Blues hold Tooting to goalless draw in first away fixture,
Rare 0-0 gives Blues a deserved point in tough away game
Against one of the pre-season favourites to win promotion Marlow ground out a deserved point in a game of few chances at either end although the home side looked the more likely to break the deadlock over the course of the game.
A pleasant surprise for Marlow was the appearance of Alex Salmon following his just a week earlier in the victory over Molesey and this allowed manager Mark Bartley to name an unchanged starting line-up with the only change to the squad being the inclusion of Kelvin Bossman on the bench.
We had to wait until the 17th minute for the first glimpse of a possibility of any sort of threat and this came at the Marlow end when a back pass from Salmon fell a little short and keeper Simon Grant's hurried attempted clearance cannoned off the legs of Billy Dunn but nowhere near to the Marlow goal.
Any sort of response from the visitors had top wait another 11 minutes and this was a first-time volley from Tristan Campbell following a cross into the home box but although well-hit it was always going wide and caused them no undue concern.
The comment was made at the interval that the game had 0-0 written all over it - and so it proved, although a near miss from Dominic-Morgan-Griffiths was just wide following a cross from Danny Bassett and an excellent save from Grant in the 75th minute followed by a mishit from Dunn prove3d to be the nearest to a goal that was seen during the proceedings.
Highlights
As it happened
- Tooting & Mitcham United
- Marlow
- 0
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Tristan Campbell Yellow Card 45:00'
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Isaac Osei-Tutu Yellow Card 58:00'
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Isaac Osei-Tutu Sub Off 75:00'
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Kameron English Sub On 75:00'
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Calum Gallimore Yellow Card 75:00'
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Devontae Romeo Sub Off 81:00'
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Allen Bossman Sub On 81:00'
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Charlie Samuel Sub Off 81:00'
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Chid Onokwai Sub On 81:00'
Team selection
Grant, Simon
Ovenden, Chris
Salmon, Alex
Osei-Tutu, Isaac
Gallimore, Calum
Kerrigan, Jack
Romeo, Devontae
Campbell, Tristan
Brown, Jordan
Samuel, Charlie
Bell, Junaid
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League table
| # | Team | Pl | Pts |
| 1. | Marlow | 16 | 33 |
| 2. | Bracknell Town | 16 | 30 |
| 3. | Hayes & Yeading United | 13 | 29 |
| 4. | Waltham Abbey | 16 | 28 |
| 5. | Cheshunt | 16 | 27 |
| 6. | Ashford Town (Middx) | 16 | 27 |
| 7. | Tooting & Mitcham United | 16 | 24 |
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