Chipstead 3-2 Corinthian-Casuals
Combined Counties Premier Division South
Tuesday 17 December 2024
Report: Josh Lamey
Images: Andy Nunn
Corinthian-Casuals ended up on the wrong side of a five-goal thriller at Chipstead, as further inconsistencies have saw our hopes of reaching the play-offs fade.
Armed with pink-and-chocolate hats, gloves and scarves – the Casuals faithful were ready to brave a chilly, pre-Christmas Tuesday evening in Surrey. Fresh from Saturday's lively 0-0 draw at home to Tooting & Mitcham, a more clinical performance in front of goal ultimately proved to be in vain, as fast winds contributed to set-piece struggles.
Chipstead required a rapid change of fortune from their previous game, which saw them suffer an 8-1 demolition to promotion hopefuls Jersey Bulls to hoist themselves away from the lower end of the table. And the hosts got just the response they were looking for.
It was an energetic start to the game, with both sides looking to break lines when they could, but despite Casuals looking the more likely, it was Chipstead that broke the deadlock on 18 minutes when Elijah Hopwood’s well-delivered wide free-kick was steered in at the near post by captain Tijani Eshilokun, although it looked to take a nick of defender Matt Kellett-Smith.
Moments later, Casuals left-back Arsenii Protsyshyn decided to take matters into his own hands to light up the gloomy Surrey night with a piece of attacking excellence. After some intricate link-up play with Kieron Cadogan, the Ukrainian smashed one across the face of goal and Trey Masikini was never going to miss out on his second goal of the campaign.
Corinthian-Casuals were back on track, and after going painfully close to scoring on Saturday, Reyon Dillon was back among the goals last night. Cadogan slipped him through, and the sheer strength and resilience saw him shrug off the Chipstead defender and fire low and hard beyond Klevis Muca.
Casuals fans would be forgiven for grabbing a hot drink and heading in early for half-time, to warm up knowing their side had the upper hand. However, Melford Simpson had other ideas. A familiar name haunted the Corinthian back line as he held the ball up on his chest, before playing it out wide and making a run into the box, where he got on the end of a low ball into his path. His effort was scuffed and looped into the air, deceiving both the fans and David Wloch as it dropped under the crossbar to draw the Chips level in stoppage time.
The hosts then began the second half how they ended the first, with a damaging blow to the Casuals defence after a corner wasn’t cleared to safety, and Evan Kelly forced the ball in from close range.
Both sides were a whisker away from adding to their respective tallies just after the hour mark. Ben Jordan would’ve been shocked that he didn’t give Chipstead a two-goal advantage after whacking the upright from a favourable position, before Dillon had the chance to notch his second and draw Casuals level, but he couldn’t bundle home Diogo Da Silva’s corner from under the crossbar, a defender getting a boot to the ball first.
With time running out, Casuals already had a tough task on their hands if they wanted to snatch a share of the spoils, but they had a mountain to climb after Hakeem Adelakun was sent off late on. Emmanuel Robe burst through the ranks, and the captain had to stop him to keep the deficit at just one. The definition of taking one for the team, but after some late pressure, this one would go down as Casuals’ fourth loss in the last five.
Corinthian-Casuals: Wloch, Gjoshe, Kellett-Smith, M Dos Santos, Protsyshyn, Adelakun, Antonio (Onovwigun 61), Dillon (Cascoe-Rogers 61), Cheklit (Da Silva 55), Masikini, Cadogan
Combined Counties Premier Division South
Tuesday 17 December 2024
Report: Josh Lamey
Images: Andy Nunn
Corinthian-Casuals ended up on the wrong side of a five-goal thriller at Chipstead, as further inconsistencies have saw our hopes of reaching the play-offs fade.
Armed with pink-and-chocolate hats, gloves and scarves – the Casuals faithful were ready to brave a chilly, pre-Christmas Tuesday evening in Surrey. Fresh from Saturday's lively 0-0 draw at home to Tooting & Mitcham, a more clinical performance in front of goal ultimately proved to be in vain, as fast winds contributed to set-piece struggles.
Chipstead required a rapid change of fortune from their previous game, which saw them suffer an 8-1 demolition to promotion hopefuls Jersey Bulls to hoist themselves away from the lower end of the table. And the hosts got just the response they were looking for.
It was an energetic start to the game, with both sides looking to break lines when they could, but despite Casuals looking the more likely, it was Chipstead that broke the deadlock on 18 minutes when Elijah Hopwood’s well-delivered wide free-kick was steered in at the near post by captain Tijani Eshilokun, although it looked to take a nick of defender Matt Kellett-Smith.
Moments later, Casuals left-back Arsenii Protsyshyn decided to take matters into his own hands to light up the gloomy Surrey night with a piece of attacking excellence. After some intricate link-up play with Kieron Cadogan, the Ukrainian smashed one across the face of goal and Trey Masikini was never going to miss out on his second goal of the campaign.
Corinthian-Casuals were back on track, and after going painfully close to scoring on Saturday, Reyon Dillon was back among the goals last night. Cadogan slipped him through, and the sheer strength and resilience saw him shrug off the Chipstead defender and fire low and hard beyond Klevis Muca.
Casuals fans would be forgiven for grabbing a hot drink and heading in early for half-time, to warm up knowing their side had the upper hand. However, Melford Simpson had other ideas. A familiar name haunted the Corinthian back line as he held the ball up on his chest, before playing it out wide and making a run into the box, where he got on the end of a low ball into his path. His effort was scuffed and looped into the air, deceiving both the fans and David Wloch as it dropped under the crossbar to draw the Chips level in stoppage time.
The hosts then began the second half how they ended the first, with a damaging blow to the Casuals defence after a corner wasn’t cleared to safety, and Evan Kelly forced the ball in from close range.
Both sides were a whisker away from adding to their respective tallies just after the hour mark. Ben Jordan would’ve been shocked that he didn’t give Chipstead a two-goal advantage after whacking the upright from a favourable position, before Dillon had the chance to notch his second and draw Casuals level, but he couldn’t bundle home Diogo Da Silva’s corner from under the crossbar, a defender getting a boot to the ball first.
With time running out, Casuals already had a tough task on their hands if they wanted to snatch a share of the spoils, but they had a mountain to climb after Hakeem Adelakun was sent off late on. Emmanuel Robe burst through the ranks, and the captain had to stop him to keep the deficit at just one. The definition of taking one for the team, but after some late pressure, this one would go down as Casuals’ fourth loss in the last five.
Corinthian-Casuals: Wloch, Gjoshe, Kellett-Smith, M Dos Santos, Protsyshyn, Adelakun, Antonio (Onovwigun 61), Dillon (Cascoe-Rogers 61), Cheklit (Da Silva 55), Masikini, Cadogan
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