Yet again late withdrawals reduced a fourteen man squad down to a bare eleven - and that included Mike Tampkin with a strained back and Pat West (Who acquitted himself well) who was drafted in from the thirds.  However, the post match feeling was that this was two points lost rather than one saved, even though Buxted had to come back from behind.  Several good scoring opportunities were made and missed - two in the opening minutes.

Lingfield went ahead late in the first half following some sloppy Buxted defending.  It took another Noodles special for Buxted to level in the second half, Lingfield stood off until Noodles (Who took the throw-in) maneuvered himself into position to fire in a 20 yard left-foot strike.  Thereafter Buxted were clearly on top but were unable to find that final decisive throughball and lapsed into too many long range efforts.

Given the long break due to cancelled games the team played well enough in front of a sound defence in which ricky parish was outstanding.  Sadly top scorer Noodles (16 in all comps to date) suffered a late hamstring injury and will be out of action for a few weeks as a result.

this single point was enough to lift the seconds off the foot of the table on goal difference - reward for tight defending over the past few months.  man of the match goes to the flawless Ricky Parish, who didn't put a foot wrong.