| The Ash Trees lost their third Suburban fixture this season in what could only be described as the biggest fluke of a result you could ever witness. As the opposition manager has admitted on his match report, Tooting had a season's worth of luck in one match and with better finishing Ashford would have had this match won by half time. The game started with Ashford creating a chance straight from kick off however Munir Dar failed to direct his effort towards goal. This was followed by several chances for Jon Palmer, Ben Jones and Dar that are usually taken by all three attackers however some good keeping and poor shooting kept the scores level. Instead it was Tooting who went in one up just before half time after a hopeful crossfield pass landed on the foot of their winger who coolly slotted the ball past Lee Elliot. Tooting added a second early in the second half when after Nick Hardy was caught in possession, their impressive wide man Dan Mackintosh run onto a through ball to pass the ball beyond Elliot and make it 2-0. Ashford immediately hit back when after Dar was brought down in the box, Palms slotted the penalty to the left of the keeper. Tooting dug in and defended for their lives with Ashford raining in efforts that hit the bar, were saved by their keeper and cleared off the line by their defenders. The Ash Trees must have had at least twenty efforts on goal but not one goal in open play and when the referee blew the whistle to end the match, the Tooting players celebrated knowing that they had pulled off a fortuitous victory. With better finishing Ashford could have won virtually every game they have played this season, instead they go into Tuesdays game against the unbeaten Sutton United sitting 7th in the Suburban League table. Team. 1. Lee Elliot, 2. Brett Cooper, 3. William Joseph, 4. Scott Weight, 5. Oliver Blackman, 6. Nick Hardy, 7. Ben Jones (Mark Bitmead 60mins) 8. Danny Byron (capt), 9. Jon Palmer , 10. Munir Dar (Nathan Turner 60mins),11. Enoch Aojepone-Akosay (Toomy Hedges 60mins). Sub not used, Thomas Nyarko, George Baldock. | 
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
