Stalemate at Park View Road

Holmesdale could've been forgiven for going in to this game with some trepidation but any fears that they had were unfounded. Fielding the returning Joel Hughes and new signing Mike McKenna they matched their hosts over the 90 minutes. This was a competitive, tight affair with chances at a premium. Having said that, the scoring opportunities that did fall to both sides should've been put away and on another day they probably would have.

Chris Steadman is proving to be a colossus in centre midfield tackling anything that moves whilst at the back Jamie Williams is marshalling his back line superbly well. Ben Chick is showing in glimpses of what a good player he can be and with Joel Hughes back in the side anything is possible. New signing, Mike McKenna, added some invaluable guile up front and was ably assisted by the tireless running of Jack Highwood.

At present the Holmesdale side are showing all of the battling qualities required to keep them out of the basement positions and on the evidence of this display will prove to be a very hard team to beat.

Manager Gary Davies was obviously pleased with the result against a side sitting in 3rd position and will look to build on this performance in the weeks ahead.