The closest of neighbours met for the first time in a league fixture for 100 years!

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Sadly for VW, the hosts were the better side on the day and deserved their victory in front of a very large crowd.

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VW defended doggedly in the first half, with Guy Hollis, Adam Mills excelling at CB, albeit Matt in goal only had long shots and set pieces to deal with.

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At the other end VW were let down on the rare occasions we got into threatening positions, by poor final balls and quality in the final third.

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With the score 0-0 at the break, VW felt they would run out the stronger in the second half, but this was not to materialise.

The game changed on 55 minutes, when VW conceded a penalty, which was duly slotted home to make it 1-0 - no complaints there!

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Soon after VW saw left back Max Samyint dismissed for a second bookable offence, but rather than weaken us, gave us some momentum to push for an equaliser, which was endorsed by the impact of our substitutions off the bench.

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VW had their best period, with Guy seeing a header cleared off the line, Josh Dillon and debutant Turnell Sinclair having goal bound shots blocked.

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After numerous corners, VW felt they too should have had a penalty, only for the referee to see it the other way, and sin binned Adam for dissent.

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This ended the game as a contest, and with VW down to 9 men, Egham got their second with practically the last kick of the game.

Congratulations to Egham on a deserved victory in the end, and we wish them well for the season ahead.