Chawton Robbed of Points Against League Leaders.

ADSFL Division 7
13 November 2010

CHAWTON ATHLETIC 0
LINDFORD 2

Starting XI:  Martin Skilton (GK).  Jamie Oakley (RB), Steve Merritt (CB), James Harvey (CB), Kyle Bale (LB).  Will Rietzler (RM), Jake Channon (CM), Danny Taylor (CM, Andy Vickers (LM).  Ben Hodkin (FW), Ryan Furey (FW).
Subs:  Carl Waterfield, Pete Goodall, Mikey Phillips.


Lindford came to the Jubilee undefeated and boasting an eight game winning streak.  However, it was the Yellows who went out to pressurise the opposition from the first whistle, earning a corner with their first attack.  Although nothing came of it, it signaled their intent.  The away side answered straight back with some good switching play and the resulting shot was well gathered by Skilton in goal.

Lindford continued to attack with a few set pieces the didn't manage to test the Chawton defence.  When they did break the barrier, their shots were wayward.  The Lindford left back made a clever run into the Athletic box and earned a corner, which came to nothing.  Skilton kept Chawton in the game, parrying a well struck shot, with the rebound skied over.

The Yellows soon started making more chances of their own.  Danny Taylor slotted a neat pass through to Furey, who couldn't quite get the ball under control.  Soon after, Vickers showed some fancy footwork before slipping in Hodkin who knocked it wide.

But it was the away side who took a thoroughly undeserved lead into the break, thanks to a dubious refereeing decision.  The Lindford winger threw himself to the floor, despite minimal contact (forgetting this was a man's game), and was duly awarded a very soft penalty.  Skilton beaten from twelve yards.


A very hard done by Chawton carried on in the second half, failing to take any of their chances before Lindford dealt the sucker punch - another howler from the referee.  A corner was floated in and fell to the marauding Lindford defender who proceeded to punch the ball into the net.  The Hand of God sequel!  The ref saw nothing wrong, even with the goalscorer gloating about his "fortune" right under his nose!

The game fizzled out as there was no coming back from two down with five to go against the league leaders.  The match ended 0-2, although Chawton could feel very hard done by!


A solid performance undone by a couple or poor decisions.

Elstead Lighting man of the Match:  Kyle Bale - always a reliable defender.