Tooting failed to pull away from the relegation zone after another frustrating evening at Imperial Fields as life without Antonio began second time around. Paul Vines lead the line alone with close support from Pitterson, Watts and Jason Pinnock, who produced one of his best performances of the season. 

Terrors generated plenty of fluid moves in the first half, but it was accompanied by some poor finishing, exemplified by Pinnocks weak shot after five minutes, which followed some neat inter-passing.  His next effort was the result of some similarly tidy work, this time orchestrated by Pitterson, but the shot, whilst fierce, was wide of the mark.

Billericay had not been idle and could have taken the lead after ten minutes when a quick fire left to right break ended with a shot into the side netting.

A spell of Tooting pressure on twenty minutes produced a corner after Paul Vines had combined well with Pitterson. Paul directed his powerful header from the kick over the bar and came even closer a few minutes later as he again used his nut to subtly steer a Howell cross agonisingly onto a post.

 The visitors continued to mount sporadic raids, spearheaded by the dangerous Woods-Garness and for the last fifteen minutes there was little to choose between the sides. Terrors had perhaps their best chance of the match just before the interval when Pinnock set Paul Vines free just on half way.  Beating a defender his shot pinged back off the post, but it was too quick for the approaching Watts to latch on to. 

Half Time: 0-0

Colin Hartburn was having another remarkable evening in the engine room and made his own contribution to the attacking cause after 52 minutes with a fine skidding attempt from just outside the area that Tucker did well to scramble away for a corner.

Billericay then hit their purple patch and for the next ten minutes dominated play, including a sequence of three corners in as many minutes.  But it was as Terrors were clawing their way back into the game that the visitors had their golden opportunity.  Woods-Garness intercepted on half way and advanced on Dave King.  Memories of Horsham flooded to mind as the giant keeper tracked his prey, but this time the only card on offer was one of congratulations as Kingy shepherded the forward away from his target, enabling the cavalry to arrive and relieve him of the ball.

Billy Marshall got his first taste of Ryman Premier action after 65 minutes as Terrors reverted to two up front with  Pitterson, having done a tidy job in the middle, returning to his native wing position.  The ex-leatherhead youngster nearly made it two in two outings for him within ten minutes of arriving when he swiveled and shot from six yards forcing Tucker to stretch to push it over.  

Tooting were again in the driving seat as Pinnock shimmied his way through the middle, but was again unable to beat Tucker who then made his best save to deny Joe Vines with a one handed save from a powerful header.

Woods-Garness continued to cause problems but King again foiled him fifteen minutes from time, pushing his low shot across the goal mouth. Ferguson then blasted the loose ball high and wide.  

Both sides continued to probe for openings, but towards the end there was an air of inevitability about the stalemate which was of much more use to the visitors than it was to the Terrors.

  Before kick off Billy Smith made a presentation to long time Supporters club chairman Pete Woodhouse to mark his 40 years as a dedicated Tooting Terrorist.

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