With the Saints Reserves topping their group in the Challenge Shield their reward was an away tie against Dunstable Town from the North Division. With the travel arrangements finalised and player availability good, the squad and management arrived at the impressive Creasey Park Stadium and anticipated a good game as Dunstable's results have improved just lately.

With some snow patches still visible in some areas of the pitch the game kicked off and the home side created two good chances to open the scoring but one hit the side netting and the other went just wide. The Saints then started to get a foothold in the game and a Julian Smith pass to Jordan Robinson saw Jordan hit the back of the net to open the scoring in the 11th minute. This gave the impetus to Chalfont and after a sustained period of pressure Julian Smith smashed the ball past the keeper six minutes later from the right hand side, after good approach play by Jamal Stewart. Jordan Robinson pulled out a good save from the Town keeper in the 26th minute and a minute later Jamal Stewart was thwarted by the keeper in a one on one situation and the rebound was put firmly over the bar by Jordan.

The second half saw the home side take the game to Chalfont but the defence stood firm and any breaches were mopped up by Simon Stainsby the Chalfont custodian for the evening. The game ebbed and flowed and Simon Stainsby pulled off a good save with nine minutes left. With only five minutes to go Chalfont had a great chance to score from the penalty spot after Julian Smith was upended in the Town penalty area. However the tamely hit kick by Luke Heneghan was easily saved by the keeper. The Saints then saw out the remainder of the game to progress to the Semi Finals of the Challenge Shield.

Overall the result and performance against a very determined and resilient opposition was satisfying after an entertaining match between two sides intent on playing the game in the right spirit.

 Saints: Simon Stainsby; Pardeep Ghattoara; Chris McConnell; Hailu Theodros; Joe Hopla; Emmanuel Sam; Julian Smith; Jordan Robinson; Jamal Stewart; Luke Heneghan;

Jamel Mattan

This Saturday 30th March 2013 the Saints Reserves travel to Waterside home of top of the table Walton Casuals for a Premier 'B' League match kick off 3.00pm.

The Saints Reserves travelled to a floodlight King George's Field home of Corinthian Casuals. This was the Saints first League game since 5th January when they won  2-0 at Thamesmead Town and their last actual action was in a Shield game on 5th March at Harefield United. Unfortunately for Chalfont on this bitterly cold Monday night Corinthian Casuals first team hadn't played since 9th March so they took the opportunity to play a majority of them in this Reserve team fixture and eventually ran out 2-0 winners.

That said the Saints started brightly and in the 12th minute Jamal Stewart just fired wide when his shot flashed across the Casuals keeper. Four minutes later a deep cross to the far post by Jamel Mattan was met by a first time volley from Julian Smith but it was wide of the mark. For the remainder of the half the Saints held their own and at half time they felt unfortunate not to be ahead at this stage.

The second half saw Chalfont once again take the game to their more experienced opponents but could not find that all important quality ball in the final third. It was then a surprise when the home side found themselves 1 up when a routine ball over the top was not dealt with and the diminutive striker nipped in to score the opening goal. Chalfont responded  and Jamel Mattan saw a shot saved in the 64th minute. Jordan Robinson on as a second half substitute went on a mazy run that ended with the Casuals keeper making a good save to deny Jordan from equalising. Nine minutes before full time Casuals scored their second of the match when once again their number 9 fired across Alex Sykes and into the far corner.