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Tooting slumped to a
lacklustre defeat at the hands of a Hendon
side that challenged for every ball and
worked hard throughout for their win. Colin
Hartburn picked up a second successive red
card that pretty well ends his season,
although this time he can have few
complaints about the manner of his dismissal, as he received a
straight red for bundling into O'Leary who
was himself in the process of being called
to account for his own petulance.
In a drab first half, Terror
managed just two goal attempts: a fourth
minute shot by Simon Parker that hit a post and a
low cushioned header from Paul Vines off a
Clayton cross, which was directed just wide
of the mark
fifteen minutes later.
It was another quarter of
an hour before Hendon reached the Tooting goal, although
they has been stringing their passes
together nicely without creating much
danger. This time, though, it was a
long clearance that found Dean Hamlin alone
and outnumbered in defence. As he
moved left to cover the threat the ball was
whipped into the middle, finding the feet of the
unmarked Thomas, who calmly slotted home low
to Dave Kings left.
Half Time: Terrors
0-1 Hendon
The solid Tom Graves was
immediately sacrificed along with Sam
Clayton as Tooting reverted to playing with three at the
back. Sub Alan McLeod supplemented his
duties in the left flank with a bit of defensive
work, notably a superb defensive tackle
right on
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