Sheerwater welcomed Horley Town to the Eastwood Centre for another important game and lined up with the same team that started at Guildford City the previous Saturday.

The only goal of the game went to the visitors on fourteen minutes and despite plenty of attacking purpose from Sheerwater they were unable to penetrate a stubborn hard working and disciplined Horley side who gained only their second clean sheet of the season.

The home side started brightly with Theo White and Kacper Nozka heavily involved in the wide right and wide left positions. Nozka produced an early cross into the danger area that was headed out for a corner. The corner was flicked on but nobody in a blue shirt reacted and the danger was cleared. Elliot York was crudely hacked down on four minutes earning Remfry a yellow card. Sheerwater kept pressing but Horley looked dangerous also and they got the winning goal courtesy of a decent finish, left-footed, from Pearch who saw his effort go in off the post despite the best efforts of Fabio Suarez.

The game then see-sawed from end to end with both teams looking sharp with Sheerwater pushing but Horley dangerous on the counter attack and both defences holding firm. Theo White created space for himself on twenty-two minutes and saw a cracking effort smash against the cross-bar. Nozka got a shot off but it was too high. White created another chance for himself but he was unable to keep the effort down. Skipper, Liam Avery, thought he had scored just before half-time with a superb dipping volley but Horley keeper, Drew Churchwell made a fantastic save with a tip over at full stretch.

The second half saw Horley with the early chances with Pearch through on goal but he made a mess of his finish and soon after, Suarez made a decent save. George Mackie then came to the rescue with a last gasp clearance off his own line.

After this it was Sheerwater pressing hard for the equaliser but although they fought hard it was one of those days where nothing fell quite right in the area and the Horley defence seemed to block and clear everything. Churchwell had a very sound game in the Horley goal and he made a great save to deny Ben Portbury who shot on target following good work by White. York appeared to be pulled down in the area but the Referee was at the wrong angle to decide. Substitute, Ollie Woolgar had a half volley from eighteen yards that went wide and Theo White put two great balls across the six-yard box but great defending averted the danger. Joint top scorer, Harvey Valter was introduced and proved a real handful for the Horley back line but Lewis Taylor and Joe Carrington in particular stood firm. Harvey Newbould made his debut during the second half and the eighteen-year old looked very comfortable.

It was not to be for Sheerwater who were far from their best on the day and with the amount of games they have played it is imperative they put a ninety-minute performance together sooner rather than later to put a couple of wins on the board to avoid being dragged in to another relegation battle.

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