AFC Portchester and Westfield shared an eight-goal thriller in their league meeting at Woking Park.
It’s a game you would class as being a great one for the neutral with plenty of goals, a red card and lots of incident through out.
For the two teams, may be not so much with the home side second in the table and looking to maintain pressure on the league leaders Leatherhead and Portchester looking to continue their steady climb up the table.
The Royals took the lead three times in this match and led 4-2 with around 18 minutes to go but Westfield were able to peg the visitors back each time they got an advantage on the scoreboard and eventually battled back to nick a point.
The visitors made the perfect start to the game when they took the lead on three minutes. Charlie Williamson crossed the ball in from the right and Lee Wort was there to guide his header into the net.
Portchester came so close to doubling their advantage on nine minutes when Wort picked up the ball in the left hand side of the box but his low shot was blocked by keeper Lewis Gallifent. The re-bound ran to Alfie Stanley but his shot was also blocked by Gallifent.
Westfield made it 1-1 on 16 minutes thanks to a quickly taken free kick on the halfway line. A good turn in midfield saw the ball played through to Didi Ndombe, who saw his shot well saved by Steven Mowthorpe but Michael O’Connor lifted the re-bound over the keeper and into the net.
The home side almost took the lead on 22 minutes when Finn Evans was played in behind the defence but after racing into the penalty area he dragged his shot wide.
Portchester were back in front on 38 minutes thanks to a corner from the right. Jack Lee timed his run perfectly to meet the ball and he headed home from six yards out.
However, the home side came back at the visitors immediately and a minute later O’Connor had the chance to shoot from 15 yards out and Mowthorpe had to get down quickly to his left to push the ball around the post.
On 41 minutes another quick break set up the chance for Conor Lee to shoot but Mowthorpe was able to push his shot away and then smother the re-bound.
Westfield did then make it 2-2 a minute before half time when a defender had to try and cut out a cross from the right with two home players waiting for the ball behind him but he diverted the ball into his own net.
At the start of the second half the home side looked to push on to go in front and take control of the game but the Royals had other ideas.
They re-took the lead for the third time on 55 minutes in a move which started with a ball in from the left. The home defence initially managed to block it but the ball ran to Josh Clack, whose shot was partially blocked by Gallifent but it continued to roll on and over the line.
The Royals were in dreamland when they netted their fourth goal six minutes later. They won possession of the ball in midfield before a pass was slipped through the home defence to set Wort clear. He took the ball into the box before firing his shot low past Gallifent and into the net.
Portchester were repelling the attempts by Westfield to try and find a way back into the match but you could sense their attacks would eventually find a way through and that proved to be the case on 72 minutes.
A long throw in was launched into the penalty area from the right and after a bit of a scramble the ball found its way to Evans who turned and fired his shot past Mowthorpe.
The home side then threw the proverbial kitchen sink at the Royals to try and find an equaliser and the visiting defence held firm until 90 minutes ticked on to the clock.
Westfield had the ball wide on the left and after managing to get past his marker the attacking player fired a cross into the near post and it flew into the net off a Portchester defender.
Over ten minutes of injury time then followed but the only incident of note was a red card shown to a home player for an off the ball incident.
