Thatcham Town 0 - 2 Leatherhead

The Tanners were dominant in the first half, forcing Callum Smart into a number of saves, while Tinashe Gwavava had to block Trevan Robinson’s goal-bound shot after Fabio Saraiva headed against the post.

Shortly after Sam Tanner fired a half-chance wide, the visitors opened the scoring on 44 minutes. A right wing cross made its way across to Tyler Cox, and the marauding left-back cut inside a couple of defenders and rifled home.

In the second half Cox mis-kicked when in front of goal and later saw his curled cross come back off the far post as Leatherhead pressed to extend their lead.

Jordi Ebanda nipped in and lobbed just wide for Thatcham before the livewire Robinson added a second goal for the visitors with a confident low finish in the 75th minute.

From a Kyle Daniel-Spray free-kick, debutant Jay Welch volleyed wide at the back stick, while another debutant, Youth Team player Pharrel Agbotey saw his 25 year effort saved. In the dying seconds Andrew Matthews knocked down a corner but Mo Ceesay’s close range shot was blocked as the visitors preserved their clean sheet.

Team : Smart, Gwavava, Daniel-Spray, Welch, Blackwood, Angell, Tanner, Jones (c), Ebanda, Clark, Ceesay
Subs On : Agbotey, Campbell-Smith & Matthews
Subs Unused : Coates, Squires