Hythe Town (1) 1 Woodhouse 17
Herne Bay (2) 2 Harvey 17 Campbell 36
Attendance: 356
Admission: £7 Senior
Programme: £2
Mileage: 70/4,262
Basically I selected Hythe Town v Herne Bay to watch a couple of old Angels faces in the shape of Liam Smith in the home side and Jack Parter for the Bay. But I got a little extra with Charlie Webster for Hythe and Adem Ramadan on the opposition bench with the added bonus of a surprise debut in the Hythe line-up for Tonbridge Academy player Luca Woodhouse.
Woodhouse had a fine game, scored, struck a post and didn’t look out of place in senior football.
My original player watch saw Liam Smith looking comfortable in a central defensive role and Jack Parter still looking like he could occupy the left back role at Longmead in National South.
A low cross from Parter that begged a touch was the first action of the game as Herne Bay dominated the opening stages. A good move saw Kieron Campbell’s shot deflected over the bar and Zak Ansah bring a fine save, low to his left, out of Henry Newcombe. So it came as no surprise when the visitors took a 14th minute lead from the resultant corner that was met with a header that was cleared from the line by Jack Mayhew but only to Laurence Harvey who finished with a good strike from 15 yards.
Going behind shook the New Year’s Eve cobwebs out of the home side and a couple of minutes later they very nearly equalised when an audacious chip from Tyler Sterling struck the post.
But Herne Bay’s reprieve lasted a mere minute when Woodhouse found himself in space to curl a shot into the top corner from 20 yards.
The Bay continued to have the better of the game and after Rory Smith had fired narrowly wide and Newcombe save well from Ansah they went back in front after 36 minutes when Kieron Campbell was allowed to cut in from the left before letting fly with a shot that went through the Hythe goalkeeper.
Chances were thinner on the ground in the second period, the closest coming from Woodhouse whose shot from outside of the box came back from the angle of the post and bar on 59 minutes.
Hythe had the better of the second half but it was a bit huff and puff and the visitors goalkeeper, Jordan Perrin, wasn’t seriously threatened.
Herne Bay had the ball in the net following a corner but this was ruled out for a push and Perrin made his only serious save of the half on 78 minutes from Scott Doe.
This was a decent game of football, a no pressure hors d’oeuvre, for tomorrow’s big derby game at the Gallagher.
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