Ryman Division One South

Chipstead 1

Ashford Town 0

Chipstead gained three more valuable points to maintain the gap from the bottom club, keeping a 10 point difference.

In a scrappy match, both teams had good chances to score. Ashford started the livelier of the two sides and Chips didn't start playing until the match was 20 minutes old.

There were some half chances at each end with the keepers playing their part to keep a blank scorecard.

There was nothing Scott Chalmers-Stevens could do about Scott Simpson's finish which came about after some fine work on the left by Ray Freeman, who found Simpson with his final pass.

Simpson's firm strike was never going anywhere else but the goal.

Ashford started brightly after the break and their best chance to equalise was squandered by Paul Jones who somehow managed to sky his opportunity high over keeper James Wastell and the bar from eight yards after Joe Fuller had delivered a good cross.

Ross Morley also shot across Wastell's goal where the ball ran to safety. Both Freeman and Nathan Green had chances to hit the target but their efforts went wide or high.

Ashford had one last chance from a free-kick floated in but Craig Cloke headed that harmlessly over the bar.

Chips have now reached 30 points and another 10 from the remaining 13 games should see them safe, but things can change so quickly 39 more must be the target.

Chipstead: J Wastell; R Bedford; J Thompson; J Russell; N Green; S Simpson; S Rivers; (W Grizzle) A Morrison; (D Moody) A Smith; A Mathews; (N White) R Freeman; Subs not used; L Hollingsworth; A Peck.