Devonshire Cougars 0 North Village 0Neighbours Devonshire Cougars and North Village have been involved in some classic battles over the years, but this match at Devonshire Rec wasn’t one of them.In fact, on the day that Cougars took over sole possession of first place in the table, they did so with probably their worst league performance of the season.The fans waited patiently for something to happen but neither team could produce the spark that would have won them all three points.Two of the best chances in the first half fell to Keishen Bean of Village who failed to get off a shot after Clay Darrell’s strong run down the right set him up. Then Bean headed wide of the far post from a free kick.At the other end Jamie Smith sliced a shot wide when well placed for Cougars.Both teams tried hard to create openings but struggled to string passes together as neither goalkeeper was seriously tested during the whole 90 minutes. Early in the second half Cougars captain Chris Caisey worked hard to create an opening and supplied a low, hard cross into the box that went untouched across goal.Keishen Bean then curled a shot just wide of keeper Kioshi Trott’s left-hand post. Both teams made second half substitutions in a bid to boost their attacks, as Pierre Smith came on for Clay Darrell for Village and Cougars replaced Domico Coddington and Jamie Smith with Conneiko Trott and Chae Brangman.The final chance to seal the points fell to Caisey in the 90th minute, but the midfielder shot high and wide after the ball was cleared to him from a corner on the left.The point enabled Cougars to go one point clear of Southampton Rangers and PHC while Village dropped one place to sixth.Devonshire Cougars: K Trott, D Williams, L Tota, D Cox, Z White, M Steede, D Bascome, C Caisey, J Seymour (K Tucker 64 minutes), D Coddington (C Trott 82 minutes), J Smith (C Brangman 57 minutes).Substitutes not used: J Smith, K DeSilva, J Furbert-Wade, M Steede.Yellow card: C Brangman.North Village: D Adams; C Boyce (R Saltus 68 minutes), J Davis, R Bean, K Talbot, P Castle, K Bean, T Jennings, K Dill, J Jennings, C Darrell (P Smith 68 minutes).Yellow card: P Castle.Referee: M WyerMan of the match: R Bean (Village).