Sevenoaks Town (0) 1 Collins 58
Tonbridge Angels (0) 0
Attendance:
Admission: £3 Senior
Programme: None
Mileage: 60/642
How much do you buy into the old adage that preseason doesn’t matter in terms of results? Yes, I agree that clubs that have had terrible preseasons have gone on to have great seasons and vice-versa, but there are times even to the untrained eye that you can see a pattern emerging that is concerning.
Tonbridge Angels dominated for long periods at Sevenoaks but were reduced to shots on far too many occasions from 20 yards or more. Spectacular goals can win games, but they don’t win games week in, week out.
The Sevenoaks goalkeeper, Ben Bridle-Card, was kept occupied in the early minutes, with crosses into the box that either he comfortably dealt with or they missed their target.
It was nearly at the half-hour mark when Tom Beere asked the first real question of Card who got down low to save.
A misplaced shot from Joe Turner inadvertently found Tom Hanfrey whose cross found Tom Wood but his shot flew narrowly over the bar.
The second half started in much the same manner with pot shots from Turner and Wood from distance that were safely gathered by Card.
The game was ultimately decided by a Sevenoaks goal after 54 minutes when a misplaced back pass had Jonny Henly scrambling to keep it out of his own goal. At first he seemed to have retrieved the ball but it popped out and Louis Collins was on hand to make the most of his good fortune.
Tonbridge continued to dominate with a Sonny Miles header from a corner going narrowly wide and Ibrahim Olutade seeing his effort cleared from the line.
Chances came and went in the last 20 minutes, almost exclusively for the Angels, but that clinical finish in front of goal was missing.
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