KEEPER JOS REVELS AS GOAL HERO

IF you think goalkeepers never score, you must be Bark-ing mad.

- Matthew Nash

Because last Saturday, with time running out on Walton & Hersham, and all hope of an equaliser against Dorchester Town disappearing with it, Swans No.1 Jos Barker came to his side's rescue.

Four minutes into injury time, and with one more chance to grab a Southern Premier Division South point at Elmbridge Xcel Sports Hub, 20-year-old Barker nodded in substitute Elliott Bolton's header back into the six-yard box.

Cue delirium among Walton fans, players and staff and the rather unexpected sudden need for a goal celebration from former Knaphill stopper Barker.

He was as amazed as anyone to be the man to secure a 2-2 draw and told The NLP: "Elliott managed to keep the ball in and I was in the right place to flick it into the net.