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23 Nov 2011

Walton 0 Whitehawk 1


A foggy tuesday evening in Surrey and a decent competitive Ryman League south game resulted in a deserved win for whitehawk. Walton battled but whitehawk were simply better, faster, more physical and scored a neat goal just after half time. No disgrace for Walton to lose here. not sure about the crowd but maybe 100. An evening of real football. A battle is emerging however with elmbridge council over the ground. The ground, called Stompond Lane has been their home for a long time, certainly more than 50 years. They now want the club to effectively merge with the other Ryman League South team in Walton, Walton Casuals, and extend their ground. Stompond Lane will then be the home for 50 houses. I suppose there are a few angles here. Two clubs in Walton in the same league each with average support of around 100 seems a bit of a luxury, but they do have different identities. Having said that, three clubs in Inverness merged maybe 15 years ago and now the merged item sits in the Scottish premier league. Maybe the premiership is a little too far for Walton but certainly Ryman premier or even Conference South might become feasible.

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05 Nov 2011

Walton and Hersham 4 Crawley Down 1


Brentford were away at Sheff Wed today and although much tempted, it seemed sensible not to travel being away in USA all next week.  So the question of which non-league game to watch. This season I have been put off Walton as although having watched them since almost 50 years now, their season has been awful and my last couple of visitations have been poor. but today,I thought i would give them a chance. they won last week, their second win of the season taking them off the bottom of the table. Today they were playing the team in bottom place who although only having two points less, have a truly terrible goal diference that would defy many mathmeticians already. Altogether a good game. The crowd I would estimate at 100, no away fans at all that were visible. Walton were in control of the whole game with the exception of the last 20 minutes when having given a goal away they took it easy. Walton actually played well, decent football and took their chances. Crawley Down surprised me by the fact they they too played good football but their defence was woeful. The keeper was ok but their defensive set up was simply not there. Walton had a few good players, all it seems having joined them in the last few weeks. Mark Pattison a midfielder was the best with real skill and great finishing, netting two goals, the keeper was solid and a few others caught the eye. not a great team but not a terrible one either. Burger and chips for 3.90 £ reasonable too.

Walton's first goal. Keeper out and nice finish

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