Evesham Utd 0, Cambridge City 1

EVESHAM suffered their first defeat in nine Southern League Premier Division matches when a 21st minute goal from Lee Chaffey earned City the points.

It was United's first league loss at St George's Lane since January 1 and the first time they had conceded a goal for 443 minutes.

Paul West's men dominated the second half when Michael Hayden and Steve Luckett came closest to levelling.

The former was harshly adjudged to have committed a foul in the 21st minute and the defence failed to deal withe the far post free-kick and Chaffey bundled the ball into the net.

James Blake fired over after the goal and Simon Fitter's corner was deflected on to the crossbar as the Robins sought a swift response.

Danny Scheppel saw his glancing header excellently saved while Luckett's late effort was inches wide.

The defender was within inches of levelling six minutes after the restart while Hayden rippled the side-netting with a 25-yarder after being set-up by substitute Gary Hay.

Paul West also used Robert Ager and Allando Davis in a bid to rescue a point and Mark Hands brought an 89th minute save out of Zac Barrett but time ran out on battling Evesham.