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Full time: Tooting & Mitcham Utd 0-2 Horsham
Tooting 0 Horsham 2 Harding 45 Seanla 53 Full time
HORSHAM have beaten Tooting and Mitcham 2-0 tonight thanks to goals from Pat Harding and Claude Seanla.
Harding struck a fortunate goal just before the break, and Seanla doubled the advantage when he curled home Lee Carney's corner.
It took a string of decent saves from on-loan keeper Josh Pelling to preserve the two goal lead, and the Albion stopper gave an all round assured display.
90 mins: Dean Hamlin's cross is volleyed over from close range by Simon Parker, he was under a lot of pressure from Sam Page.
86 mins: Horaham sub, Jack Lyons on Claude Seanla off.
77 mins: Seanla meets Lee Carney's corner on the full but just guides the volley wide, that would have killed Tooting off.
73 mins: Bit of Tooting pressure now, a goal here could make this interesting - Allan McLeod is the latest to be denied by Pelling, diving to his right to smother a shot.
70 mins: Superb one handed save from Josh Pelling as he claws Simon Parker's lob away for a corner.
68 mins: Horsham sub. Steve Davies on Steve Sargent off.
Booking. Claude Seanla goes in a bit two footed with the studs up, earning him a ticking off and a yellow card.
Horsham fans are breaking out their full set list - never too early to
be triumphant!
60 mins: Bookings. Jamie Byatt and Lee Carney are both cautioned for a tangle on the deck, which could have become nasty.
55 mins: Tooting almost strike back immeditely as Paul Vines tip toes into the area and forces a sharp save from Pelling.
53 mins: GOAL. Super effort from Claude Seanla who curled Lee Carney's drilled corner home from 18 yards.
Tooting 0-2 Horsham
48 mins: Good start to the half from the hosts, Paul Vines' tame shot is gathered well by Pelling.
46 mins: Tooting skipper Jow Vines' searching cross just evades the desperate slides of two men in the six yard box.
Horsham sget the second period underway, with a one goal lead.............
PAT HARDING'S bizarre goal on the stroke of half time has given Horsham a 1-0 at Tooting & Mitcham at the break.
An attempted clearance hit the striker and floated into the far corner to hand the Hornets the lead at the end of a half in which neither side was able to assert themselves fully.
Paul Vines went closest for the hosts with a snap shot on the half volley which on-loan Albion keeper Josh Pelling beat away.
45 mins: GOAL. Claude Seanla causes havoc in the Tooting box, and as the defence attempt to clear, Pat Harding gets in the way and the ball ricochets into the net. Bizarre.
Tooting 0-1 Horsham
40 mins: Finally something to warm the fans here tonight, as Paul Vines swivels and hits a swerving half volley which Hornets keeper Josh Pelling does well to beat away.
37 mins: It all opens up in front of Allan McLeod, and his shot is wild and very wide from 20 yards.
32 mins: Paul Vines attempts a first time left foot volley from range after Anthony Acheampong's unconvincing clearing header.
24 mins: Booking. Oops, Steve Sargent talks himself into a caution after he appeared to be bundled over in the last Tooting foray forward.
Kicking with the wind at their backs, Tooting have had the better of it, although most of their efforts have fizzled out on the edge of the box - Jason Henry looks dangerous, breaking from midfield.
19 mins: Claude Seanla drags a shot wide from 25 yards, the angle and distance were against him.
Neither side are committing particularly heavily at the moment, almost a bit tentative in these early exchanges.
12 mins: Lee Carney loses out on the edge of his own area, and Colin Hartburn's cross shaves the bottom of Paul Vines' studs.
Given the Terrors' recent FA Cup exploits, you might have expected interest to have peaked in the local area, but it's no busier here than you'd see on a usual midweek game.
2 mins: Steve Sargent, with superb vision, picks out Pat Harding's run, but he struggles to get the ball under control.
The hosts get us underway........
HORSHAM go to Tooting tonight with more motivation than usual following the two sides' previous meeting.
The Terrors won 4-2 in September's FA Cup First Qualifying Round tie, a match which turned on the controversial dismissal of goalkeeper Rob Tolfrey.
Horsham's keeper has now moved on to Kingstonian, but the Hornets will be bouyed that they are able to field a strong side, with the exception of the suspended Ben Andrews, the injured Mark Knee and Gary Charman who has pulled out with illness.
The Hornets may also come face to face with a former favourite, Tom Graves, who was at landlords Horsham YMCA earlier this season, is on the Tooting bench.
Tooting: Dave King; Dean Hamlin, Jamie Byatt, Andrew Howell, Joe Vines, Jason Henry, Aaron Goode, Allan McLeod, Paul Vines, Simon Parker, Colin Hartburn.
Subs: Sam Clayton, Mike Heverin, Tom Graves, Adam Fletcher.
Horsham: Josh Pelling, Delando Smith, James Nicholls, Anthony Acheampong, Sam Page, Lee Carney, Steve Sargent, Jack Page, Claude Seanla, Pat Harding, Alex Haddow.
Subs: Steve Davies, Jack Lyons, Tony Nwachukwu, Ian Payne.
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