The last 15 minutes of this highly competitive premier division encounter saw Wandsworth Borough 1sts throw the kitchen sink at visiting HAC. In the 85th minute a superb cross from Borough's attacking left side found Gibb 8 yards out with a free header which he couldn't control enough to keep it under the bar.

By this point the game was all about Borough as it had been for most of the 2nd half. The denouement saw HAC dig in around their penalty box and defend for their lives.

More half -chances came and went in the final frantic minutes, then in the 93rd minute cool heads prevailed in Borough shirts as Baker, in a very advanced position, got on the ball centrally 25 yards from the HAC goal. His pass was incisive to the right side of the visitors' box. Gibb made a superb run on to the through ball and with his right instep, on the stretch, directed the ball beautifully across the box into the danger area.

With three Borough players bearing down on goal the only question was who would get their first and slot home for a last gasp point, which was the absolute least Borough warranted. Charlie Rose was first to the ball. He waited for it to fall below knee height and, left-footed, drove the ball toward goal. It looked to be heading into the bottom corner, to the keepers far right, until the keeper flung his right boot out and defected the shot away to the right of the goal. At that point the Referee called time and the game was up.

The first half had seen HAC start brightly as they always do and had good possession. However Borough always looked very strong defensively and looked likely to keep a clean sheet.

As the half wore on Borough grew into the game and started to look much more dangerous. Then 3 key incidents, either side of half time, influenced the shape and ultimately the result of this game.

Toward the end of the 1st half a superb ball from Rolfe put Joe Barwick in, he shook off his marker, who'd already had a torrid time with Joe, and Barwick went directly at goal. The keeper advanced and two yards outside the box took Barwick out. Completely pre-meditated, and stopping a definite goal -scoring opportunity. Surely a red card and free kick: yes to the latter, but inexplicably the keeper stayed on the pitch to make a few very good saves including the last minute game saver. Appalling decision making by the referee. Whilst we don't really want to see players sent off at this level, the rules of the game have to be applied in all football. It's the very basics.

Within minutes the HAC skipper (and league representative player), who was being run-ragged by the classy Sam Rose went to ground when Rose had got past him for the 3rd time in quick succession. The HAC skipper dived on the ball and grabbed it under his body, rather like a rugby player. The referee, on the spot, incredibly took no action, which was to count double when the same player went through the back of Sam Rose maliciously later in the game.

Shortly after half time, Borough, who had been so solid in defence looked to deal with an aimless HAC ball into the edge of the Borough box. A mix up on the edge of the box led to the HAC striker waiving his foot at the ball which looped gently in to the empty net. Incredibly fortunate for HAC who whilst they had good possession had not looked at all threatening. This was the only genuine HAC attempt on goal until a late flurry in the match when Borough were fully committed to getting an equalizer. At that stage, three outstanding saves from Baker kept Borough in the game, and in with a real shot of the points in a battle the went down to the last kick of the game.

A horrible performance by the referee and assistants, a pretty calculated performance by some of the HAC players who exploited the referee's weaknesses, and a few slices of bad fortune say quite a lot about this game. However, we can't look to others when we want to get a result in this football: it's all on us - and that's the way we want it.

Borough 1sts played with composure, great shape and discipline and a superb attitude throughout. It was a very good all-around performance by all, especially as a defensive collective with Murray Gibb being outstanding, again, and Sam Rose quality in all he did. There were many other strong performances too. The only missing element is creating more chances, scoring more goals without sacrificing the key defensive strength: so it's all on us which is how we like it and Saturday's defeat, though tough, shows real progress.