Hadlow Harrow 2 vs 3 Blackham And Ashurst Sarac

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">This week saw us lining up against the old enemy Hadlow Harrow.&nbsp;&nbsp; After a year apart Hadlow have now joined us in the top flight.&nbsp; I think both sides always look forward to these games and over the years the results have normally been close with the spoils going both ways.&nbsp; Luckily we made it to kick off with no threats of violence or boxer-esq trading of insults at the press conference.&nbsp; I certainly wasn&rsquo;t going to announce that the game would be as one sided as a gang rape, I&rsquo;ll leave that to messers Haye and Harrison (Audley that is!)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">B&A went in to the game with a strong line-up and strong look to the squad, although Kenny forgot to turn up so we lacked some height on the bench.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">The game started, and continued as a scrappy affair.&nbsp; The boys in black and red never really got the ball down and played. To be fair to the home side that was down to their dogged and physical performance.&nbsp; They didn&rsquo;t give the B&A any time to think or move on the ball, closing everything down straight away.&nbsp; Something that Hobbit and Co weren&rsquo;t doing.&nbsp; So it was no surprise that Hadlow opened the scoring with a well worked goal.&nbsp; This sparked a reaction and Blackham started to create chances.&nbsp; 2Gun was looking after the ball well up top and ran his socks off trying to close down the Hadlow back four.&nbsp; James Lattimer then had his first chance of the game and shot from 18 yards straight at the young Hadlow keeper.&nbsp; It looked harmless enough but someone the ball squirmed out from underneath his body and Hobbit was on hand to feed off the scraps that he so loves.&nbsp; A typical grubby Hobbit goal 1-1.&nbsp; It wasn&rsquo;t long before the pressure paid off again.&nbsp; This time a long throw in to the box from the Mantis was expertly flicked on by Adam Jefferies with a stooping header.&nbsp; Hobbit, with his back to goal laid the ball back to Latts who let fly from 8 yards to put the boys in black and red in front for the first time.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">We started the second half a lot brighter forcing a corning in the early stages.&nbsp; Baggo whipped over a trademark cross and Gandhi rose highest to nod home.&nbsp; Blackham then looked like the dominant force the next 30 minutes or so but still were slightly untidy at the back.&nbsp; Hobbit made way for the young Zac Shing to come on and run the tired Hadlow legs ragged and even gave his PE teacher a lesson or two in how to beat your man.&nbsp; Grant Jefferies came on to make his debut at the back replacing the heavy legs of gent Jim.&nbsp; 2Gun was still leading the line well and started to match the Hadlow boys in the air and in terms of effort.&nbsp; A lapse of concentration at the back let Harrow in to snatch a 2nd goal to set up a nervy finish but the B&A boys hung on for the 3 points.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Sometimes you have to win ugly and that&rsquo;s what today was but still another good three points to keep us at the top of the tree. &nbsp;