CHERRY RED RECORDS COMBINED COUNTIES PREMIER NORTH
TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2025
BRITISH AIRWAYS 1 (0)
James Barnett (65)
EGHAM TOWN 3 (1)
Kyle Walker (40), Ben Peden (54), Excellence Muhemba (90+3)

Egham Town are all but Champions of the CCL Premier North after a fraught, nervy win at British Airways. While title rivals Amersham Town can catch the Sarnies on points, as they are nine points adrift and have three games remaining, Jordan Berry’s men have two games of their own to play. Crucially, a massive 33 goal cushion separates the teams. It would take a gargantuan swing, the like of which would certainly raise some serious questions, for the Bucks side to steal the title. Alternatively, one point from two games will do.
As with recent performances, Egham seemed edgy and not as fluent as they can be. They were being thwarted by a resilient home display, from a side not yet mathematically safe from the drop to Division One. An element of luck gave Egham the lead, their best move of the half seeing left back Kyle Walker take the ball into the area before knocking what was clearly a cross. The contact was a touch skewed, keeper Eric Negaru was caught out by it and his handling let him down, with the ball coming off his gloves before dropping in.
Nine minutes into the second half Egham were two up, prolific defender Ben Peden connecting superbly with Zac Hawker’s corner kick, driven in low. BA pulled one back, James Barnett taking advantage of some understandably tired defending and unsettling the away support. Good defending by home centre back Ben Forde prevented Connor Cullen from threatening a third, and the same forward was then denied by a decent save from Negaru.
With nine minutes to go Excellence Muhemba replaced the hard working Reece Mitchell. Four minutes later, after Harlem Hale had won the ball back on the right wing and send a perfect pass through for Cullen, the subsequent cross found the substitute, who was perhaps too deliberate with his shot and found the bar, not the net. Almost the same move paid off in injury time, Harker this time the man to send Cullen away, for a low and accurate cross for Muhemba to slide in at the far post and secure a priceless win. A great deal of credit must go to British Airways, who gave the victors a guard of honour as the teams left the field.
Egham will be at home to North Greenford United on 12 April, and will end the season at Bedfont Sports a week later.
EGHAM TOWN: Tyler Tobin, Callum Webb, Kyle Watson, Reece Yorke (C), Ben Peden, Zac Hawker, Billy Adcock, Tyrique Tekasala, Connor Cullen, Reece Mitchell. Harlem Hale.
81’ Excellence Muhemba replaced Reece Mitchell,86' Marley Anderson-Richards replaced Tyrique Tekasala, 87' Samad Kazi replaced Harlem Hale, 90+4'Jordan Brown replaced Connor Cullen, 90+5'Ayoub Igozouln replaced Zac Hawker