A string of suspensions meant that it was a much re-shuffled side that made the first ever trip to Capershots as Terrors played their third match in a row against a club at one extremity or the other of the Ryman Premier table.  However, once again it was the bottom team that proved to be the tougher assignment.

It took nearly a quarter of an hour for the first chance of an unexciting match to arrive when Craig Pitterson provided Paul Vines with a half chance.  Abbey immediately responded by shooting wide and were having marginally the better of the opening exchanges.  However, five minutes later Aaron Goode gave Tooting the lead when he finished off a slick passing move, stroking the ball low from ten yards, possibly fortunate not to have been called back for offside.

Tom Graves prevented an equaliser with a goal line clearance, but the big talking point came just before the break when Ayres dropped to the ground as the players tracked back after a Tooting corner. Eventually the linesman flagged to attract the attention of referee Wicks (a true pedant who strangled what little life there was out of the game), who called over Aaron Goode and then dismissed him for Violent conduct.  Nothing of the incident could be seen from behind the goal (less than ten yards away), but perhaps that was not the best angle to view it from!  Mind you, Ayers seemed pretty pleased with himself.