Hanwell Town 0-0 Gosport Borough

Hanwell Town were held to a 0-0 draw by Gosport Borough at The Powerday Stadium on Saturday (December 15). The Geordies were looking to build on their performance from a heartbreaking FA Trophy defeat to Eastleigh on Tuesday night.

Star player Jordan Edwards returned to the bench after missing the Eastleigh game and Rudi Pache and Elliot Benyon started in place of Joe Wilson and Alfie Pendlebury.

In a tightly contested affair, Hanwell had the better of the second-half chances will feel they should’ve won the game late on.

The visitors aimed to start quickly when Sammuel Faniyan played through Asher Yearwood. One on one with Sam Beasant, the Gosport attacker could only fire his shot straight at the Hanwell goalkeeper.

Gosport did have a first half penalty appeal turned down when Jamar Smith fell to the ground under pressure from Rudi Pache, but the referee was unmoved.

Kameron English saw his powerful long range effort fly over the bar. This was a demonstration of the lack of quality chances being created by either team.

The second half was a lot better from a Hanwell perspective, Chris Regis saw his 48th minute shot saved after good linkup play with Dan Carr.

Mat Mackenzie tried his luck from range and his shot came closer than English’s effort but still didn’t test goalkeeper Adam Parkes.

A poor clearance from Beasant set up Daniel Wooden for a golden opportunity, but the Gosport striker’s shot was blocked by Calum Woodcock.

On the 60th minute, English was active once again. His trickery earnt him some hard-to-come-by space on the left and his cross was begging for a Hanwell player to tap it home.

Gosport had another shout for a penalty turned down when Faniyan tried to round Beasant when through on goal. The attacker went to ground and was booked for diving, a relief for Hanwell after the controversial penalty they conceded in similar fashion against Eastleigh last time out.

The Geordies hit the bar in the 68th minute when Mackenzie’s shot was deflected and looped goalwards.

Substitute Rod Orlando-Young came closest to opening the scoring when his close-range effort whistled wide in stoppage time.

After going eight games unbeaten, The Geordies are now four games without a win. A cause of this injuries with Hanwell missing many key players over the last few weeks.

The draw sees Hanwell drop to 12th in the league. On Friday, they travel to Bracknell in their final game before Christmas.