Tonbridge Angels 0 Welling United 1

Match 22/23/2145 - Monday, 28th August 2023 - National League South

Tonbridge Angels (0) 0
Welling United (1) 1 Burchill 18
Attendance: 1,303

Admission: Season Ticket
Programme: £3
Mileage: 38/1,180
Weather: 21degC., pleasantly warm

These are the postings that you don’t want to be writing. Your team has suffered defeat and, perhaps more importantly, have served up a dire performance in front of a large Bank Holiday attendance.

It is so easy to use these few column inches to have a rant, but in general it serves little purpose. It’s times like this that I wish I could turn to the writing style of fellow Tonbridge Angels blogger, Trevor Brittain, whose great use of humour lightens the gloom.

The season is only six games in, the table is still embryonic, with two wins from the visitors, Welling United, over the weekend lifting them alongside Tonbridge after a disastrous start.

From an Angels point of view there is very little need for a forensic examination of the first six games, just three goals (one of which from the penalty spot) tells you pretty much all you need to know as reason for the stuttering start.

If you are not scoring goals then inevitably one moment can win a match and when, after 18 minutes, Welling defender Jack Burchill climbed highest to power home a header at the far post following a corner, it was sensed that it could be a long afternoon and sadly it was.

It is in the public domain that the movement of players, with Tommie Fagg and Joe Boachie heading out on loan, has begun, presumably freeing up some of the budget for, hopefully, someone that is going to test an opposing goalkeeper.

The rants can stay on hold for a while longer, but my search for comedic lines continues.