Thurlow Nunn First Division South, Friday 8th November
I was over at Cricklefield on Friday evening for a Thurlow Nunn South contest between Barkingside & Brimsdown, both were having tough seasons so far, the hosts were down in 14th and just six points above Brimsdown who occupied the final relegation spot in the division.
The hosts though had actually improved their position lately, as after nine straight losses in all comps, they had won two of their last three in the league, with those wins coming at home to Cannons Wood and away at Rayleigh Town, and the other game saw them lose narrowly to Harlow Town, so the last three games had been much better for them.
They welcomed a Brimsdown side to Cricklefield who themselves had only won one game since the beginning of October, that was a crazy 5-4 home win over Southend Manor, last time out they narrowly lost at home to leaders Hackney Wick, another example of them being in the game but coming out on the wrong side, which has happened a few times this campaign, could they tip that scale the other way this evening?
Well, it was the hosts who struck first in this one, in the 14th minute, although it did come with a hint of controversy, the hosts drove forward and as Joseph Koroma looked to get past his marker, the ball bounced up and appeared to strike the arm of Koroma and send him in on goal, and with no whistle forthcoming, he continued on and fire an effort past the keeper, and although a defender tried in vain to keep the ball out, he could only help it into the bottom corner, and Side had the lead.
Apart from this moment though, the first period yielded little in the way of goal mouth action, Brimsdown did have a couple of decent openings but fluffed their lines, meaning the hosts held a slender lead going into the break.
The second period was pretty mundane too for the most part, not a lot of quality was on show as both sides struggled to get on top of each other, however, with twenty to go the game lived up somewhat, this after Brimsdown were awarded a penalty, now, the foul appeared to happen just outside the box, but after consultation with his assistant, a penalty was duly awarded, and Eric Koudah found the bottom corner of the net to level the game up at 1-1, could anyone find a winner?
The next turn of events saw Barkingside reduced to ten men as with Brimsdown's tails up after that leveller, the hosts keeper came charging out of goal and wiped out a forward who was bursting down the right, and he was shown a straight red, meaning the hosts would have to play the remainder of the game a man light and with an outfielder in goal.
Advantage Brimsdown then, well they had the chances but the stand in keeper made three of four decent stopes to prevent them from scoring, and in fact Barkingside's performance improved after the red card too, and they had some attacks themselves although they could not muster up a goal to stun their opponents.
It all meant the game would end all square, the hosts obviously being the happier of the two sides to earn a point, Brimsdown would have been very frustrated not to have taken one of those chances to win the game for sure, but the point did take Brimsdown out of the bottom three at least for now ahead of the Saturday games, Barkingside remained in 14th.
Full time Barkingside 1 Brimsdown 1
Right, lets have a brief look at what happened in the division on Saturday as seven games took place...
Coggeshall Town 0 Southend Manor 1 (Match Abandoned in second half due to serious injury)
The match at West Street had to be abandoned in the second period after a serious injury, Manor led at the break after Aaron Akoman had scored, but everything was put into perspective when hosts player Jack Charnock suffered a broken ankle and had to be taken away in an ambulance, let's hope he can make a full recovery.
Dunmow Town 3 NW London 1
Goals from Darnell Fuller, Rehal Theobalds & Reggie Pegrum, who netted direct from a corner, handed Dunmow all three points and saw them bounce back from their mauling at the hands of Heybridge Swifts in the county cup in midweek.
FC Baresi 2 Hutton 1
FC Baresi netted a superb and big win as they handed promotion chasing Hutton a 2-1 defeat in Ware. The hosts goals came from Teyon Weston after just four minutes and Yannick Kamanan early in the second half, and they proved enough for the hosts to take victory here.
Harlow Town 3 Enfield Borough 1
The Hawks are back top of the table after they saw off Enfield Borough, Fred Agyemang gave the hosts the lead six minutes before the break and they had time to double that advantage before half time, James Folkes netting a minute before the break, and when Jac Zielinski added a third goal just before the hour mark, the hosts were cruising. Borough did pull one back through Emre Baram in the 88th minute, but it was too little too late for the visiting side.
Hoddesdon Town 2 AS London 1
Bailey Eden netted a late winner as Hoddy took all three points against AS London, Connor Bolton have the hosts the lead eleven minutes before the break, the visitors managed to level ten minutes from time through Alie Bangura, converting a corner from Alejandro Patino, but the hosts were not to be denied and saw Eden pop up to net a winning goal and hand all three points to the hosts.
May & Baker 1 Burnham Ramblers 2
Ramblers took a very important three points on the road, seeing off Bakers at Parsloes, the visitors started quickly and led after just four minutes when Noah Hayes played a great ball through to Will Hayes, and his cross back across goal was fired home by Aiden Hayes. And two minutes after the break, Ramblers doubled their lead when Hayes played Cameron Gibbs through on goal, and the latter took it round the keeper and slotted home. Bakers though pulled one back seven minutes later and then Ramblers were reduced to ten men after Hayes received a second yellow for wiping out an opponent, however the visitors held on to record the win.
St Margaretsbury 2 Basildon Town 1
Bottom side St Mags won for only the third time this season after they came from behind to defeat Basildon Town, Luke Winter had given the visitors an eighth minute lead, converting from a Charlie Jarvis corner, but, eight minutes before half time the hosts levelled and then went on to net what proved to be the winner in the 83rd minute, handing the hosts a huge win.
Let's see what all these results have done to the table:-
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