Horsham's long winless streak against Harrow continued after this routine victory for the hosts whose unbeaten home record against the men from Sussex now extends to 11 matches over almost 44 years!

Hugo Langton named an unchanged side to that which had continued its impressive New Year form by holding promotion-chasing Wealdstone to a draw in midweek, with the addition of teenage striker Dean O'Keefe and Assistant-Coach Craig Wilkins on the bench. Harrow, themselves struggling towards the wrong end of the table after reaching last season's play-off semi-finals, fielded Jon-Jo Bates instead of Rob Wolleaston with Michael Barima coming in at full-back in place of Wilson Gondwe who dropped to the bench.

Between two teams fighting for survival the game started off even with both teams having early chances. It started with the Hornets when George Landais put a through ball down the line but it was just too far for Murphy to get. As per usual Horsham were being threatened at the back when a cross was played in by Aryantaj Tajbakhsh but Ian Varley was on the scene to clear for a corner, which resulted in Harrow volleying wide of the target.

The Reds were in their opponents' box again when Bates, scorer of 2 goals i Harrow's 3-1 victory at Goring's Mead earlier in the season, received the ball from Tristan Toney only for his touch to let him down, allowing Michael Hunter to easily gather the ball. Just seconds later Horsham were up the other end with a fre- kick which Williams Peauroux sent into the area and Ray Freeman headed the ball down but Landais was unable to find the net from a difficult angle.

Further into the half Horsham had another free-kick, this time taken by Tommy Murphy but his shot lacked power and went easily wide of the Harrow goal. Horsham just really weren’t there!

True to the now all-too-familiar script it was Harlow who opened the scoring on the 28th minute through Danny Buckle who poked in the first goal after a goalmouth scramble resulting from Tajbakshs' cross. Just under 10 minutes later the Hornets' goal-line was threatened again but this time Yinka Salami got his body in the way to ensure that the deficit remained at just the one goal. Yet, in the closing stages, the visitors might have gone in to the break on level terms when Freeman met Murphy's cross but his rushed header lacked sufficient power, allowing home 'keeper Will Viner to make an easy catch.

H/T Harrow Borough 1 Horsham 0

Just after the break, Horsham had another half chance when the ball bounced just outside the 18 yard box but Kery Kedze’s shot on the half volley failed to hit the target. However, it took just 5 minutes of the second half for Harrow to double their lead and finish off the game. This time a loose ball came in from the left which Hunter looked set to get, only for him to seemingly back out of a challenge with the pacy Toney resulting in the away goal being breached for a second time.

But for Hunter, Toney could have netted himself a hat-trick within 10 minutes of scoring his first. His first chance came when he picked the ball up on the edge of the box and shot straight at the Hornets' stopper then, soon after, Tajbakhsh crossed in to the box and Toney headed but again Hunter held firm.

After this a call for change was granted when Langton took off Landais, who had struggled to impress, and replaced him with Adam Hutchings with Harrow taking the opportunity to send on Adam Fry for first half goalscorer Buckle. Almost immediately, Harrow had strong claims for a penalty turned down after Hunter was alleged to have taken down Bates but referee Aylott signalled for a goal-kick.

The final substitution came 10 minutes from time when Peauroux was replaced by Ahmer Ahmed, who was making his second appearance in the amber and green up top, but the impetus remained with Harrow and they had another shot at goal, this time substitute Fry sending a curling shot from the edge of the box just wide of the far top corner. Hunter prevented the hosts from grabbing a late third when he kept out an effort from Bates from 12 yards.