Hanwell Town 0-0 Hungerford

Hanwell Town drew 0-0 with Hungerford Town in a dull affair at the Powerday Stadium. The hosts came into the game on a seven-match unbeaten run. In contrast, the visitors hadn’t won in five games before Saturday’s clash.

The first 15 minutes of the game came and went without an opportunity for either side. The first chance of the match came when Bradley Hooper broke into space on the left before firing a shot that Trent Carter-Rogers did well to save.

Hanwell had an appeal for a penalty turned down moments later when Ezekiel Coker was played through on goal. He collided with goalkeeper Ryan Clarke, but no foul was given either way.

A mistake from Chris Regis allowed Hungerford to break and Calum Woodcock did brilliantly to block a Dawid Regulla effort destined to open the scoring.

Hungerford continued their impressive start and would’ve had an opener if not for Harry Seabrook’s heroic tackle on Regulla.

Hanwell had their first real chance of the game when the returning Taylor Miles found space on the right before delivering a cross. Tall striker Alfie Pendlebury got his head to the ball but could only glance it over the bar.

In the 42nd minute, Chris Regis tried his luck from about 30 yards out. The midfielder’s spectacular effort was inches wide and was the closest either team came to opening the first half scoring.

The Geordies improved in the second half with Coker finding space in behind before mishitting his shot.

The visitors showed they were still a threat when top scorer Ellis Watts forced Carter-Rogers to save his shot from the right of the box after a good Hungerford move.

Jordan Edwards showed his own quality moments later when he weaved in and out of Hungerford defenders in the penalty area. The Hanwell attacker’s eventual shot was blocked by Louis McGrory.

Hanwell’s best sequence of the game came in stoppage time. Debutant Aderi Dede played through Pendlebury before the striker sold multiple Hungerford defenders with a dummy and saw his shot saved by Clarke

The resulting Dan Carr corner rebounded off a Hungerford defender and onto the bar. At the full-time whistle, both sides were left thinking that a slight improvement would have led to the three points being theirs.

The draw takes Hanwell up to 10thin the table, three points off the playoff places. The Geordies face Frome on Tuesday, before a big FA Trophy game with Eastleigh on Saturday.

Hanwell XI: Carter-Rogers, Wilson, Carr, Woodcock, Duncan, Seabrook, Regis, Mackenzie (Dede 69’), Pendlebury, Edwards (English 69’), Coker (Orlando-Young 76’)

Unused sub: Benyon