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Edgware Town 1 - Leighton Town 0

Edgware Town 1 - Leighton Town 0

Andrew Parker9 Oct 2016 - 12:21
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Edgware Town 1 - Leighton Town 0

Leighton travelled to Edgware on Saturday to play an important game for both Clubs as they are both are struggling to get away from the foot of the table after poor starts to the current campaign. Leighton fans and players alike will be wondering how they have no points to show from a game where they created sufficient chances particularly in the first 20 minutes to have won with ease although the hosts did work their way back into the game after a poor first half.

On the artificial playing surface one would have expected the hosts to look more comfortable in the early stages but Leighton opened confidently and should have taken the lead after just 90 seconds when an excellent cross by James Towell found Lolu Onabolu a yard from goal but the Town striker could not get a good contact and the hosts scrambled the ball away. A minute later Aaron McKee fired in a cross from the right but the hosts were able to clear their lines without too many problems. A couple of minutes later Ben Gallant combined well with Matt Hewitt but the latter's high cross was easily dealt with by the home defence. Then in another Leighton attack Mario Santos Costa pumped in a high ball which the keeper had to push over his bar. Leighton were well on the front foot at this time and when they were awarded a free kick the hosts had to head behind for a corner to clear the danger, Unfortunately Craig Maisiri knocked the ball way too deep to waste the opportunity. Leighton then put together another good move involving several players but James Towell's low shot went wide of the far post. Towell had another chance a few minutes later but again he pulled his shot just wide of the far post.

Edgware's first chance came in the 22nd minute when they awarded a free kick centrally inside the area after the referee decided Jack Sillitoe had picked up a back pass. After receiving a yellow card for his offence the Town keeper produced a good save diving to his left to turn aside Murphy's free kick. Leighton replied when Mark Smith headed a high ball on but the keeper was quickly off his line to deny Onabolu a chance.

Totally against the run of play Edgware took the lead after some sloppy defensive work between Sillitoe and Clarke saw Murphy take the ball off the Town defender out on the touchline and cut into the penalty area before firing a fierce shot across Sillitoe into the far side of the net. Leighton returned to the attack and a powerful shot by Onabolu which looked goal bound was blocked by Edgware defender Thomas. Edgware then attacked down their right flank and Jack Sillitoe was forced to make a good save to deny Mooney at the expense of a corner.

Town had great chance at the start of the second half when Ben Gallant found himself in a one on one with the keeper but from close range he put the ball wide of the post. A couple of minutes later Matt Hewitt struck a wonderful shot from just inside the area but Davies flung himself to his left to deny the Town midfielder with a fine save.

Edgware looked a better team in the second half and probably shaded the half and they had a good chance in the 70th minute when James got the better of Santos Costa but Sillitoe was on hand to gather the ball and end the threat. Town tried to find an equaliser but their passing which had been good earlier in the game was not up to the required level and several moves broke down due to poor pass selection and execution. New signing Martin Griggs put a left footed effort wide after a pass from James Towell and later tried to curl a shot around the keeper with his right foot but his shot went well wide of the goal. With time running out Town created one last threat but Hewitt's fierce cross flashed across the goal and Ben Gallant running in at the far post was just unable to get a touch. In the last minute of the game both sides had a player dismissed after a very minor incident, that just about summed up Leighton's day.

Town need to pick themselves up again before they make the trip to Stotfold next week. Hopefully they will be able to reproduce the form they showed in the early part of this game but they will need to carry it through the full 90 minutes.

Team: Sillitoe, Hewitt, Maisiri, Clarke, Santos -Costa, Condon, Towell, Smith, Onabolu, Gallant, McKee. Subs: Griggs for Onabolu, Hamilton for Smith, Campbell for Hewitt UNUSED Hewitt, Parsons

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Sat 08 Oct 2016

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15:00
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