Billericay 3 Basingstoke 1

[jl]

A great result for us today and altho those nearest also won it has brought more teams into the scrap which can only help us.

 

sappleton, taylor, and redders all out meant davidson was pressed into service at centre half. i thought the first half was fairly even but it was us who went in one up with leon slotting the ball home after most were waiting for the lino s flag to go up. however those in line reckon the 'stoke defence moved up after the ball was played but who cares. they hit the bar after that so happy to go in in the lead.

 

aziz got carried off soon into the second half (thankfully nothing serious and all the missing defenders should be available for tuesday) and this really unsettled us with davidson moving to right back with brickell pushed back into the centre of the defence where he looked very uncomfortable. this coupled with his absence from the centre of mid gave basingstoke some sustained pressure and with their front two looking sharp no surprise to see mcallister smash one home from 15 yeards after a mistake from mendy.

 

dormer then swapped places with brickell and we regained our composure but the game was still tight. hockton came on for tomlinson with twenty to go and won the game for us, firstly looping a header over their lardy keeper with people s attention taken away by the prostrate opara and then slotting home after good work from baukham who game on for kk.

 

this was an excellent result for us against a decent team and lets hope we can continue our fine recent form at sutton and crucially at home to braintree whose fate we can effectively seal.

 

weaver, aziz (jones s), mendy, davidson, henty, hunter, brickell, dormer, black, opara (baukham), tomlinson (hockton). - (stowe, john)

 

[GazzaBTFC]

A brilliant result from a game that was tight. The ref was one of the best we have had down at New Lodge, Mr. Beevor, which helped the game flow.

 

Now on to Sutton, which has been a happy hunting ground in the past....Oh I've just "Murry'd" it.

[Simon BTFC]

Tight game - Basingstoke were well organised at the back and had a lively front pair, so we needed to do well in midfield which we did.

 

Always looked as though when it was 1-1 the next goal would win the match - thankfully we got it. Weaver had a good game, one horrendously sliced clearance apart, Hunter was probably my motm played very well, and Davidson slotted in at the back pretty well.

[Andy Walsh]

A great result for us yesterday. Maybe we should leave Hockton on the bench as he is turning into a Supersub, but then he has scored 3 in 40 mins of football in the last 2 games, so I wonder what he'd do in 90 minutes. It will be difficult picking a team for Sutton if all the injured players are coming back. Its good to see we are pushing other teams into the relegation fight like Hitchin and Heybridge.

 

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[c'mon ricay]

Great result as stoke had won their last three and were unbeaten in 6. Felt we started the better of the two sides but once the goal was scored they came into the game more and I felt until Hockers came on that they looked the more likely to win the game. Hockton was the difference underlining his class at this level and if he stays fit we will stay up no problem.

[Rod]

Scrappy game but the result was more important than the performance, thanks to Danny we achieved the three points.

 

Thought Davidson had an excellent game in defence, could not though understand why Dormer did not go at the back after Aziz went off straight away as he has played there before.

 

Not sure about Mendy OK anyone can make a mistake, but the way he defends could cause us problems when we come across weak referees and diving forwards.

 

On the whole though a good victory and I dont think we need to worry about the teams around us as long as we continue to pick up points.