Hamble Club 0 AFC Stoneham 2 - 2nd December 2019

This was another excellent win against 4th placed Hamble secured with 2nd half goals from Matt Palmer and Edu Jiminez.

We missed 2 good opportunities in the first half which we just shaded but secured the points in the 2nd half with a resolute performance after Palmer had given us the lead on 51 mins. The boys had to defend well for large chunks of the 2nd half without Hamble having a number of chances and the points were deservedly sealed on 87 mins when Jiminez raced away from the home defence to calmly slot home.

This leaves us with only 1 defeat in the last 10 games and 2nd in the table at almost the halfway stage of the season. Quite amazing when one considers we were many peoples favourites for relegation during the summer having lost top scorers the mercurial Sergio Caballero and Jack Brady from last season.

There is a very long way to go and the boys will not be complacent however they have hopefully already proved that they deserve to be playing at the higher level having gained promotion at the end of last season.