The under-16s drew their penultimate league game against Headstone Manor B 1-1 yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately they were forced to start with 9 men, with the remaining players delayed by rail-replacement buses.

Headstone opened the scoring in the 35th minute with a cool finish from just inside the box, just as the missing players arrived at the ground.

The Greens equalised in the 53rd minute, when a corner from Junior Abass was volleyed home by Jordan Rowe. Zola Msimanga and Michael Adeyemi forced the Headstone keeper into a couple of excellent saves, whilst Charlie Fulton in the Hendon goal didn't have anything major to deal with.

"It was a good performance - with 11 men for the full 80 minutes I'm confident that we would have won," said a happy manager Paul McGreal. "A win would have made us safe from the bottom two, but as it is, we're fourth. We've not lost in our last four league games, and I think the end of the season has come just that bit too early.

"My man of the match today was a very tough decision, but I've chosen Isaac Instance, who did a very good job in an unfamiliar role in the first half."