CHAIRMAN Chris Chapman believes Merstham were "unlucky" to lose out to league leaders Maidstone United on Saturday.
Two first half goals saw the Moatsiders leave Kent without any points, but Chapman was encouraged by the performance.
"It was a good performance; we played some good football, but we were a bit unlucky," said Chapman, who took over from Ted Hickman last summer.
"We had opportunities to score but ultimately their finishing was more clinical.
"Their first goal came after their striker [Stuart King] came back onto the pitch while they were taking a corner and their second was a cross that floated in."
The Moatsiders were due to host Walton & Hersham on Tuesday night but the game was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch and Chapman is not confident Saturday's home game against Herne Bay will go ahead either.
"We can only hope the game will go ahead but if this rain carries on then I don't know," the chairman admitted.
"We have had quite a few games postponed now, and we don't want to end up with a fixtures backlog."
Apart from an early chance for Merstham when Peter Wedgeworth crossed for Lee Newman who headed wide, Saturday's game took a little while to get going.
Maidstone first threatened with 14 minutes played when Lloyd Anderson made a hash of an attempted save and fumbled the ball just wide of the post.
But with 23 minutes played, the deadlock was broken. A corner from Phillips was met by the head of Danny Lye and eventually the ball popped out to the left hand side of the box where it was met by the arriving Stuart King and from a tight angle he rifled the ball into the net.
Merstham then had a good chance when a ball over the top caught out the home side and Lee Newman found himself one on one with Ibrahim and with the goal at his mercy, he shot wide.
But with just minutes to play before half-time, the lead was doubled when Tom Mills received the ball out on the left wing and he sent the ball towards goal only for it to catch Anderson out and sail into the side of the net.
Five minutes after the break, Merstham put together a neat passing move, which ended with Wedgeworth picking out Fabio Saraiva with a good cross, but Saraiva's header sailed wide.
With 23 minutes remaining, Merstham's afternoon took another bad turn when Wedgeworth was sent off for a second bookable offence as he fouled Alex Brown.
Merstham: Anderson, Gunner, Wedgeworth, Hessenthaler, Hemmings, Henriques, Mcleod (Nwokeji), I'Anson (Moriarty), Newman, Saraiva, Holland (Nyafli). Unused subs: Williams, Ogun.
