Sutton Common Rovers 0-3 Uxbridge
Monday 10 February 2025
Following the late postponement of Saturday’s match against Hayes & Yeading, it was a short wait for this Monday evening trip to a chilly and soggy Carshalton to face Sutton Common Rovers – it was a challenge that Uxbridge rose to and they recorded a 3-0 win – and in doing so reached 53 points – beating the 51 they amassed in the whole of last season.
It was the home side who began the livelier, with Rovers top scorer Daniel Pepple forcing George Legg into an early save on just 3 minutes. Uxbridge slowly worked their way into the match on a greasy 3G surface, it was on the quarter hour when a quick turn and shot just inside the box from Leo Decabo forced Kacper Orlowski in the Rovers goal into a fine save at full stretch The reprieve was short lived for the home side though as barely a minute later Jonathan Hippolyte did well to get down the left hand side and his low cross was expertly controlled by Danial Fosu, who spun and fired low into the corner for his first goal in an Uxbridge shirt. Any thoughts of the floodgates opening against a team sitting in the relegation zone were quickly dismissed though, as first Legg - with a good save in a one on one, and then Kai Hobbs with an excellent block in the penalty box – were called into a rearguard action to preserve the lead. On the half hour the massed ranks of travelling fans behind the Rovers goal spotted a handball from an Uxbridge corner, in the home side’s box - but It wasn’t seen by the officials or players leaving many to wonder if it had happened at all. Two minutes later Rovers could have levelled when a well worked corner was played to the edge of the box, and the low dipping shot grazed the bar, but went to safety. Uxbridge then had two gilt-edge chances before the break, when first Decabo dragged his shot wide, and then Josh Addae outmuscled a defender, but also pulled his shot just past the same post.
HT 1-0
The second half got underway with the visitors happy to try and protect their lead, and one that Legg had to be on his game again early on, as he got down well do deny the lively Pepple again. There was not much of note to entertain for long periods as Uxbridge kept the home side at arm’s length, in fact it wasn’t until 72 minutes that substitute Ada Okorogheye fed Fosu, but his shot was straight at keeper Orlowski. However, the Reds did double their lead just a couple a minutes later with a goal of real quality, Hobbs took the ball down well in midfield and put in a defence splitting slide rule pass to release substitute and debutant Dernell Wynter – who outpaced the defender and put the ball across goal to the waiting Fosu to tap home from close range for his second of the night. Rovers heads didn’t drop, and only some great last ditch defending from CJ Fearn kept the lead at 2-0. Andrio Brandao went close then on 80 minutes doing well to make space in the box but curling his shot narrowly wide. The match was wrapped up though on 87 minutes when Wynter was played in, and he took an early shot that flew past Orlowski into the net – the substitute making a big impact in his first outing for Uxbridge. There was still time for Legg again to make an excellent save from a header – the Uxbridge Keeper definitely earning his clean sheet on this showing.
So, Uxbridge consolidate their 4th place in the league and getting back to the kind of form that got them into the play off spots in the first place. Next up Met Police FC will be the visitors to Honeycroft on Saturday 15th February.
FT 3-0
Att 77
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