Aldershot & Farnham Men’s 1st team’s winless run extended to six games, and they are now firmly in a relegation scrap following a 6-2 defeat at Petersfield.

In a frantic start it was A&F that made the breakthrough. Phil Rushmere, who was responsible for instigating a lot of A&F’s attacking play found Ian Metcalfe inside the ’23. He was able to eliminate a player and bobble a ball towards Stu Morhall in the circle. Morhall outmuscled one defender and rounded the ‘keeper but with an increasingly tight angle had to dive and stretch to sweep a reverse stick effort towards goal. The ball struck the upright, but Metcalfe was there to follow up and put the ball in.

Petersfield equalised with a short corner deflection on the right post and then went ahead as a ball found it’s way through a narrow gap with both defender Chris Edwards and goalkeeper Mark Edgley wrong footed.

Edgley made several good saves for A&F as unforced errors put themselves under pressure. However they remained a danger in attack, and they brought the game back level when Jonny Groves diverted a ball in at a short corner.

Some tentative defending from A&F just before the break saw Petersfield find a foot in the A&F ‘D. They scored the resultant short corner to lead 3-2 at half time.

For the first part of the second half the game was tight with both teams looking for the all-important next goal, but a crucial moment came when a seemingly clean tackle by A&F at the top of the circle was blown as an infringement. After a good save from the initial short corner strike the rebound was put into the net. Petersfield were 4-2 up, and A&F furious.

Thereafter A&F lost their heads somewhat and continued to cough up possession all too easily enabling Petersfield to run away with the game.