Hornets take home comfort
Dominic Di Paola was pleased with Horsham FC’s work this week after they took four points off two of the Isthmian Premier’s top nine.
The Hornets were ruthless on Saturday, beating seventh-placed Kingstonian 4-0 in front of a bumper crowd of 945.
Tom Kavanagh’s delightful double put the hosts two up at half-time.
Tom Day and Harvery Sparks added to the score in the second half.
Tuesday night saw Horsham draw 2-2 against ninth-placed Carshalton Athletic. The Hornets led 2-0 at the break, thanks to goals from Shamir Fenelon and Will Miles, but couldn’t see the game out.
Korrey Henry reduced the deficit for the Robins before Bradley Williams hit a deserved equaliser for the visitors with nine minutes to go.
Di Paola said: “Four points against teams in the top nine is not too bad. I don’t think we could ask for too much more over the two games.
“I think Saturday we were brilliant. It was almost like the perfect performance. Every player, to a man, was excellent.
“We should have scored more. We could have won by eight or nine, and I’m not even exaggerating, but the most pleasing thing was a clean sheet as well.
“On Tuesday, I thought we were good for 35 minutes in the first half but maybe ten minutes at the end of the second half. They were good for the other period and a draw was fair.
“I felt we lost our way and I needed to make some adjustments, so we’ll look at that. But credit to Carshalton, they went so attacking. They threw so many attacking players on the pitch, they just went for it.
“It was frustrating we couldn’t hang on.”
This Saturday Horsham travel to Potters Bar. The 16th-placed Scholars sit three places and seven points behind the Hornets.
Di Paola will have almost a full complement of players, a luxury this season.
He added: “We’ve got everyone back fit at the moment which is good. Apart from Danny Dudley we’ve got a full complement of players, which definitely helps.
“They’re another team that have had a lot of postponements, but they’re another good team with a good manager. They’ve got a lot of good attacking players.
“It’s going to be a tough one.”