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MATCH REPoRTS

ChESSInGton & hooK unItEd 1

Sanko
KEnSInGton & EaLInG Boro 2

Joseph 2

Combined Counties league 11th of January 2020 Chalky lane

wo home defeats in a week gave Chess-
Tington & Hook United the January blues
as a winter breeze cut through Chalky Lane.
United started well, taking the lead through a
Saheed Sanko goal after six minutes, slotting
home past the keeper from the corner kick.
The score remained 1-0 till the break, in what
was a bit of a scrappy first half, with Borough
having the lion’s share of possession.
It was Kensington & Ealing Borough who again
started strongly in the second half, search-
ing for the equaliser, with a shot going just
over the bar, they again went close to scor-
ing. Joshua Woodcock making a couple of
fine saves, but he was unable to stop Jamarl
Joseph’s powerful shot, originating from a
Borough corner kick, the ball finding its way
through the keeper’s legs.
It looked like a draw was on the cards, but in straight red for dissent. A disappointing re-
a final twist, a free-kick, from a foul by sub- sult for United, they need to improve on this
stitute Dan Green in added time, was curled performance, a couple of good results and
into the keeper’s right-hand corner of the this match will be well and truly forgotten.
net, giving Joseph his brace and three points Having played only ten league games from
in the bag for Borough. It was Borough’s sec- September till December, United will play
ond match in succession that they’ve scored another eleven games from now till the end
in injury time to win the game. of February. They’ll have to pull out all the
With the game almost over United’s frustra- stops and use the games in hand to move to a
tion boiled over, and Ellis Lentell was given a more respectable position in the table.