LEAKY PAIR FAIL BUT DO ENJOY RARE SHUT-OUT

WELL, wouldn’t you know it. Two teams who between them have conceded 90 league goals this season served up a scoreless drawn at chilly and misty Kingfield.

Not that the 969 hardy souls who forsook the final Christmas shopping Saturday should have been too surprised, however.

Guiseley are still looking for their first National League away win while Woking have now managed just three draws from the seven games against teams below them in the table.

But Cards boss Garry Hill refused to be downbeat, though, declaring: “We have no divine right to win and I would rather look at the positives.

“Having lost our last two home games to go out of the FA Cup and Trophy, our young lads were a bit low in confidence and we needed to go back to basics.

“Playing against a team who, like us, are battling for points it was never going to be easy. As much as I would have liked to win this one, we did enjoy a clean sheet.

“Despite lacking a bit of flair and with only the 16 players on the team sheet being available, we worked very hard.”

Woking began brightly with Fabio Saraiva and Frankie Southerland both going close, and it needed a scrambling save from keeper Jonathan Maxted to keep out a Saraiva header.

But the best chance of the first half fell to Guiseley when Woking were caught out by a long ball over the top allowing Jake Cassidy to race clear on goal. His shot hit the post and rolled back into the arms of mightily relieved goalkeeper Brandon Hall. Hall proved his worth after the interval making excellent saves to deny Michael Rankine, Cassidy and the busy Jordan Preston. At the other end a looping header from Ismail Yakubu was cleared off the line by Connor Brown. It was Woking who almost claimed a late winner, however, as Saraiva fired just past the near post and then had another effort well-saved by Maxted after a surging run by Gozie Ugwu. Like Hill, Guiseley manager Adam Lockwood was also keen to highlight the good points of the game. “We had a few good chances to have taken full points – but the good thing is we are creating more of them now – and we looked a lot more consistent for the whole 90 minutes. “There were a lot of positives out there, and there were some excellent individual performances in defence. “It will certainly put us in good heart for a very tough holiday double header against Lincoln.”