Tonbridge Angels (1) 2 Lyons-Foster Shields
Chippenham Town (0) 0
Attendance: 1,005
Admission: Season Ticket
Mileage: 38/5,713
It was comfortable rather than easy as the visitors played some pretty stuff but lacked any sort of firepower to trouble Angels’ goalkeeper, Jonny Henly, throughout the afternoon.
Unfortunately, referee Eugene Robinson decided to take centre stage and issue a second caution to Tariq Hinds which somewhat took the shine off a satisfying afternoon.
Jay Saunders had the luxury of an almost complete squad to pick from and decided to go unchanged from the side beaten at Weston-super-Mare last week.
Great defending from Jamie Fielding blocking an attempt from Matt McClure prevented early work for Henly but from that point Tonbridge were dominant.
A poor clearance from Chippenham goalkeeper, Will Henry, fell at the feet of Paris Lock, who began a dribble from around 30 yards out, that saw him forced out towards the right of the goal and when he momentarily lost possession on the touchline you thought it was the end of the move but he won it back immediately, and brought the ball back towards the edge of the box before letting go a shot that Henry brilliantly turned over to atone for his initial mistake.
Sadly, it was to be his last contribution to the game, as after 10 minutes he was brought down by Freddie Grant, who received a caution and although he returned to the field of play, he needed to be substituted after 16 minutes with the introduction of Mo Dabre.
After 21 minutes, a free kicked floated into the box by Sean Shields saw Liam Vincent’s volley strike the post but two minutes later the Angels were in front.
Shields curled a shot from the left hand corner of the 18 yard box that Henry tipped onto the crossbar but the rebound fell invitingly to Kodi Lyons-Foster to finish from close range.
Early in the second half an effort from Nathan Odokonyero only found the outside of the roof of the net before in the 56th minute, the ball was worked out well from the right side into the centre from where a superb pass from Lyons-Foster found Shields, who had plenty to do as he cut in from the left to find the space to get his shot away and into the top corner.
With 12 minutes to go, Shields back to his best and deservedly taking home the man of the match award, got to the byeline crossed for a partial clearance under pressure from Dabre that only found Lewis Gard, but his shot spun off the outside of the boot and wide.
On 84 minutes Hinds failed to keep a ball in play, picked the ball up and walked a couple of paces before rolling it back to where the throw should be taken and for that received his second yellow and consequent dismissal. It was petty, quite bizarre refereeing.
Despite their man disadvantage, Tonbridge saw the game out comfortably with Chippenham’s disappointment only heightened by a late disallowed goal.
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