Alfold bemoan '˜poor' red card call as Bosham inflict a first defeat in five months

Football. Alfold v Montpelier in Division 2. Jack Munday. Pic Steve Robards SR18001308 SUS-180801-061810001

Leaders Alfold were left questioning a '˜poor' refereeing decision as they suffered their first defeat in more than five months on Saturday.

A trip to an in-form Bosham side saw Division 1 pacesetters ‘Fold go down 2-0, losing their first league game since way back on September 23 of last year.

Goals from Callum Coker and Jake Lafferty sealed the success for the Robins, who had recently comfortably beat Westfield and Roffey, and means Alfold now have just a two-point lead over Roffey, who had three games in hand.

The visitors were left feeling aggrieved, however, when goalkeeper Luis Correia was sent off early in the second ball for a handball offence with both the stopper and Alfold adamant it touched no part of his arm.

Alfold assistant manager Jack Munday said: “We knew the title was very unlikely after the draw against Roffey but I think you can pretty much consider it done now.

“Although there was a poor referee decision and we went down to 10 players, I think we could have played the game three times over and still wouldn’t have won, we just were not at our game at all.”

The match started poorly with no football being played on the bobbly uneven surface.