Tunbridge Wells 5 Welling Town 2

Match 62/19/1784 - Tuesday, 7th January 2020 - SCEFL Challenge Cup 2R

Tunbridge Wells (1) 5 Day 3,46,55 Froggatt 48 Wells 58
Welling Town (1) 2 Round 26 Ademiju 90
Attendance: TBC

Admission: £4 Senior
Programme: None
Mileage: 38/4,709

With Beckenham 12 points in front, albeit that Tunbridge Wells have three games in hand, it is perhaps unrealistic that a tilt at the SCEFL title might bee unrealistic. A top three finish certainly is not and, perhaps as in the context of this game, a cup success is well within their compass, but with every time I get to see Richard Styles’ team the more I feel that some reward is not too far away.

In this SCEFL Challenge Cup Second Round tie, an early goal for the Wells set the tone; they rode out something of a Welling Town recovery before putting the tie to bed early in the second half with four goals in the first 13 minutes.

Striker Matt Day, recently signed from Canterbury and making his home debut, stole the show with a hat-trick but every one of the Tunbridge Wells side put in an admirable shift on the pitch that the groundsmen had done well to make match fit.

After three minutes, Day opened his account when he converted from close range from a Josh Froggatt surge down the right and pinpoint cross.

Welling rallied well and were deserving of their equaliser on 26 minutes when Chris Round was afforded too much time and space to shoot past Simon Overland, who possibly might feel he could have done better.

The opening salvo of the second period saw Weling blown away. In less than a minute of the half restarting, Day added his second when sent through to coolly chip the advancing goalkeeper and, a couple of minutes later, Froggatt and Jason Thompson opened up the visitor’s defence for the former to add the third goal.

Froggatt provided an excellent assist for Matt Day to complete his hat trick on 55 minutes and Jordan Wells fired home three minutes later to make it five.

Welling’s goalkeeper Jack Moore produced several fine saves and substitute Danny Powell hit the crossbar as the home side threatened to run riot, but it stayed at five and Tobi Ademiju scored in the last minute to add a little respectability to the scoreline.