○Petersfield Town1–2Andover Town

Following their midweek defeat Andover Town have quickly got their season back on track after this narrow victory at Petersfield. A goal in each half was enough to see them through but a late penalty gave the home side a chance of sharing the points. On a pitch that in racing circles would be described as “heavy going” the game was fairly uneventful, without major incident and mainly devoid of bad tackle’s. However the over zealous referee still managed to issue a plethora of yellow cards, including four to Andover of which at least two would be laughable if the matter had been so serious. Andover made three changes to the team that started in midweek.Joe Chamberlaine came in for Liam Hibberd who was nursing an injury and George Hallahan replaced Reece Rusher whilst, Luke Cairney the current British Army goalkeeper was handed his league debut. Prior to the Kick Off a minutes silence was observed to honour Armistice day and also a former Petersfield player who died in action in Afghanistan.

Despite the pitch conditions Andover started well and two early efforts sailed over the bar. With the pitch being unreliable for passing football the aerial route proved to be the source for Andover’s opening goal. Chamberlain put in a high cross into the crowed area to find Alex Dockree coming in on the blind side to plant a header into the top corner. After twenty five minutes Petersfield managed their first shot on target but Cairney easily dealt with the effort. The only real danger for Andover came toward the end of the first half when Billy Conner made a good run but Luke Dempsey did well to retrieve the situation.

Half time Petersfield Town 0-1 Andover Town

Petersfield made a good start to the second half but again early efforts from Andover were too high.The home side had upped their game and the Andover travelling faithful sensed that a another score was needed and shortly after it arrived in a somewhat bizarre manner. Gosney’s cross was deep to the far post were Zach Glasspool was waiting but at the vital moment he slipped and the ball cannoned off his belly into the net. (Unorthodox maybe but they all count.) Ten minutes were left when Petersfield were awarded a penalty after Connor Cocklin upended former Andover player Luke Walker in the box. Cairney went the right way for Luke Kendal’s spot kick but he was beaten for pace. During the time remaining Andover closed the game down and gain three vital points. However it was the Referee who had the last word playing over eight minutes of added time. As there were no major stoppage the mystery remains.