Chesham United (0) 0 Bath City (0) 0 – Saturday 6 September 2025 – Enterprise National League South – The Meadow
Match Report by Mark Stillman.
Bath City kept up their unbeaten away start with a goalless draw at Chesham United.
Brad Ash went closest to breaking the deadlock for the Romans at the end of the first half.
Debutant stopper Isaac Finch prevented Nathan Minhas one-on-one and looked assured, aided by a well-organised backline.
But a failure to significantly test Ben Goode at the other end meant the game descended into a forgettable stalemate.
Chesham joint bosses Michael Murray and James Duncan were celebrating their 300th game in charge, though the latter missed the match through illness.
They created the first opening on 13 minutes when Kieran Parselle missed a tackle on Mitchell Weiss, who slipped through to Minhas.
The striker was left through on goal, but Finch raced off his line to block.
City’s best opening of the half came in the final minute of it. Joe Raynes’ long throw saw the ball eventually find Ash, who turned brilliantly in a tight space before his placed strike took a slight deflection off Dan Bayliss and grazed the outside of the post with Goode rooted to the spot.
It rounded off a dismal, error-strewn half where neither side looked capable of maintaining possession with very little quality on display.
The hosts should have taken the lead on 53 minutes.
Alex Babos’ hopeful ball forward landed into the path of Connor Roberts down the right.
The former University of Bath student pulled back for Weiss, but he could only find the side netting from 10 yards when he should have tested Finch.
Alex Fisher was introduced for Scott Wilson and came the closest to breaking the deadlock.
Parselle’s lashed effort into the box caused problems in the box with Chesham unable to clear amidst a high press.
Luke Russe and Ash’s persistence allowed the ball to fall to Fisher, but goalkeeper Goode was alert to the danger as he threw himself in the way to deny the front man while his defence waited for an offside flag that wasn’t coming.
The Generals made a triple change with Karl Oliyide among them, scorer against City in January soon after coming off the bench.
Samson Esan curled over and shot too close to Finch as Chesham asked more questions in the closing stages, trying to utilise the long throws of substitute Josh Addae.
City were dealt a blow in added time as Dan Greenslade hobbled off with a muscle injury but they did more than enough to earn a point, Chesham’s third goalless draw already this season.
Att: 857
City’s Line-Up: Finch, Raynes, Greenslade (Matthews 90+3), Tomlinson (Beardmore 83), Batten, Parselle (c), Jenkins Davies, Wilson (Fisher 56), Ash, Tillson, Russe. Subs not used: Clark, Sweeten.
Scorers: City – none; Chesham – none
City Bookings: Russe (76), Ash (87)
Officials: A Hursey, D Payne, L Hantea, J Burns (4th)