Pitching In Southern League Premier South Review

Three out of five games end level

It wasn’t quite as dramatic in the Pitching In Southern League Premier Division South as three of the evening’s five games ended in a draw.

Walton & Hersham won for the fifth time in seven League outings as a brace of penalties from John Gilbert (pictured) gave them a 2-0 success against a Hayes & Yeading United side that was starting to find a bit of form.

The victory leaves The Swans in fourth place in the table as United remain entrenched in the middle of the table.

There was a first victory for Poole Town under the guidance of Matt Tubbs as they responded to Saturday’s defeat by beating high-flying Gosport Borough 2-0 and in doing so, inflict Borough’s first reverse of the season. Tobias Holmes and Tony-James Lee were the men on target.

The remainder of the night’s games finished with honours even as two last minute goals between Hendon and Bracknell Town gave a dramatic finish to their encounter, whilst Levi Irving also struck late on to salvage a point for Swindon Supermarine at home to Beaconsfield Town.

Beaconsfield raced into a three-goal lead after Elliott Buchanan opened the scoring on 21 minutes and then Leon Chambers-Parillon doubled their advantage on the half-hour mark. As they looked for their first win of the season, they were in dreamland when Asher Yearwood popped up to make it 3-0 five minutes from the interval.

Crucially, Marine, who are also winless so far this term, were handed a lifeline a couple of minutes later as Ryan Campbell was able to pull a goal back and then Ed Williams further reduced the arrears on 77 minutes before Irving snatched a point as it ended 3-3.

It was 1-1 at Hungerford Town as they fell behind to Dorchester Town thanks to Leighton Thomas’ strike just past the half-hour mark before Ramarni Medford-Smith equalised early in the second half and that’s how it remained.