TMUFC_SeasonReport

But the championship remained our aim,
those clad in black and white dug deep
for him we’d have comfortably had double
record of six wins and three draws (no
with a play-off place the minimum we were
looking for, and departure from the cups
(we had also severed our interests with the
Velocity Trophy and Surrey Senior cup by
this stage) enabled us to focus on the bread
and butter of league points. We rounded off
November with a goalless home encounter
against draw specialists Marlow and finished
the month in seventh; eight points behind
leaders Hanwell, but with three games in
hand.
December opened with a trip to Chertsey,
the reigning FA Vase holders who stood one
point and one place above us in the table
(albeit having played three games more).
and strikes from Danny Bassett and Jamarie
Brissett gave us a half-time advantage.
Despite bossing a second period in which
we could have added to our tally, no further
goals were scored and we went into the
Christmas holidays in third place and good
heart.
The less said about the next two home
games, the better! Local rivals Chipstead
visited on the first Saturday after Christmas,
and took the points with a thumping 4-1
win in our worst display of the season. Two
weeks later, Uxbridge brought the best
away record in the division to Imperial Fields
and showed why as they adapted better
figures - and his efforts were one of the
reasons they managed the small triumph
of a goalless second period. We followed
this up with a hard-earned point at Staines,
courtesy of another Jamarie Brissett strike
(his eighth in all competitions) and another
impressive three points at home as Waltham
Abbey - in a good run of form and above
us in the table - were seen off 3-0 in the
first game of February to leave us in fourth
place.
It was an impressive statistical fact that we
had lost only once in sixteen away league
outings in the calendar year of 2019; in
season 2019/20, we had amassed an away
defeats) away from home to extend this
run. What followed was rather unexpected
then, as we lost three in a row on the road.
The sequence started on a Tuesday night in
the shadow of Heathrow Airport at Bedfont,
with a 2-0 reverse. Following the home
loss to Chertsey with which I began this
piece, we then went to Ware and Barking
and, despite leading in both matches, went
down 2-1 in each. A rare 29th February
outing (which would have been the first ever
on this date at home) was stymied by an
overnight downpour and standing surface
water, resulting in a postponement on the
morning of our fixture with Bracknell.
What followed was another high point of
to the swirling wind and took the points
our season. An early lead was consolidated
back to west London after a 2-1 triumph.
by James Shaw’s penalty save, and by the
Thankfully, between these two reverses,
final whistle the Terrors had netted five
our away form was holding up well as Hady
times without reply. Hady Ghandour took
Ghandour’s late strike secured the points at
the scoring honours on the day with four of
Northwood, and Dominic Morgan-Griffith’s
them (denied a fifth only by the crossbar),
half volley from the edge of the box was the
although everybody sporting away-day
pick of the strikes in a 4-1 win at Chalfont
plum was a hero in a tremendous team
St. Peter.
performance. The following week saw
another huge hurdle overcome, as league
History was made in our next outing in front
leaders Ware came to fortress Imperial
of our own fans, as we scored six times in
boasting eighteen goals in their previous
the first-half against struggling FC Romania
three league outings. A bumper pre-
- this was the highest tally of goals we’d
Christmas crowd took advantage of free
ever recorded in the opening 45 minutes of
entry on our Festive Fun day but looked like
any competitive fixture in our history! It has
going home disappointed as Ware took an
to be noted that the opposition ‘keeper was
early lead with their first attack. However,
one of their better players on the day - but