Ruthless Sholing pressure Chertsey into losing their heads.
Sholing claim revenge on Chertsey after two penalties and a red card in a lively affair that flared up several times. The away side were punished for not taking chances.
Wayne Ridgely picked up the ball in midfield soon after the kick off and threatened for the visitors but it came to nothing. Play quickly went up the other end and Michael Folivi made the defender stretch at full length to block the shot.
Neither side had a period of dominance in the early parts of the game. Bradley Targett was booked after bringing down Chertsey striker Conor Lee on the left wing.
Sholing broke the deadlock in the 10th minute, after Folivi converted a spot kick that he won himself after he was tripped in the box by Chertsey keeper, Paul McCarthy.
McCarthy gave away another penalty to Folivi on 17 minutes and earned himself a booking, but this time got the better of the Sholing top scorer, diving to his right side.
Benny Read’s chance came to measure up to the visiting back line and only another instinctive attempt at a clearance took the ball away from the full back.
The visitors got their own booking 24 minutes in, after Olly McCoy mistimed his attempt to regain possession and instead caught Harry Taylor, earning his place in the book.
Although his day had been less than stellar, McCarthy bravely carried on, after having no choice but to stay on after it appeared he had hurt his hamstring on a goal kick.
Conor Lee had a rare chance for the visitors but took the shot far too early, making it easy work for Patrick Nash.
Sholing had several appeals for handball in and around the area as they attempted to find and the game’s second, but neither was awarded and the first period ended.
Seconds into the second half, Folivi was inches from burying another, thanks to a Reece Wylie delivery but the speedy ganged up to put a stop to it.
The Curfews had their best chance up to that point from a Conor Lee free kick from just outside the box, which looked to initially have a decent chance of going in but Nash saved well.
Chertsey continued their momentum as the opportunities kept coming in Sholing’s goalmouth, in the midst of it, The Boatmen’s Joe Rabbets was booked and his captain Byron Mason let him know what he thought of his actions.
A ball met by the toes of Romeo Akinola seemed to have finally found the home side’s second, instead it cannoned of the post into the keeper’s hands, and it was given offside anyway.
Sholing finally got the second in the 81st minute as Bradley Targett finished off into an empty net to complete the move started by Byron Mason.
Chertsey’s day worsened after Wayne Ridgely was given a straight red after inciting a scuffle that included most of the players on the field.
The tie was settled with a Folivi second, turned in after meeting the pass from Max Bustamante perfectly.
James Mclean Sports 
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