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Corinthian-Casuals 5 - 1 Alton

08 SEP 2025

Match report by Dave Hawtin

You would not have seen this result coming 30 minutes into this game.

The visitors were fastest out of the blocks and took an early lead. Alex Macallister rising highest to head home from Rudman’s long throw on 7 minutes.

Alton then survived conceding when a break caught the defence square and a shot bounced nicely for a defender to clear having come back off the far post into the 6 yard box.

Back came the visitors and they nearly doubled their lead when Benham rattled the crossbar when a corner fell nicely for him from 12 yards.

The direction of the game changed dramatically when the home side scored twice in a 3 minute period as the game approached half time. Both goals were very fortunate. The first took a wicked deflection and the second was definitely a cross that sailed in at the back post.

Alton’s second half period was strangely tepid in that their final ball when in good attacking positions never once found its target and they conceded possession way too often allowing the home side to break on them on numerous occasions.

They didn’t waste some of those opportunities scoring three times with two really good strikes from distance and a third a simple finish from close range with the visitors defence splintered.

Better days ahead for Alton for sure. The hope is that this heavy defeat will hurt the players but we learn from it and move forward.

Alton return home this Saturday 13th, when Balham will be the visitors to The Exclusive Networks Stadium. 3pm kick off.

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