Hugh Christie (1) 2 Elliott (pen) 25 Shave 63
Ravens Wood (3) 3 Campbell 17 Lawrence 36 Chung 40
Attendance: 100-ish
Admission: £7
Programme: £1
Mileage: 38/7,650
Hugh Christie had a lot of possession throughout the game, but lacked the clinical edge in the final third to turn their territorial advantage into goals.
On a filthy night at Longmead Stadium, a substantial attendance gave passionate support to both sides who certainly went toe-to-toe for the entire 90 minutes.
The pattern was set from the first minute when Hugh Christie’s appeals for a penalty were waved away after Josh McArthur had appeared to have been felled in the box.
The Angels created all of the chances in the early stages. A Steve Southern header from a free kick was narrowly wide as was another free kick, this time from Billy Robbins.
So it was against the run of play when Ravens Wood took the lead with a perfectly executed free kick from the edge of the box by Ben Campbell after 17 minutes.
The Bromley side’s lead didn’t last too long as Hugh Christie equalised from the spot through Reece Elliott after McArthur had been taken down.
As the rain tumbled down ever harder the game itself got a little bogged down before some defensive indecision saw the ball land at the feet of Ravens Wood’s D’Armando Lawrence who made no mistake, firing into the bottom corner to put his side back in front after 36 minutes.
Hugh Christie gave themselves a mountain to climb four minutes later when a cross from the left found Gianluca Chung at the far post for an unchallenged header.
Lewis Wilkins, in the Angels goal, saved from Donte Degannes-Fidyk to keep his side in the game at the break.
The second half was one-way traffic as Hugh Christie pressed to find their way back into the game, although Ravens Wood had an early opportunity with Chung firing over.
Chances came and went for the Angels as Ravens’ goalkeeper, Joe Bermingham, saved from Kian Austin and Robbins.
The pressure finally told in the 63rd minute when a free kick from Tom Scott-Smith was bundled into the net from close range by Alex Shave to set up a frantic finish.
Substitute Hayden Velvick sent a lob over the bar and shot wide following a corner and Bermingham saved well from Shave but Ravens Wood doggedly resisted all that was thrown at them to see the time out and spark the celebrations.
Academy manager Tommy Parkinson felt it was a game his scholars didn’t deserve to lose and the boys gave it everything but key mistakes had been punished and it wasn’t to be.
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