Crowborough Athletic (1) 3 Barton 7 Treleaven 80 Crabb 82
Bearsted (0) 0
Attendance: 172
Entrance: £4 Senior
Programme: £1
Mileage: 19/3,265
They have spent three months on the plastic at Maidstone whilst their own pitch also became a 3G surface but unresolved planning issues see them return to play on the green, green grass of home.
Bearsted took a lot of credit with some attractive football in the opening 20 minutes despite going behind after just eight minutes when Jason Barton powered in a header from a Henry Muggeridge corner. They opened up the Crows on a couple of occasions with shots at the ex-Tonbridge goalkeeper, Anthony Di Bernardo and Matt Garner saw a header clear the bar.
But as Crowborough gained control it was the Bears’ goalkeeper, Scott Andrews that took centre stage with a series of saves that particularly frustrated Zak Attwood.
The second half was similarly one-way traffic and somewhat surprising that it took until nine minutes from time before a turn and shot from the edge of the box by Ross Treleaven gave them breathing space.
Within two minutes the game was wrapped up when a shot from Sam Carrington was only parried into the path of Sam Crabb to tuck in from close range.
Rumours of how much this soirée in Maidstone has cost Crowborough are varied, what it has not cost them is any ground in the race for the title.
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