Eastleigh Res. 0-1 Tooting & Mitcham Utd Res.
Eastleigh Res. 0-1 Tooting & Mitcham United Res.
Suburban Premier League
TEAM: Fred Toomer, Adam Gatcumb, Aaron Blaxall, Aaron Todd, Tom Nicholas (c), Nick Lane, James Powell, Joe Crook, Scott Waters, Ben White, Nick Watt.
Subs: Robinson (on for Blaxall 40), Bamba (on for Watt 50), Easton (on for White 70).
By Jamie Montigue
Match Photos - Here
After just two minutes, Eastleigh Reserves found themselves a goal behind. A long ball forward from the visitors was met by a tidy finish with a fine lob over stranded Eastleigh goalkeeper Freddie Toomer and into the net.
Ben White headed wide from an Aaron Blaxall left wing cross soon after, before Nick Watt fired narrowly over the cross bar with a good attempt from a free kick 20 yards out, to the left of goal.
Tooting & Mitcham really should have been two goals to the good but were left ruing a squandered chance as an unmarked man at the far post headed wide with the goal at his mercy.
In the 26th minute Ben White had the ball in the back of the net for the hosts. Neat interplay down the left saw Aaron Blaxall and Nick Watt combine to devastating effect with the latter threading an inch perfect ball through for White to finish off. To Eastleigh's dismay, the flag was up for offside but at least Paul Wiltshire and Wayne Mew's young side had proved to themselves that with short, passing football they would create opportunities and find the back of the net.
Unfortunately it just wasn't to be and as the cliche goes, it was just 'one of those days' where nothing seemed to go the Spitfires' way.
Left-back Aaron Blaxall limped out of the action five minutes before the break with an injury forcing the first change of the game.
Ben White or 'Chalky' as he is more commonly known, came the closest to an Eastleigh goal and the equaliser in the early stages of the second half. Attempting an acrobatic volley on the turn, White was unfortunate to see his improvised shot sail just a little too high.
Toomer was then called into action at the opposite end when he pushed a powerful free kick over with an impressive save.
The fresh legs of Youssuf Bamba sparked a little bit more spring and liveliness to Eastleigh's play and the second half substitute fed a clever ball through to Scott Waters to the left of goal inside the penalty area. Waters looked to turn the ball goalwards with his left foot but was denied by the legs of the goalkeeper.
Time was running down and still Eastleigh had not looked terribly likely to grab an equaliser.
Late in the game Waters firstly headed straight at the keeper from a cross by James Powell, before in the next attack, he couldn't keep a further header down from another right wing delivery.
Five minutes from time it opened up for Alex Easton to have a go at goal for Eastleigh but his half volley failed to threaten the keeper and flew narrowly over the cross bar.
It looked as though Eastleigh might just have taken something from the game when Nick Lane connected with a powerful header from a Powell free kick. Lane appeared to be pushed in the back just as he attacked the ball but got his header in on goal anyway and were it not for a top drawer stop by the visiting goalkeeper, Eastleigh would have walked away with a 1-1 draw as the ball was heading for the top corner. The Tooting & Mitcham goalkeeper made a despairing dive to the right and did superbly well to keep the ball out and effectively earn his side the three points.
FULL TIME: Eastleigh Res. 0-1 Tooting & Mitcham Utd Res.
Suburban Premier League
TEAM: Fred Toomer, Adam Gatcumb, Aaron Blaxall, Aaron Todd, Tom Nicholas (c), Nick Lane, James Powell, Joe Crook, Scott Waters, Ben White, Nick Watt.
Subs: Robinson (on for Blaxall 40), Bamba (on for Watt 50), Easton (on for White 70).
By Jamie Montigue
Match Photos - Here
After just two minutes, Eastleigh Reserves found themselves a goal behind. A long ball forward from the visitors was met by a tidy finish with a fine lob over stranded Eastleigh goalkeeper Freddie Toomer and into the net.
Ben White headed wide from an Aaron Blaxall left wing cross soon after, before Nick Watt fired narrowly over the cross bar with a good attempt from a free kick 20 yards out, to the left of goal.
Tooting & Mitcham really should have been two goals to the good but were left ruing a squandered chance as an unmarked man at the far post headed wide with the goal at his mercy.
In the 26th minute Ben White had the ball in the back of the net for the hosts. Neat interplay down the left saw Aaron Blaxall and Nick Watt combine to devastating effect with the latter threading an inch perfect ball through for White to finish off. To Eastleigh's dismay, the flag was up for offside but at least Paul Wiltshire and Wayne Mew's young side had proved to themselves that with short, passing football they would create opportunities and find the back of the net.
Unfortunately it just wasn't to be and as the cliche goes, it was just 'one of those days' where nothing seemed to go the Spitfires' way.
Left-back Aaron Blaxall limped out of the action five minutes before the break with an injury forcing the first change of the game.
HALF TIME: Eastleigh Res. 0-1 Tooting & Mitcham Utd Res.
Ben White or 'Chalky' as he is more commonly known, came the closest to an Eastleigh goal and the equaliser in the early stages of the second half. Attempting an acrobatic volley on the turn, White was unfortunate to see his improvised shot sail just a little too high.
Toomer was then called into action at the opposite end when he pushed a powerful free kick over with an impressive save.
The fresh legs of Youssuf Bamba sparked a little bit more spring and liveliness to Eastleigh's play and the second half substitute fed a clever ball through to Scott Waters to the left of goal inside the penalty area. Waters looked to turn the ball goalwards with his left foot but was denied by the legs of the goalkeeper.
Time was running down and still Eastleigh had not looked terribly likely to grab an equaliser.
Late in the game Waters firstly headed straight at the keeper from a cross by James Powell, before in the next attack, he couldn't keep a further header down from another right wing delivery.
Five minutes from time it opened up for Alex Easton to have a go at goal for Eastleigh but his half volley failed to threaten the keeper and flew narrowly over the cross bar.
It looked as though Eastleigh might just have taken something from the game when Nick Lane connected with a powerful header from a Powell free kick. Lane appeared to be pushed in the back just as he attacked the ball but got his header in on goal anyway and were it not for a top drawer stop by the visiting goalkeeper, Eastleigh would have walked away with a 1-1 draw as the ball was heading for the top corner. The Tooting & Mitcham goalkeeper made a despairing dive to the right and did superbly well to keep the ball out and effectively earn his side the three points.
FULL TIME: Eastleigh Res. 0-1 Tooting & Mitcham Utd Res.
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