The
strong wind that blew down the ground throughout the match
proved to be the major factor in a poor game. Laurie
Walker extended his stay as Dave King returned to action with
a quiet afternoon for the reserves and Stanley Muguo made his
debut, having signed from Dulwich during the week.
Heybridge
created the first chance, chipping over in the 2nd minute, but
did not really exert any pressure on the visitors for the next
half hour. In the interim Tooting just about shaded it, but
did not put Keeper Morris-Sanders under any pressure.
Jason Pinnock forced a corner in the 6th and the typically
industrious Byatt earned a corner from an Oilver Hunt feed,
but there was little else worth noting.
Half Time
0 - 0
Now
playing into the wind Jason Pinnock caught the eye in the 54th
minute, beating three opponent before shooting wide.
Martin Grant came more into the game, setting Dave Stevens up
from the left in the 10th minute. Five minutes later Grant
again broke down the left, this time seeing the job through
himself, calmly sliding the ball past the keeper for his third
strike in as many games.
Fifteen
minutes from the end sub John Henry-Hayden found Grant, this
time popping up on the right, but his shot just missed the
target. Tootings last effort again saw JHH as the
provider, pulling a low cross back from the byline for Byatt
and forcing Sanders into his only real save of the game.
Somehow
referee Lodge conjured up five minutes of injury time, but it
was only as this stretched into a sixth that Heybridge
threatened, earning themselves a corner. Sadly the early
season lessons do not seem to have been learned and, as the
home side threw everyone into the box for the kick (including
the keeper), the Terrors succumbed to another late goal as
Everett was first to connect to the devilishly delivered kick.
Terrors
will be disappointed not to have held on, but overall neither
side really did enough to deserve the win.
