8th place RPV came to Honeycroft having won 3 in a row all 3-0 but made a slow start against Uxbridge who made 2 changes from the defeat at Moneyfields with Josh Addae and Fabio Sole replacing Luke Paris and Leo Decabo who both dropped to the bench.
Uxbridge started brightly and in the first minute Sole had a half volley on the edge of the area blocked bravely by a defender. 2 minutes later Hippolyte was played through and had a one on one with the RPV keeper who pushed him wide and his cut back was half cleared off the line to Josh Addae to finish with aplomb! A further 9 minutes passed with not a lot happening until RPV ventured into the Uxbridge area for the first time all game and the ball found Daniel Berry in space and his scuffed shot found the corner of the net. This gave RPV confidence and in the 19th minute, a cross field ball in the box was called by George Legg who didn’t punch the ball but instead got the RPV striker and a yellow card for his troubles. The subsequent penalty was tucked away by Dan Moody who sent Legg the wrong way. With the game petering out for half time, Jonathan Hippolyte turned and shot on the edge of the area and forced a good save from the RPV keeper - his first of the game.
HT 1-2
Leo Donnellan replaced Toby at half time adding a bit more height to the midfield. However a minute later a Casey Bocarro loose pass to Kai Hobbs on the half way line was intercepted and RPV fed through to the striker but Legg atoned for his error to make a match saving save! Uxbridge captain CJ Fearn made a good block from George Vincent in the are in the 60th minute and 3 minutes later nearly scored at the other end when he was inches wide from a corner. However, CJ was just getting his bearings…….Paris, Witham, Wilson, Decabo replaced Ada, Harry Rush, Sole and Casey between the 72nd & 83rd minute. With the referee, Nick Reece signalling a minimum of 5 minutes additional time Paris was now playing as a forward creating havoc. 4 minutes into the said 5 minutes James Dickson decided to stop an attack on the half way line and in doing so earned himself a second yellow card. 96 minutes had passed but the Red Army still believed and George Legg came up for an out-swinging corner by Leo Decabo which was cleared to Wilson and his fantastic header 25 yards from goal was played into the danger area and CJ Fearn picked himself up off the floor to find himself in space to rifle in the roof of the net for an equaliser. Surely that was it, but no, there was enough time for RPV to break and they would have snatched an undeserved win bar a fantastic block by Kai Hobbs.
A good point in all and we face another tough encounter on Saturday against Hartley Wintney.
FT 2-2
Att 157
Match report courtesy of David Mallam
Match gallery here courtesy of Michael Bodman
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