Mid Sussex League

Division 5 North East

Thursday 15th April 2021

Kick Off 18.00. On Time !

Old Oxted Town 0 Caterham 2, attendance 33

49’ 0-1

83’ 0-2

@ South Godstone Sports & Community Association

Lagham Road

South Godstone

RH9 8HN

No Admission or Programme.

I never got round to visiting this ground when South Godstone played here and these days they only have a Veterans team, so this was an ideal opportunity to finally tick it off. It was also quite unusual at this level for a match to not involve at least one reserve team (or lower!), as these two are the only first teams in the division.

The result certainly didn’t go to form. League leaders Old Oxted Town looked very poor. Caterham had started the day second bottom in the league table, but played nothing like the team I saw lose 0-5 at home just twelve days ago. In fact, if you arrived at the ground as a neutral and saw red and black goal nets and corner flags, coupled with a team wearing red and black kit that were well worthy of the win, then you may have thought it was the table toppers that won the game, rather than a team one place off the bottom that actually took the points.

Despite the defeat, Old Oxted Town remain top, but their lead is now just four points, whilst Caterham rise to the heady heights of fourth from bottom.