No Horror Show as Casuals Earn Point

Redhill  0-0 Corinthian-Casuals
Combined Counties League Premier Division
Saturday 1st November 2025
Report and Photos: Stuart Tree (full set here)
Additional photos from Andy Nunn

Corinthian-Casuals put pay to their midweek horror show with a well-earned point on the road at Redhill in the league on Saturday.

But they’ll rue missed chances at the end of a tight contest that could’ve seen Mu Maan’s side walk away with all three points.

Redhill remain unbeaten at home this season and thus was no small feat to take something from Kiln Brow. If Casuals are to make a playoff push, then points on the road are vital.

Maan addressed his injury woes by signing Kiyo Brown, who had been with Corinth last season as well as veteran midfielder Scott Day. Casuals’ crocked list includes core players Marcos Dos Santos, Arsenii Protsyshyn, Rafa Barbosa and Victor Sampaio to name just a few.

On a Halloween themed family-oriented afternoon, Casuals got off to a promising start. George Hockey’s poke at the back stick was adjudged offside in what was a well-worked move to break down the Lobster’s familiar defence of former Casuals Tommy Smith and Danny Dudley.

Casuals’ towering defender Clayton Afonso looked like the biggest threat from corners following an otherwise tight first half, reduced to half chances at both ends.

It was the second period where Casuals got a grip of the game. Brown linked with Trey Masikini on the right as well as George Bond did with Andre Coker. Afonso’s looping header just crept over the stanchion and Hakeem Adelakun’s powerful shot whistled past the bar. But the best chance fell to the Hockey-Coker double act. The development squad striker beautifully cut in from the byline to square off to the usually deadly Coker, but even with his green-dyed hair, he’d have felt more like the Joker when blazing over from six yards!

The last knockings saw Gabriel Odunaike’s header beaten away by James Dillon in the Redhill goal and thus the points shared.

“We've been going through a tough time,” admitted Maan after the final whistle.

“But we turned up here and we could have folded. I'm very proud of the boys. I think we were the better team. We looked well organised. There was only one team that was going to win that game.”
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“We’ll take the positives. It’s a a clean sheet today, a reaction from midweek and a good performance. That's all I asked for.”