Chipstead’s hopes of that elusive win were again thwarted by a goal in each half, as they lost 2-0 v. Tooting & Mitcham Utd. at the High Road on Saturday afternoon in their latest match in the Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League Premier Division South 

With Edd Mbango moving on to Corinthian-Casuals since the last game, the team formation was rejigged again, with young midfielder Alan Klimkiewicz making his debut on the left, & former Chipstead under-18 player Marcus Travers at centre-half

The game began after 2 minutes' silence for Remembrance & Tony Eggleton, a stalwart of the club, who passed away recently

Fit-again keeper Jacob Bennett was quickly pressed into action with a couple of smart stops, but it was skipper Michael Agyemang, who came closest to opening the scoring, as his left-foot shot heading for the top corner was tipped away by the Tooting keeper

Bennett carefully watched the bounce of a Tooting free-kick, but couldn't stop them taking the lead on 37 minutes, as their no. 7 broke through the home defence, beat the onrushing Bennett, & turned the ball into the empty net, before getting himself booked for an over-exuberant celebration kicking the corner flag

Chips still trailed at halftime, by which time a computer bug had affected FootballWebPages nationwide, which usually gives realtime updates on games

Klimkiewicz got away down the left, but shot over, soon after the resumption, before Diego Munoz attacked down the right, but his cross hit the first defender

Yonas Emhatsion did similar with a free-kick, but his follow-up had the keeper scrambling to save - Reece Deakin's shot then bounced awkwardly at the keeper, but he managed to hold on to the ball

Klimkiewicz dazzled his way through the defence, but his shot went into the side netting, although he was soon tripped on another run, but Emhatsion's free-kick was again claimed by the keeper

As play became end-to-end, as Chipstead sought an equaliser, Bennett had to dive full stretch to prevent a second goal for the visitors - Munoz put his effort on to the roof of the Tooting net, before Bennett had to get down to push another shot wide at his near post

But Tooting claimed the points, as their sub no. 16 swept home the ball to make it 2-0 12 minutes from time, before the home defence could clear it

Chipstead couldn’t conjure up a consolation goal even, as sub James Mansfield's free-kick grazed the foot of the post in the dying seconds - the defeat sees them down to 14th in the league table ahead of Saturday’s trip to bottom side Eversley & California