THIS MATCH WAS PLAYED AT A FAST PACE WITH GOOD END TO END PLAY THROUGHOUT, AS NEITHER TEAM SLACKED IN THE WHOLE NINTY MINUTES , ALTHOUGH THE HOME TEAM FORCED SOME EARLY CORNERS IT WAS WITHAM WHO HAD THE EARLY CHANCES BY ROB WHITNELL SHOT WIDE AFTER SOME GOOD PLAY BY LEWIS GODBOLD AND TOM DEVAUX HEADED INTO THE HANDS OF ROB BUDD THE HOME KEEPER. YET THAMESMEAD TOOK THE LEAD WITH A PENALTY FOR A SOFT TACKLE AND CHRIS EDWARDS BEAT SAMBRIDGE FROM THE SPOT.FOR A WHILE THE HOME TEAM WERE ON TOP AND DURING A SCRAMBLE THEY HIT THE BAR AND A WITHAM DEFENDER HEADED OFF THE LINE.WHAT A GREAT SECOND HALF IT WAS SET ALIGHT WHEN WITHAM LEVELED THINGS UP FROM THE PENALTY SPOT SCORED BY ROB WHITNELL AND THEN DANNY FERRIEAN CLEARED OFF THE LINE WHEN A GOAL LOKED CERTAIN. THE HME SIDE WENT BACK IN THE LEAD WHEN BAFF ADDADE CAUGHT SAMBRIDGE OFF HIS LINE AND SHOT INTO THE EMPTY NET, HOW EVER NOBODY GAVE UP AND AFTER A BRILLIANCE FROM DANNY EMMANUEL TALYOR GOT THE LAST TOUCH TO PUT WITHAM AGAIN IN THE LEAD. BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE WITHAMS DAY AS LATE IN THE GAME STUART ZAVONE SCORED WHAT PROVED TO BE THE WINNING GOAL WHEN HE BROKE THROUGH TO SCORE.ALTHROUGH HUGELY DISAPOINTED BY THE RESULT WITHAM ARE PROUD OF THIER MANAGER ,HIS ASSISTANTS AND PLAYERS FOR THEIR ACHIEVMENTS THIS SEASON