FOOTBALL: Hampshire League 2004 - All square at Upham

Upham drew 2-2 with M&T Awbridge on a difficult Worthies pitch; they were unable to find their usual flowing game and were pressed all the way by determined opponents.

Awbridge took the lead from an Andy Claxton penalty after a break down the left resulted in a mis-timed tackle from Upham's Rob Holland just inside the area.

Upham pushed forward, though, and equalised when a well-timed forward run from defender Tom Hastings saw him score with a far post header.

Awbridge restored their lead when they sprung the Upham offside trap on the right and Ian Clarke cut in to score with a low angled shot.

But Upham made it 2-2 just before the break when Neil Kerton's free-kick eluded everyone, bouncing over Awbridge keeper Richard Blake's head and into the back of the net.

Defences dominated the play after half-time. Upham had plenty of the ball, but were unable to capitalise on the few clear-cut scoring opportunities they created.

Awbridge continued to look dangerous on the break, but again could not break down Upham's defence.

Durley 3, Win City A 3

City, without several key players, gave first starts of the season to Sam Dixon and Adam Judd and had new signing Matt Angell on the bench.

Early on Durley's forwards looked dangerous, and Rob Sherman in the City goal made several fine saves.

Durley took the lead after 14 minutes when a corner from the right was missed by everyone. As Ken Mould ran in at the far post the ball bounced, struck his chest and deflected into the goal.

Aaron Brown shot over the bar and Ben Nancholas's clever ball across goal eluded his team-mates as City fought back, and Durley increased their lead on the half hour when Jon Lavers won the race to a Chris Skilton cross and headed down and past Sherman. Five minutes later they made it three when Mould headed home.

Durley obviously thought the game was won, but City had other ideas and from the start of the second half they attacked strongly. Rob Sarfas put Doug Sillence through to reduce the deficit after four minutes. Five minutes later Aaron Brown's free-kick was turned into the roof of the net by Adam Judd, and suddenly Durley were struggling.

Kev Smith in the Durley goal was kept busy tipping a shot from Sillence over the bar and another by Sarfas round the post, but just as it looked as though Durley would weather the storm he allowed Sarfas's 30-yard shot to slip under his hands for the equaliser.

City looked the more likely to score in an end-to-end finish, but the nearest either team came to winning was when Lee Wight's effort for Durley was ruled out for his late challenge on City keeper Sherman.

Broughton 3, Netley Central Sports Res 2

Although Broughton didn't play too well in the first half, they always seemed to be in control and took the lead in the 30th minute when a mistake in the Netley defence let Lee Young in to score.

Broughton had a few chances after that, but couldn't increase their lead, and Netley equalised on the stroke of half-time.

Netley went 2-1 up ten minutes into the second half, but that served to shake up the hosts, who pushed forward with increasing pressure.

When Lee Strange hit the bar with a header it didn't look like it was going to be Broughton's day, but with ten minutes left Tim Rose popped up to equalise.

In stoppage time Gary Lane curled a free kick into the corner of the net to give Broughton an unlikely win.

Broughton put up a spirited showing in Wednesday night's Andover Open Cup match away to Andover Reserves, but eventually lost 3-1 after Lee Cogan had given them an early lead.

Broughton reckoned they had two good penalty shouts turned down in the second half when they trailed 2-1.

Elsewhere, Lyndhurst started slowly against Vernham Dean but eventually won 6-1 with Steve Eyles, Marc Price and man-of-the match Ben Harrison bagging two goals apiece.

But Fair Oak exited the Hampshire Intermediate Cup with a 6-2 defeat in a rearranged game against Paulsgrove Reserves.