Tonbridge Angels Under-18 (4) 5 West 6 Rayner 22 Carlton 40 Borders 41,83
Metrogas (1) 1
Headcount: 42
Admission: Free
Programme: None
Mileage: 38/4,898
Tonbridge Angels Kent Youth League Under-18’s blew away the league leaders Metrogas at Longmead Stadium with an emphatic performance that produced a 5-1 win.
The visitors were reduced to 10 men after 24 minutes when they had a player dismissed for violent conduct but, by that time, the Angels were already well in control of the game.
Tonbridge started the game on the front foot and fully deserved their lead on six minutes when James Cooper sent Devonte West clear down the right, shrugging off a challenge before cutting in and driving home an unstoppable shot from the angle of the six yard box.
One very nearly became two, three minutes later when Tom Borders struck a post, followed by a shot from Jacob Carlton that was turned away by the goalkeeper for a corner.
After surviving a scare when a back pass fell short and a hasty clearance from Angels’ goalkeeper, Jay Blake rebounded off a Metrogas forward to drift agonisingly wide, the Angels went two up, after 22 minutes, when a lovely move involving West and Jack Baker set up George Rayner for a good finish.
After the sending-off, the Angels went into a sloppy period and were punished when from a corner the ball was headed against the bar with the rebound touched home.
It was the jolt that was required and the Angels regained their grip on the game to scored twice more before the break to give Metrogas an uphill task in the second period.
A cross from the left found Carlton, whose initial shot was parried but he took his second opportunity and a minute later, West send Borders through to power a shot through the keeper’s grasp.
In fairness to the visitors they gave it a decent go in the second despite their man disadvantage and a three goal deficit.
Substitute Byron Doughty made an instant impact but his strike was denied by the goalkeeper as was a West effort.
At the other end, the bar was struck on 76 minutes before the game was wrapped up with seven minutes remaining when Borders was set up for a close range finish by Doughty.
A great performance that delighted coach Jacob Wright, who said after the game: “We started the game very well, and the lads were determined to keep it like this for the 90 minutes. We managed the game well and saw the job out professionally.”
The Angels remain in third place in the table trailing leaders Metrogas by three points.
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