Snodland Town 0 Rochester United 5

Match 65/19/1787 - Saturday, 18th January 2020 - SCEFL Division One

Snodland Town (0) 0
Rochester United (2) 5 Webb 20 Peck 32 Dawes 48 Cackett 53 Gillies 70(p)
Attendance: 78

Admission: £5
Programme: £2
Mileage: 34/4,993

Best laid plans and all that! As Tonbridge Angels’ match was predictably postponed it was a case of where to go. Tunbridge Wells also fell to the previous week’s deluge, and after toying with £22 worth at Gillingham, I plumped for a fiver at Snodland.

The main attraction for the choice was that four of Tonbridge’s Academy lads had this week signed dual registration forms at Snodland. But as said, best laid plans foundered as Ned Lewis was named on the bench whilst the other three were not in the squad, one unavailable and the forms of the other two not processed.

The game was one-sided and, from this viewing, the Academy lads cannot help but improve the side.

Rochester went in front after 20 minutes when a well worked corner ended with a acrobatic finish that brought the most exuberant celebration of the season. It was so over the top there had to be more to it than just the goal.

Rochester added another before the break and three after, each one greeted with similar exuberance. Lewis got a half-hour but saw little of the ball.

A new clubhouse construction is underway at Potyns. The steel frame gives a vision of the size of the building when finished and it is certainly going to be substantial and a great asset, losing the long walk from the community centre that serves as the dressing rooms etc., at present.