On what was a real off day for Town, goals from Joseph Entwistle-Wilkinson and Ethan Rookard were enough to dampen the spirits of the 307 in attendance.
The opening exchanges were reasonably quiet, as the two teams looked to figure each other out in a scrappy period. Luke Pyman went into the book before Cockfosters found their opener on 35 minutes. Things would go from bad to worse just before the break as Town went down to ten men. Oran Jackson was sent off on 44 minutes as he mistimed a last man challenge to stop a clear counter attack.
After the break, there would be more disciplinary setbacks. As frustrations grew, Leon Lobjoit found himself in the sinbin on 53’, sending Tow down to nine. A rare bright spot of the day was the fact new boy Ronan Hutchins got 70 minutes under his belt. He made way for Kwai Marsh-Brown but the home side just couldn’t get a way back in.
Cockfosters’ second goal on 87 minutes just about summed up the day, with Leighton’s Twitter man simply bereft. ‘…’ was the damning description as the London side left with the win.
Now, the team’s focus moves to Tuesday and Valentine’s Day action in the Gladwish Challenge Trophy away at Northampton Sileby Rangers.

LTFC XI: Comas; Beck, Cooper, Farrelly, Jackson, Pyman, Robins, Connolly (C), Toomey, Lobjoit, Hutchins.
Subs: McClelland, Marsh, Marsh-Brown, Flanagan, Hatton.

Report by Max Bradfield