To all intent`s and purposes this is the impression I got from today`s "match" It seemed that the only way that Chipstead felt they could compete today was by keeping on intimidating our players, and the officials, in the hope that eventually they would gain an advantage by one of our players ending up being sent off. Well the plan worked as Omari wound up seeing a red card for "kicking out" and I use the term loosely having been fouled, the Chipstead perpetrator received a yellow.
The reason that Chipstead persisted throughout the whole game with their "game" plan was due to the lilly livered refereeing which played into their hands.
Fortunately "Tooting" still came away with three points so perhaps the "Chipstead" management and players may realise that the display they put on today does not win games or support and next time will re-think their strategy when coming up against superior opposition.
As you can gather todays experience left a bitter taste in my mouth as "Chipstead" is a game I always look forward to the fans and the setting can only be described as a pleasurable visit
but that experience today is not what football is all about my sympathies are with their loyal supporter`s being forced to watch that style of thuggery and having to pay for the experience.