HORNDEAN, currently third from bottom in the Wessex Premier Division, did themselves a powerful favour when they managed to restrict fourth-placed Brockenhurst to a 0-0 draw in a tight game at Five Heads Park on Saturday.
In fact, Deans manager Ne
il McNamara thought his team could easily have won the game.
"I would have taken a draw before we started but it could easily have been three points," said McNamara.
The best three chances of the match fell to Horndean who fielded a full-strength side. In the first half, Osume Drame missed a one-on-one chance with the Brockenhurst keeper. For the remainder of the half scoring attempts were restricted to long-range shots from both sides that came to nothing.
After the break, Drame missed another chance to put Deans ahead, again from a one-on-one with the keeper.
Callum Laycock was brought on as substitute and right at the death he fired an effort against a defender on the line with the keeper beaten.
McNamara added: "We had the better chances and our keeper Steve Ballard didn't have a lot to do.
"It was nice to keep a clean sheet."
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