The Geordies crashed out of the FA Cup to fellow Southern League team Chertsey Town, with a lacklustre display that also saw two Hanwell players dismissed for red cards in the second half, leaving manager Chris Moore somewhat disappointed.
Speaking following the final whistle, “I don’t think we got going at all. I said at halftime, you’ve not really got going but they’ve not yet threatened us, so we need a bit more.”
“Then we go out and we get a player sent off and it kills us a bit. We keep eleven on the pitch, do they beat us, I don’t think so; do we beat them, I don’t think so. Its all about discipline and the two lads let us down today.”
In the first half, neither team had an attempt on goal with Chertsey’s Will Montague and Sam Omperon both hitting the side netting, Alfie Pendlebury getting the ball into the net for Hanwell just before the break, but it was ruled out for offside.
Chris Moore made early changes in the second half, bringing on Mat Mackenzie and Joe Wilson but the move was somewhat nullified by Jordan Edwards being shown a red card for a second bookable offence soon after.
This spurred Chertsey Town on, and keeper Sam Beasant had to make excellent saves at point blank range from Montague and midfielder Conor Lee to keep the visitors out but with 20 minutes to go, the task for the Geordies got even more challenging as winger Kameron English was shown a straight red card.
Hanwell fought with just the nine men on the field to keep the game on level terms, with defender Dan Carr curling a free kick just wide of the Chertsey goal to give the vocal home support some hope, but with 10 minutes to go, the game fell away from the Geordies.
Chertsey Town swung a corner into the far post and Jack Mazzone had the easiest of finishes to give the visitors the advantage, leaving Hanwell the mammoth task of trying to equalise and earn the replay.
It wasn’t to be, as in added time, Sam Omperon confirmed the result for the visitors with a shot past Beasant following a quick break upfield, and so left the Geordies to imagine what might have been.
Hanwell return to Southern League action next Saturday at the Powerday Stadium, for the visit of Gloucester City, kickoff at 3 pm.
1 Sam Beasant, 2 Dan Carr, 3 Cameron Rohart-Brown ((Joe Wilson 46’ (Elliot Beynon 84’)), 4 Callum Woodcock (Luis LePaih 90’+1’), 5 Dwayne Duncan, 6 Harry Seabrook, 7 Kameron English, 12 Leo Donnellan (Mat Mackenzie 46’), 9 Alfie Pendlebury, 10 Jordan Edwards, 11 Chris Regis (Ezekiel Coker 90’).
Substitutes
8 Mat Mackenzie, 14 Joe Wilson, 15 Nathan Boayke, 16 Elliot Beynon, 17 Rod Orlando Young, 18 Ezekiel Coker, 19 Luis Le Paih
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