ANCHOR Falcons left Diglis on Sunday deflated after seeing one of their best performances of the season ruined by a late penalty which gave RSVP three points by the narrowest of margins.

RSVP WILSONS 1, ANCHOR FALCONS 0

Anchor made several changes, the most surprising of which being the inclusion of player-manager Jon Hale as goalkeeper, meaning a return to a midfield berth for Will Hale while John Goode moved out to the right flank and Dave Jenkinson slotted in alongside Paul Park up front.

Anchor were first to show as Jenkinson's 30-yard lob sailed just over the bar with the home defence static expecting an off-side flag. As play flowed towards the Falcons' goal, Mark Berry marshalled his defence with authority thwarting an attack-minded RSVP side.

Anchor hit back, Park sending a shot just wide and the ever-busy Paul Hughes seeing a 30-yard volley sail past the upright. Rich Lambert began to worry the home defence threading the ball through for Kyle Joiner several times. Joiner was unlucky to have to depart the scene on 30 minutes with a back injury.

A clean sheet going into half-time was a luxury for Anchor given their problems this season, so the second half was always going to be a big test.

Still Anchor found ways of manipulating RSVP's defence with Jenkinson unlucky with a long shot and Carl Wilkins having a fierce shot from 12-yards turned round the post.

However, Wilsons began to dominate but found man-of-the-match Jon Hale and his defence hard to beat. Hale twice rushed out of his goal to save at the feet of on-rushing forwards before making an impressive reflex save low to his left to keep out a glancing header.

As the clock ticked towards 80 minutes, disaster struck. A diagonal through ball evaded the otherwise impressive Chris Williams and as the RSVP striker attempted to round the Anchor keeper, he was brought down. The inevitable result being a penalty-kick which was comfortably converted.

This Sunday sees the reverse of this fixture as RSVP travel to Dysons. Players to meet 9.30am and all support appreciated.