One of the best away days ever. Picturesque ground. Bumpy pitch. Low sun. Big crowd. Noisy away support. Strong Tooting defence. Irresistible Tooting attack. A Dunn Panenka. Dixon a class apart. Oh...and great real ale.

I really hope Lewes come up with us. I love going there.

I'm a new supporter, went today with my two boys, so first away game - a great day out.T+M looked a class apart (though their comedy own goal came at a good time). 

Well judging by the Lewes fans forum they are pissed with the result but to quote one comment of their forum.

"It wasn't pretty from Tooting but it was effective. Do you think they always play hoofball to their very strong No 9 or was it just a tactic they employed against us?"

Read more: http://lewesfc.proboards.com/thread/3469/tooting-game#ixzz4Z56YJZZG

Lots of negative comments from deluded Lewes fans on their forum. Not from their manager though, who accepted we were the better team and said his players let him down. Hopefully he can get a response from them when they play Dorking in the week.
Things went our way yesterday but I think we made our own luck and restricted Lewes to very few scoring opportunities with the back four looking pretty solid, as they have done the last couple of games.
Whether or not we deserved to win by four goals doesn't really matter. We got the three points we deserved and they got what they deserved, nothing.
Top marks for the travelling support again, the team really does seem to appreciate the effort, and with some big away games to come, that support will be needed and hopefully that contribution will go towards making this one of the best seasons for many years.
 

The Lewes fan who said that we were not pretty in our play was because we had to change the way we normally play as the pitch was not up to scratch, in fact with the amount of money that they have got they should make the pitch a better area to play on. had their pitch been of a better standard we would have beaten by a bigger margin. So Lewes stop moaning you were beaten by a much better team

I was a bit nervous before the game, but after only a few minutes I could see that our players were up for the game and were trying to play at a decent tempo.

Not for the first time this season  we were thankful to the keeper  (Merson and Pierson ) for making a good save when it was still goalless.

And we have a few players who can turn a game on their own and this time it was O'Neill. I suppose you could say the final score flatteed us but at the same time we do tend to get plenty of players forward so it's no surprise to me that we score a few from time to time.

And as for the long ball comment I would just say that it is simply another weapon in our attacking armoury. And if the opposition defenders don't fancy a battle with Dixon we'd be stupid not to employ that tactic.

And as for Dixon, he is really a candidate for the player of the season now. He's been so consistent lately and once again you have to congratulate the management for getting the most out of him

What a day!!! Great place, great beer and a great result. We are just playing with so much confidence at present. Dixon was unplayable. His hold up play is fantastic. The only thing that was missing from his performance was a goal. I would have taken a scrappy 1-0, but this was just a fantastic early birthday present for me.

Another big game coming up at Cray on Wednesday. The pitch at Hayes Lane isn't the best, but then again neither was the pitch at Lewes.

Must say this about Lewes though. My favourite away day. Always a nice friendly welcoming club.

And you very nearly missed the train - Platform 6 !!  What are you like Boggy ?  

townsendaround.....Good match report and some great pics.
http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/steps-3-6/terror-at-the-dripping-pan/#prettyPhoto