Egham Town faced Combined Counties League oppostion tonight in a friendly that was hastily organised with the kind cooperation of Banstead Athletic's manaager Carl Taylor. Carl used to play for the Sarnies (he was a striker, who came to us from Staines Town).
Egham took an early lead with an angled drive from Gilberto Abril, who later in the first half had to leave the pitch with a hamstring injury. We hope he recovers fully and quickly as he was settling nicely with us since starting at Westfield. WIth both sides lacking much of a cutting edge in the first period it was the visitors who rued missed chances more than Egham.
Nine minutes into the second half what looked like an off-the-cuff free kick routine ended up with an Egham triallist tapping in the second goal. Shortly afterwards the Athletic keeper, after bringing down Ibrahim Kehinde in the box in a manner that would have resulted in dismissal in a competitive match, was relieved to see the Egham forward hit the foot of the left post with his spot kick. There were some very good performances for the Sarnies, parrticularly in defence where Yannick Makiese looked solid in goal and the two Lukes, Randall and King, were very strong. The triallist at No 2 looked more than useful too. All in all it was a good run-out in preparation for the visit of Chalfont St Peter on Saturday.

LLB