We lost against our near-neighbours as our pre-season schedule nears completion, writes James Barrett-Sterling.
Team news: Ola Sogbanmu made his first appearance since re-signing for the club during the close season. Angelo Banton was given a chance to play between our sticks, with Kalvin Morath-Gibbs coming back into the defence. Striker Michael Campbell was handed the number 9 shirt as he returned to the club looking to impress.
We had a golden chance to open the scoring in the first-half as we were awarded a spot-kick, but Tommy Bradford saw his effort saved by Kyle Merson.
We then lost Campbell to a suspected broken nose, Raheem Sterling-Parker taking his place as the striker went to hospital, before three goals in the last seven minutes of the half gave out hosts a flattering lead.
HALF-TIME: 3 - 0
The likes of Paris Hamilton-Downes, Jonathan Tadafe and David Opoku got minutes during the second-half but we struggled to unlock a stubborn home defence.
And United added a gloss to the scoreline on 81 minutes through substitute Sandy Cunningham.
Photos from the game are available here
Match highlights are available via robins.tv
Next up: We host Dulwich Hamlet in our last pre-season friendly on Saturday 5th August. Our season then opens with a trip to newly-promoted Ashford United on Saturday 12th August.
Carshalton Athletic: Banton; Panton, Morath-Gibbs (Tadafe - 85), Dudley (c), McLaughlin (Hamilton-Downes - 46), Cheadle; Gondoh, Sogbanmu (Opoku - 59), Miller; Bradford, Campbell (Sterling-Parker - 27)
Unused sub: Healy
Tooting and Mitcham Utd: Merson (Ossai - 46), Wilson, Adebowale (Spencer - 37), O'Neill, Patterson-Bohner, Dines (Maclaren - 54), Clements (Rabiu - 65), Bennett (McNaughton - 54), Baxter (Bassett - 46), Dunn, Hoban (Dixon - 46, Cunningham - 50)
Goals: Spencer (38), Bennett (44), Baxter (45), Cunningham (81)
