Christmas thriller ends badly for Robins (From Your Local Guardian)

Christmas thriller ends badly for Robins

3:26pm Thursday 29th December 2011 in Carshalton Athletic By Graham Moody

Carshalton Athletic slumped to their third defeat in four games as they lost 4-3 to Tooting & Mitcham in a Boxing Day thriller at Imperial Fields.

The Robins have stuttered since the end of their 13-match unbeaten run that left their poor early season form a distant memory and they find themselves 12th, 10 points off the play-offs, at the halfway stage of the season.

They were made to pay for defensive lapses against the Terrors as, despite coming back from 2-0 down to lead 3-2 in the second half, they ended up on the losing side.

Paul Vines scored and in-form Sonny Ayres notched a double with attentions now turning to Wealdstone on Saturday and Cray Wanderers on Monday.