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Sat 28 Sep 2013 · Division One Central
First TeamSlough Town
R O'Toole (24'), J Houghton (46')J Ward (22' Sent Off)
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EGHAM TOWN 2 SLOUGH TOWN 2
Tempest Ward29 Sep 2013 - 15:58
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Hugely entertaining draw
CALOR LEAGUE DIVISION ONE CENTRAL
EGHAM TOWN 2 (1) SLOUGH TOWN 2 (1)
Egham Town scorers: Ryan O’Toole (24), Houghton (46)
A season’s high crowd of 267 at the Runnymede Stadium had their money’s worth with this excellent advert for football at Calor One Central level. Two in form sides went toe to toe, both had the lead and both had a man sent off, and Egham, whose third place after the draw at Potters Bar Town had been turned into fifth with midweek results, now sit in fourth. This scribe and Egham boss Lee Passmore watched Slough’s midweek 4-2 success against Ashford Town (Middx.) and we both left knowing that Slough are a decent side with a potent front line that includes divisional top marksman Eddie Smith. He was under the spotlight straight from the kick off, picking up a caution for a foul on Jamie Houghton. Ollie Burgess tested Egham keeper Gary Ross with a well struck free kick after seven minutes, and as Slough had the better of the early play Egham got lucky when Smith almost capitalised on some defensive hesitancy. Egham, with Mo Harkin back in the team after featuring at the tail end of season 11-12, were thankful that Ross was in fine form with another good save, Smith again being denied on 16 minutes. After 22 minutes Slough took the lead their early pressure deserved; all Egham had managed was Jamie Read header from Harkin’s cross. Harkin lost the ball, Slough advanced, Johnnie Dyer played Smith in, and Egham skipper Jim Ward was last man as he handled the cross shot. The inevitable red card was followed by Smith scoring from the spot.
Passmore stuck with two up front, Harkin went from the left side of midfield to the middle, Kyle Anthony, signed as a midfielder, went in the middle of defence alongside Chris Ellis and the home side set about showing that they can play with ten men. When Slough scored their first goal against the Ash Trees the visitors levelled immediately with a terrific shot by Terrell Lewis, and that vulnerability was apparent again here as within three minutes of going a man and a goal down Read looped a clever pass inside for Ryan O’Toole and the former Rebel, who had not scored since his double against another former club, Uxbridge, hit a confident low volley past Somerville. Read was having a terrific game up front and kept up the pressure on the Slough defence with O’Toole. Jake Galbraith made a crucial block on Smith’s goal bound shot, Louis Chandler-Joseph shot high off a rebound from a Josh Andrew drive and four minutes before the end cries of celebration as Read headed in Harkin’s deep cross were stillborn as the flag went up.
From the kick off for the second half Egham had clearly decided to continue their attacking policy, and it paid off when Jamie Houghton touched home one of Chris Ellis’ magnificent long throws. Unfortunately we were no adept at holding on to the lead for more than three minutes than Slough were, Michael Blount getting above the defence to head in a corner for 2-2 after 48 minutes. Smith missed another chance as the game went back and forth, but on 56 minutes the evenness of the play was equalled by evenness in playing staff after Warren Harris was sent off for a lunging tackle on O’Toole. Somerville did well to save Read’s point blank header off yet another Ellis launch and a misreading of the offside law saw O’’Toole’s conversion of Read’s through ball prevent the Sarnies taking the lead again. At about this point Slough’s Guy Hollis decided to mimic Ellis with a couple of long throws of his own, one finding Jamie McClurg, who sent the chance skywards. In injury time Smith cut in from the Slough right and shot inaccurately, and Blount, at the far post, stretched out a leg and was perhaps six inches away from poaching what would have been an undeserved winner.
Egham Town are in good heart as they prepare for their first ever home tie in the FA Trophy, at home to local rivals Ashford Town (Mx.), who are having a run of poor results. On Saturday they travelled to Aylesbury, where Egham won 3-0, and went down 0-5. Such a result will surely mean very little as the two match up competitively for the first time since our first season in this league, 2004-5.
EGHAM TOWN: Gary Ross, Josh Andrew, Jake Galbraith, Jim Ward (captain), Chris Ellis, Kyle Anthony, Louis Chandler-Joseph, Jamie Houghton, Jamie Read, Ryan O’Toole, Mo Harkin. Subs: Patrick Craig, Joe Chandiram, Luke Muldowney, Reis Stanislaus (Read, 83), Shane Graham.
EGHAM TOWN 2 (1) SLOUGH TOWN 2 (1)
Egham Town scorers: Ryan O’Toole (24), Houghton (46)
A season’s high crowd of 267 at the Runnymede Stadium had their money’s worth with this excellent advert for football at Calor One Central level. Two in form sides went toe to toe, both had the lead and both had a man sent off, and Egham, whose third place after the draw at Potters Bar Town had been turned into fifth with midweek results, now sit in fourth. This scribe and Egham boss Lee Passmore watched Slough’s midweek 4-2 success against Ashford Town (Middx.) and we both left knowing that Slough are a decent side with a potent front line that includes divisional top marksman Eddie Smith. He was under the spotlight straight from the kick off, picking up a caution for a foul on Jamie Houghton. Ollie Burgess tested Egham keeper Gary Ross with a well struck free kick after seven minutes, and as Slough had the better of the early play Egham got lucky when Smith almost capitalised on some defensive hesitancy. Egham, with Mo Harkin back in the team after featuring at the tail end of season 11-12, were thankful that Ross was in fine form with another good save, Smith again being denied on 16 minutes. After 22 minutes Slough took the lead their early pressure deserved; all Egham had managed was Jamie Read header from Harkin’s cross. Harkin lost the ball, Slough advanced, Johnnie Dyer played Smith in, and Egham skipper Jim Ward was last man as he handled the cross shot. The inevitable red card was followed by Smith scoring from the spot.
Passmore stuck with two up front, Harkin went from the left side of midfield to the middle, Kyle Anthony, signed as a midfielder, went in the middle of defence alongside Chris Ellis and the home side set about showing that they can play with ten men. When Slough scored their first goal against the Ash Trees the visitors levelled immediately with a terrific shot by Terrell Lewis, and that vulnerability was apparent again here as within three minutes of going a man and a goal down Read looped a clever pass inside for Ryan O’Toole and the former Rebel, who had not scored since his double against another former club, Uxbridge, hit a confident low volley past Somerville. Read was having a terrific game up front and kept up the pressure on the Slough defence with O’Toole. Jake Galbraith made a crucial block on Smith’s goal bound shot, Louis Chandler-Joseph shot high off a rebound from a Josh Andrew drive and four minutes before the end cries of celebration as Read headed in Harkin’s deep cross were stillborn as the flag went up.
From the kick off for the second half Egham had clearly decided to continue their attacking policy, and it paid off when Jamie Houghton touched home one of Chris Ellis’ magnificent long throws. Unfortunately we were no adept at holding on to the lead for more than three minutes than Slough were, Michael Blount getting above the defence to head in a corner for 2-2 after 48 minutes. Smith missed another chance as the game went back and forth, but on 56 minutes the evenness of the play was equalled by evenness in playing staff after Warren Harris was sent off for a lunging tackle on O’Toole. Somerville did well to save Read’s point blank header off yet another Ellis launch and a misreading of the offside law saw O’’Toole’s conversion of Read’s through ball prevent the Sarnies taking the lead again. At about this point Slough’s Guy Hollis decided to mimic Ellis with a couple of long throws of his own, one finding Jamie McClurg, who sent the chance skywards. In injury time Smith cut in from the Slough right and shot inaccurately, and Blount, at the far post, stretched out a leg and was perhaps six inches away from poaching what would have been an undeserved winner.
Egham Town are in good heart as they prepare for their first ever home tie in the FA Trophy, at home to local rivals Ashford Town (Mx.), who are having a run of poor results. On Saturday they travelled to Aylesbury, where Egham won 3-0, and went down 0-5. Such a result will surely mean very little as the two match up competitively for the first time since our first season in this league, 2004-5.
EGHAM TOWN: Gary Ross, Josh Andrew, Jake Galbraith, Jim Ward (captain), Chris Ellis, Kyle Anthony, Louis Chandler-Joseph, Jamie Houghton, Jamie Read, Ryan O’Toole, Mo Harkin. Subs: Patrick Craig, Joe Chandiram, Luke Muldowney, Reis Stanislaus (Read, 83), Shane Graham.
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