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Vines and Byatt
took centre stage as Tooting looked for a second
goal. Paul directed one header just wide shortly
after the restart and then won a corner from another
having latched onto an excellent cross from
Byatt.
Harrows competitive approach
unfortunately spilled over into something much nastier
on a couple of occasions. Midway through the first
half Martin had been cautioned for pole axing Mitch Nelson
on the half way line and, twenty minutes from time,
Fraser headed straight for the shower having conducted
an even more cynical assault on Dean Hamlin in the
same spot. Stretchered off the field we wait to
find out how long we've lost this key player for.
Terrors were clearly
determined to make the visitors pay for this act and,
as Harrow pushed for an equaliser, they systematically
stripped them of possession and launched themselves
forward. In the final fifteen minutes Vines,
Parker and Byatt each had a couple of goal attempts,
the best coming from a move initiated by McLeod, who
won the ball on the left flank, and ending up with a
Vines header that bounced back off the inner side of a
post. Although the second goal never came there
seemed to be a determination that Harrow would not be
allowed to rescue a point and even the tension of
injury time seemed just a little bit less painful than
normal.
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