Tunbridge Wells (1) 2 McCreadie 4 Abooa 76
Deal Town (1) 2 Chapman 7 Millbank 74
Attendance: 305
Admission: £5
Programme: Not purchased
Mileage: 6/2,310
This was the first time seeing Tunbridge Wells since the opening day of the season at Kennington when they were disappointing to put it mildly.
But, the visit of second placed Deal Town to Culverden showed that Luke Carpenter has made some good progress in the last couple of months.
My first visit to Culverden this season also brought a surprise in the new stand for the Sunshine Club, small but perfectly formed!
The game got off to a bright start with a goal apiece in the opening 10 minutes. Tunbridge Wells opened the scoring after six minutes after Matt Astle pulled the ball back from the byline to Trevor McCreadie, who received with his back to goal but with a nifty turn and shot into the bottom corner for his sixth goal of the season.
But the lead was to last barely two minutes when a cross from the right found Ben Chapman in far too much space allowing him to head past Jason Tibble.
The game was an entertaining end-to-end affair and after 25 minutes, McCreadie once again showed his sharpness in front of goal when an overhead kick struck the top of the bar.
On 36 minutes, Deal required some desperate defending to deny firstly an effort from James Nurden with goalkeeper, Henry Newcombe, saving the follow-up from Jon Shea.
Deal’s chances to go into the break in front came in the final five minutes with Tibble saving low from Connor Coyne and a header, following a corner, from Kane Smith.
The second half was not as fluent as the first and got more than a little scrappy at times with the game stopping and starting all too often. Frankie Griffin struck the bar from outside of the box for the Wells whilst Chapman pulled a shot wide for the visitors.
Deal got their noses in front after 72 minutes when Chapman was brought down in the box for Smith to convert from the spot into the bottom corner.
But, once again, a lead was to last just a few minutes when an inch perfect through ball from Robbie Bissett sent substitute Ezekial Abooa clear to plant a confident finish past Newcombe.
In time added, McCreadie shot wide, but overall the points shared was a fair result.
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