‘Poor’ Infinity cling onto unbeaten record
Danny Thompson admitted Infinity were lucky to bag a point after a 'poor' performance at lowly Hampshire Premier Senior Division side Locks Heath on Wednesday.
The table-toppers were held to a 1-1 draw at the second from bottom strugglers on a 'chaotic' night.
Wing-back Tristan Dawson was forced off early due to injury while Ryan Llewelyn could not come out for the second half.
To make matters worse, Wayne Boud was shown a straight red card for dissent on 65 minutes and Infinity played a spell with nine-men as Luke Middleton was sent to the sin-bin.
Jamie White had fired the visitors in front minutes before the break - his 38th goal of the season - but Mario Fernandez equalised 16 minutes from time.
It looked as though Locks might claim a surprise win and end Infinity’s unbeaten HPL run, but they held on.
‘It was a really poor performance,' said Thompson. ‘You could tell that we haven’t played a game since January 8.
‘All credit to Locks Heath, we were lucky to get a draw to be honest.
'We lost Tristan Dawson after 10 minutes through a calf injury so we had to make a change there.
‘We had to make a change at half-time, Ryan Llewelyn came off. Wayne Boud got sent off, we had Luke Middleton put in the sin-bin it was a night of chaos really.
‘We could have quite easily lost, but we didn’t.
‘We managed to hang on - ‘Tom (Boyle) made two fantastic saves in the last 10 minutes.
Thompson had a 'few choice words' with his players in the dressing room after the game.
But he wants Infinity to remain positive for the run-in. Nearest title challengers Bush Hill, down in fourth, are nine points behind but with three matches in hand.
‘We’ve got 10 games to go and we’ve got to pick ourselves up,’ said Thompson.
‘We’ve got to pick ourselves up and go again at Sway.'