Hanwell Town 2-2 Wimborne Town

Hanwell were held to a 2-2 draw by a motivated Wimborne side on a cold Tuesday night at the Powerday Stadium.


Joe Waight’s brilliant 18th minute strike was cancelled out by Matty Burrows’ effort just before halftime.

Then, after Will Hall’s bullet header had given Hanwell another lead, Jack Lovell finished off a quick Wimborne breakaway to level the scoring once again.


Hanwell came into the game unbeaten in five. In contrast, the visitors had failed to win in their last three contests. However, it was Wimborne who started the quickest.


There were no real chances in the opening 15 minutes and Hanwell eventually found their footing in the game. Some good work from Mat Mackenzie saw Jordan Edwards win a corner on the left.


Wimborne failed to clear the corner, and the ball eventually fell to Waight. The inform striker powered his shot from the left of the box into the right of the goal.


The rest of the half went by in similar fashion to the first 15 minutes with neither side creating many chances. This was until the last five minutes, where Wimborne had a flurry of chances to equalise.


Harry Morgan had the best chance of the half in the 43rd minute. The ball fell to Wimborne’s number 8 just inside the box, but he fired wide.


The visitors eventually got their equaliser in the second minute of first half stoppage time. Hanwell failed to clear the ball and Burrows’ shot from the edge of the box found the bottom corner.


Winborne started the second half in a similar frame of mind. Burrows almost had a double when he fired wide after a pull back from Drew Eccott-Young.


Hanwell weathered the storm and looked like the side most likely to take the lead. A lovely, lobbed pass from Taylor Miles found Waight who forced a good save out of visiting goalkeeper Ben Rodwell.


The Geordies took the lead from the resulting corner. Dan Carr’s floating cross from the right was met with a powerful header from Hall and ball flew into the right of the goal to give Hanwell their second advantage of the game.


The home side failed to build on their advantage and were pegged back again 10 minutes later. Wimborne absorbed some Hanwell pressure and broke quickly. Substitute Matt Neale played a precise through ball to Jack Lovell who beat the onrushing Sam Beasant to the ball and finished into the bottom right corner.


Wimborne had the better of the game from then on as they looked for a rare away win. However, a draw was a fair result with both sides having their share of possession and chances. It will still be a frustrating draw for Hanwell manager Chris Moore, who had to see his side give away two leads.


The draw sees Hanwell remain in 10th in the Southern League Premier South. This weekend, they travel to Winchester to face the side placed 16th.


Hanwell XI: Beasant, Pache, Carr (Esuka 79'), Miles, Seabrook, Hall, Wilson, Mackenzie, Pendlebury (Regis 84'), Edwards (Coker 84'), Waight


Attendance: 213