal and wide of the far post, before they got in down the right-hand side but saw this effort go across goal and wide of the other far post this time.

The visitors then saw an effort saved by Scammell as the game entered its final fifteen minutes in the ever-thickening fog, which was making seeing the ball and players numbers harder and harder for people watching the game at least, no idea what it was like for the players!!!

It seemed that the game would end goalless too as it looked to be drifting to it’s conclusion, but six minutes into stoppage time the visitors swung over a free-kick to the far post where centre-half Gnandi rose to power home a header via the hand of Scammell and hand all three points to the visitors.

Full Time Woodford Town 0 Hoddesdon Town 1