Big winners on the road were Hashtag United, who trounced Haringey Borough at Coles Park. Borough went ahead on thirty three minutes, Nadum Melvin-Lambert with the opener, but the Tags levelled just before the break, Matthew Wooldridge making it one -one. Ten minutes later the Tags were ahead, Sakariya Hassan with his first of the campaign, and fifteen minutes from time they made the points safe, Luke May-Parrott continuing his fine run in front of goal with his fifth goal in three matches. Just before the end the visitors made it four-one, Max Cornhill with that one, and they sit only a point away from the top five with a game in hand.
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Carshalton Athletic who rounded out 2023 in style with a 6-0 demolition of relegation threatened Haringey Borough in North London on Saturday.
Carshalton Athletic rounded out 2023 in style with a 6-0 demolition of relegation threatened Haringey Borough in North London on Saturday.
Breaking the mould of a recent history of tight encounters between the two sides, the Robins set the tone for the afternoon with a goal within 10 minutes. From a training ground corner routine, Sean O’Brien, making his first league start, picked out Paris Hamilton-Downes at the far post to head past home keeper Dillon Barnes. And 10 minutes later, Bunmi Babajide’s eighth goal of the season put some daylight between the sides.
Even a missed penalty for the second consecutive game just before half time wasn’t enough to slow the Robins’ momentum and Brad Williams added a third just before the hour.
Top scorer Danny Bassett wasn’t going to miss out on the goalfest and he moved into double figures for the season with a fourth goal with just over 20 minutes to go.
A few minutes later it was five, Luke Read with his second of the season. And with time counting down, Babajide put an exclamation point on the win with his second and Carshalton’s sixth for their biggest win of the season that vaults them two places into eighth in the division.
Carshalton Athletic: Jones, Williams, Kennett, Read, Bell, Hamilton-Downes, Frimpong, O’Brien, Marshall, Bassett, Babajide.
Substitutes: Everitt (for Frimpong 70’), Lucan (for Bassett 71’), Sankoh (for Hamilton-Downes 76’), Bradford, Witter.
Haringey Borough: Barnes, Smith, Sterling, Casey-Evans, Mitchell, Jabbie, Bawling, Iontton, Melvin-Lambert, Young, Mendy.
Substitutes: Aresti (for Iontton 17’), Djassi-Sambu (for Young 46’), Leacock-McLeod (for Casey-Evans 71’), Kufuor, Aidoo.
Goals: Hamilton-Downes 10’, Babajide (2) 20’, 90’, Williams 58’, Bassett 69’, Read 75’.
