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MATCH REPoRTS

CHessington & HooK UniteD 3

Green, Peters, Merchant-Simmonds
Walton & HersHaM 4

Combined Counties league 7th of January 2020 Chalky lane

purred on by a large contingent of sup-
Sporters, Walton & Hersham dominated
the opening stages of the match and went
close to scoring in the opening minutes, they
are the second-highest goalscorers in the
league with games in hand to boot, so to-
day’s match was always going to be a tough
challenge for United. Against the run of play
Chessington & Hook took the lead through
Captain Dan Green after 18 minutes. An
equaliser after 26 minutes put the Swans on
level pegging and they continued to turn up
pressure on the United defence. Again it was
United who took the lead after a handball in
the penalty area, Cameron Peters slotting the
ball home and it looked like they’d go into
half-time in the lead, but 2 minutes into add-
ed time a Walton & Hersham corner kick was
met by the number 10 Leon Lalor-Dell, who
curled it into the top of the net.
Walton & Hersham again came out strong
after the break, and after 53 minutes an un- Merchant-Simmons and the Swans were left
stoppable Migel Matos free-kick hit the back sweating out the remaining time. Good saves
of the United net from 30 yards out. A fur- from both keepers and a couple of glaring
ther Walton goal and at 2-4 effectively put the misses kept the scoreline lower. Despite los-
game beyond reach for Chessington & Hook. ing United weren’t outplayed and not many
United continued to battle and were reward- teams will relish their trip to Chalky Lane
ed with a goal in the 87th minute from Dylan this season.