Totton had
a couple of half-chances in the early minutes before the game settled into an
even and largey uneventful contest. It
had kicked off five minutes early to the annoyance of those still queueing
outside, but frankly they did not miss much in the first 20 minutes. It was 25 minutes before Hanworth’s
Lawrence Shennan rode two tackles and sent their first real chance narrowly
wide.
With Aidan
Lewis solid in midfield and Jonathan Davies threatening on the left (and
occasionally the other) flank, Totton showed more confidence and patience in
their build up, but the Hanworth defence and cover were good enough to deal
with whatever was thrown at them.
Levi King
glanced a header wide for Hanworth, their keeper Terry Buss dealt with a high
speculative hooked ball dropping almost vertically into the box, and then
Shaun Preddie shot wide. The Hanworth
fans’ singing and chanting, with the odd obscenity thrown in, was greeted
almost with an embarrassed silence from the home fans. However, all was fairly pedestrian until
the last five mad minutes of the half.
Here are a couple of first half-clips – Hanworth are in purple and
attacking towards the camera.
First,
Totton took the lead after 41 minutes as Davies turned up on the right near
the byline and flashed a stepover or two before shooting in from a narrow
angle. 1-0
Almost
immediately, there were questions asked within the home defence as Hanworth
equalised within a minute. Keeper
Grant Porter got a hand to King’s shot but it crept in. Sheehan gets the credit for the
assist. 1-1
Totton hit
back in turn just before the interval.
Nathan Campbell got a crucial goal from a Davies cross to give his
side the lead once more. 2-1 at half-time
Totton
largely controlled the second half but there were few chances in the first 20
minutes or so. Davies continued to
look the biggest threat and after 77 minutes Buss was again needed to make a
good save. The fact that the score
stayed at 2-1 for so long was more to do with Totton wastefulness than
Hanworth threat. Here are a couple of
second-half clips.
The third
goal did not come until 81 minutes – I have caught the finish on video but
too late and in the wrong position to resolve the offside question. The visiting supporters were enraged. The scorer is Nathaniel Sherborne. 3-1
Hanworth
nearly pulled one back soon after from a freekick. Their fans stayed till the end, and there
were two wild and tired shots before Duane Antonio smacked one in to make the
final few seconds a bit more interesting.
3-2
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Villa acknowledge their 250 travelling fans |
As Totton
ran the ball into the corners to run down the clock, a wild lunge by Ricky
Farnden earned him a second yellow card and the home team safely sealed their
passage into the First Round Proper. Let it be recorded that this was a very creditable performance from the step 5 visitors who can leave with heads held high. Final Score 3-2
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