Match 135/17/1585 - Monday, 14th May 2018 - Suburban League South
Tunbridge Wells U21 (1) 2 Forrester 30 Alex Carey 48 (pen)
Chatham Reserves (1) 4 Carver 45+1,54 Collins 74 Stace 89
Headcount: 42
Admission: £1
Programme: None
Mileage: 36/8,655
This was a third visit to Culverden Stadium in six days for Tunbridge Wells Under-21s. All three games have ended in defeat which may have accounted for the substitutes using us as their half-time target practice!
The prize on offer for the evening was elevation of one place in the division, should Tunbridge Wells win they would leapfrog their visitors Chatham Town into fifth position but should the Chats win they would in turn leapfrog Dorking Wanderers into a respectable fourth place finish.
The early stages was very much one-way traffic in favour of the hosts with Bayley Colbran smacking a shot against the post and, a minute later, forcing the Chatham goalkeeper to palm the ball over the bar. So it came as no surprise when the Wells went in front after 29 minutes. Colbran’s shot came back off the bar for Harry Forster to tuck in the rebound.
The set back triggered the Chats into action with chances for Warren Carver, who headed over and Jake Collins whose shot was saved on the line by Callum Hampson with claims that the ball had crossed the line.
Colbran had a shot cleared from the line but the visitors equaliser in first half stoppage time had been a long time coming. A fine run from the right wing and cross set up a tap-in for Carver.
A ridiculous push in the back from the Chats centre half on the lively Harry Osbourne resulted in a penalty from which Alex Carey converted to give the Wells a 48th minute 2-1 advantage.
That advantage did not last as, six minutes later, a defensive slip allowed Carver the opportunity that Hampson was only able to help the ball in.
Chatham took control of the game and went in front for the first time after 74 minutes when Collins shot into the bottom corner from 12 yards.
The Wells rallied but could not find a way through and the Chats wrapped up the game when Sam Stace scored.
All three of these Suburban League games have been watchable in their own way and it is a shame that as a Saturday league most supporters are watching their first teams leaving some talented youngsters to perform for the proverbial two men and a dog on a weekly basis.
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Monday, 14 May 2018
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Tunbridge Wells U21 1 Lingfield Reserves 3
Match 133/17/1583 - Wednesday, 9th May 2018 - Suburban League South
Tunbridge Wells U21 (1) 1
Lingfield Reserves (1) 3
Headcount: 37
Admission: £1 Senior
Programme: None
Mileage: 36/8,583
Two essentially Reserve teams playing a middle of the table encounter taking place almost a fortnight after the season officially ended doesn’t shout commitment from the rooftops. But from an eighth minute worldie through to mid-second half handbags and finishing with a time-added sending off the commitment of Tunbridge Wells and Lingfield contesting this Suburban League encounter had to be admired.
Unfortunately, I have no Lingfield team sheet to give credit to the visiting number 10 who from the right side of the box and from an acute angle volleyed into the top corner to the amazement certainly of the few assembled behind the goal and, from the celebrations, his own team mates.
Said number 10, flush from his success, proceeded to embark on a shoot on sight policy that never quite reached his eighth minute height.
Tunbridge Wells equalised after 26 minutes when a corner was headed home, sadly for the visitors by their own left back.
Harry Osbourne brought a save from the Lingfield goalkeeper as did George Salter with the number 10 continuing to take pot shots in between.
The half ended on a flashpoint as the irrepressible number 10 was clearly brought down in the box but the referee had a micro-second previously blown his whistle to end the half.
A well delivered free kick, 10 minutes into the second period, was met with a close range header from the Lingfield number eight to regain the lead for the visitors.
Four minutes later some sorry defending allowed the Lingfield number eight to stab the ball home from close range to make the score 3-1.
A poor tackle developed into pushing and shoving before plenty more got involved for the handbags incident that brought just a single yellow for each side.
There were substitutions aplenty in the time remaining that highlighted that myself, and folk around me, had no idea of the substitution rules of the Suburban League.
As the evening became chilly, the game was brought to a close with Lingfield being reduced to ten men when a player picked up a second yellow for dissent.
Who said it was a match that would just go through the motions?
Tunbridge Wells U21 (1) 1
Lingfield Reserves (1) 3
Headcount: 37
Admission: £1 Senior
Programme: None
Mileage: 36/8,583
Two essentially Reserve teams playing a middle of the table encounter taking place almost a fortnight after the season officially ended doesn’t shout commitment from the rooftops. But from an eighth minute worldie through to mid-second half handbags and finishing with a time-added sending off the commitment of Tunbridge Wells and Lingfield contesting this Suburban League encounter had to be admired.
Unfortunately, I have no Lingfield team sheet to give credit to the visiting number 10 who from the right side of the box and from an acute angle volleyed into the top corner to the amazement certainly of the few assembled behind the goal and, from the celebrations, his own team mates.
Said number 10, flush from his success, proceeded to embark on a shoot on sight policy that never quite reached his eighth minute height.
Tunbridge Wells equalised after 26 minutes when a corner was headed home, sadly for the visitors by their own left back.
Harry Osbourne brought a save from the Lingfield goalkeeper as did George Salter with the number 10 continuing to take pot shots in between.
The half ended on a flashpoint as the irrepressible number 10 was clearly brought down in the box but the referee had a micro-second previously blown his whistle to end the half.
A well delivered free kick, 10 minutes into the second period, was met with a close range header from the Lingfield number eight to regain the lead for the visitors.
Four minutes later some sorry defending allowed the Lingfield number eight to stab the ball home from close range to make the score 3-1.
A poor tackle developed into pushing and shoving before plenty more got involved for the handbags incident that brought just a single yellow for each side.
There were substitutions aplenty in the time remaining that highlighted that myself, and folk around me, had no idea of the substitution rules of the Suburban League.
As the evening became chilly, the game was brought to a close with Lingfield being reduced to ten men when a player picked up a second yellow for dissent.
Who said it was a match that would just go through the motions?
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Tunbridge Wells U21 2 Tonbridge Angels Res 1
Match 113/16/1420 - Tuesday, 28th March 2017 - Suburban Shield
Tunbridge Wells U21 (1) 2 Biddlecombe 33, Adams 49
Tonbridge Angels Reserves (1) 1 Morrison 30
Attendance: 107
Entrance: £1 Senior
Team Sheet: None
Mileage: 36/7,742
Who would be a goalkeeper? Lewis Mitchell single-handedly kept Tonbridge Angels in this game, but an inexplicable handling error four minutes into the second half ultimately decided the game and sent Tunbridge Wells through to the Semi-Finals of the Suburban Shield.
Tunbridge Wells deserved to make progress in the competition; in Josh Biddlecombe they had the only genuine first-teamer in either side and he had a quality that was above anybody else. Biddlecombe is suspended from the Wells first team game on Saturday, hence his inclusion in the Under-21 side for this game.
The closest either side came in the opening 20 minutes was a shot from the left from Tunbridge Wells' Joe Adams that crashed against the crossbar.
But it was the visitors that took the lead when a pass over the top sent Dameli Morrison clear to cleverly lob Callum Hampson in the Wells' goal.
The lead was only to last three minutes when the ball was slid through the centre for Biddlecombe to draw Mitchell from his line before slotting it past the goalkeeper.
Tunbridge Wells enjoyed a period of dominance before the break with Ollie Vidler having a shot blocked and Tom Lawrence sending the rebound over the bar.
Mitchell's nightmare moment came in the 49th minute when a cross from the right from Adams should have been an easy collect for the goalkeeper, but under pressure from Biddlecombe, he dropped the ball over his line with the referee quite rightly deciding that the striker had not impeded the goalkeeper.
Tonbridge had the odd half-chance through the second period but it was the Wells that made the clearer chances and the reason they didn't run out much clearer winners was due to Mitchell's brilliance.
The young Tonbridge stopper dived low to his left to deny Biddlecombe after an hour and his double save ten minutes later from close range was out of the top drawer.
If any criticism could be made of Biddlecombe's performance it would be that he was wasteful in front of goal and another couple of chances went begging just prior to the final whistle.
Tunbridge Wells U21 (1) 2 Biddlecombe 33, Adams 49
Tonbridge Angels Reserves (1) 1 Morrison 30
Attendance: 107
Entrance: £1 Senior
Team Sheet: None
Mileage: 36/7,742
Who would be a goalkeeper? Lewis Mitchell single-handedly kept Tonbridge Angels in this game, but an inexplicable handling error four minutes into the second half ultimately decided the game and sent Tunbridge Wells through to the Semi-Finals of the Suburban Shield.
Tunbridge Wells deserved to make progress in the competition; in Josh Biddlecombe they had the only genuine first-teamer in either side and he had a quality that was above anybody else. Biddlecombe is suspended from the Wells first team game on Saturday, hence his inclusion in the Under-21 side for this game.
The closest either side came in the opening 20 minutes was a shot from the left from Tunbridge Wells' Joe Adams that crashed against the crossbar.
But it was the visitors that took the lead when a pass over the top sent Dameli Morrison clear to cleverly lob Callum Hampson in the Wells' goal.
The lead was only to last three minutes when the ball was slid through the centre for Biddlecombe to draw Mitchell from his line before slotting it past the goalkeeper.
Tunbridge Wells enjoyed a period of dominance before the break with Ollie Vidler having a shot blocked and Tom Lawrence sending the rebound over the bar.
Mitchell's nightmare moment came in the 49th minute when a cross from the right from Adams should have been an easy collect for the goalkeeper, but under pressure from Biddlecombe, he dropped the ball over his line with the referee quite rightly deciding that the striker had not impeded the goalkeeper.
Tonbridge had the odd half-chance through the second period but it was the Wells that made the clearer chances and the reason they didn't run out much clearer winners was due to Mitchell's brilliance.
The young Tonbridge stopper dived low to his left to deny Biddlecombe after an hour and his double save ten minutes later from close range was out of the top drawer.
If any criticism could be made of Biddlecombe's performance it would be that he was wasteful in front of goal and another couple of chances went begging just prior to the final whistle.
Monday, 30 January 2017
Tunbridge Wells U21 5 Corinthian Reserves 3
Match 83/16/1390 - Monday, 30th January 2017 - Suburban Shield
Tunbridge Wells U21 (4) 5 Bartlett 3,80 Smith 11, OG 41, Lawrence 44
Corinthian Reserves (1) 3 Pearce 16, Tanner 75,79
Headcount: 40
Entrance: £3
Programme: None
Mileage: 58/5,857
If ever there was a competition that was devised to fill up a few empty days then surely it must be the Suburban Shield. Information is sparse; I had managed to work out that a group stage was involved by virtue of Tunbridge Wells playing both Corinthian and Tonbridge, little did I know that Cray Valley and Crowborough were also involved. In the case of Tonbridge, how they are going to manage to fulfil the fixtures, especially the home ties, goodness only knows.
Tunbridge Wells managed to maintain the air of mystery by not providing any information on the line-ups, in fact on the FA Full time website they still have only nine starting players listed. I do despair, and the Wells are far from the only guilty party, when clubs cannot manage to list the players from both sides anywhere.
Corinthian play their Suburban League football in the top division, whilst Tunbridge Wells are positioned in the southern section of the division below, this was not apparent as the home side took complete control of the game in the first half.
Tunbridge Wells were ahead in three minutes when a cross from the right was turned in from close range by Rhys Bartlett and they were two in front after 11 minutes when a shot from Callum Smith, a new signing from Westfield, went through the Corinthian goalkeeper, Harry Earls.
Corinthian fought back to reduce the deficit five minutes later when Louis Pearce turned in a cross from about a couple of yards.
Tommy Lawrence saw a lob go just over with Earls helpless before Jake Hampson, in the Wells goal, made a good save low to his left to deny Corinthian's number eight.
Four minutes before the break a Corinthian defender turned a shot-cum-cross into his own goal at the near post and the tally was increased to four in the last minute of the half when Lawrence scored at the far post.
Two goals in four minutes from Luke Tanner reduced the deficit to a single goal but Bartlett put the game to bed with ten minutes remaining turning in a cross from Bes Sadiku.
With both Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells involved in the competition, I'll be following it as closely as internet searches allow!
Tunbridge Wells U21 (4) 5 Bartlett 3,80 Smith 11, OG 41, Lawrence 44
Corinthian Reserves (1) 3 Pearce 16, Tanner 75,79
Headcount: 40
Entrance: £3
Programme: None
Mileage: 58/5,857
If ever there was a competition that was devised to fill up a few empty days then surely it must be the Suburban Shield. Information is sparse; I had managed to work out that a group stage was involved by virtue of Tunbridge Wells playing both Corinthian and Tonbridge, little did I know that Cray Valley and Crowborough were also involved. In the case of Tonbridge, how they are going to manage to fulfil the fixtures, especially the home ties, goodness only knows.
Tunbridge Wells managed to maintain the air of mystery by not providing any information on the line-ups, in fact on the FA Full time website they still have only nine starting players listed. I do despair, and the Wells are far from the only guilty party, when clubs cannot manage to list the players from both sides anywhere.
Corinthian play their Suburban League football in the top division, whilst Tunbridge Wells are positioned in the southern section of the division below, this was not apparent as the home side took complete control of the game in the first half.
Tunbridge Wells were ahead in three minutes when a cross from the right was turned in from close range by Rhys Bartlett and they were two in front after 11 minutes when a shot from Callum Smith, a new signing from Westfield, went through the Corinthian goalkeeper, Harry Earls.
Corinthian fought back to reduce the deficit five minutes later when Louis Pearce turned in a cross from about a couple of yards.
Tommy Lawrence saw a lob go just over with Earls helpless before Jake Hampson, in the Wells goal, made a good save low to his left to deny Corinthian's number eight.
Four minutes before the break a Corinthian defender turned a shot-cum-cross into his own goal at the near post and the tally was increased to four in the last minute of the half when Lawrence scored at the far post.
Two goals in four minutes from Luke Tanner reduced the deficit to a single goal but Bartlett put the game to bed with ten minutes remaining turning in a cross from Bes Sadiku.
With both Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells involved in the competition, I'll be following it as closely as internet searches allow!
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Tunbridge Wells U21 1 Whitstable Town U21 1
Match 15/16/1323 - Monday, 15th August 2016 - Suburban Southern League
Tunbridge Wells (0) 1
Whitstable Town (0) 1
Headcount: 40
Entrance: £3
Programme: None
Mileage: 38/1,631
There have been a few dawns of new eras at Culverden in recent times so the first fixture for Tunbridge Wells' newly formed Under-21 side was in comparison low key. The Suburban Southern League is not a Under-21 age group league and the club will be concentrating on players under 21 but can use the fixtures to give squad members or players returning from injury game time. The team is to be managed by Lee Mackelden who was instrumental in bringing Tom Mackelden, Ryan Crandley and Stephen Ikpeme to the club.
Naturally enough, there wasn't a huge crowd in attendance for the visit of Whitstable Town's B side, I'm guessing we will see several variations in the naming of sides in the league.
A white board with the teams on would have been a great help as many of us are struggling recognising some of the first team let alone the reserves. Kit manager, Stuart Lucas was able to furnish us with the majority of the names with a couple stumping even him. First teamers making an appearance were Jake Hampson, Stephen Ikpeme, Tom Lawrence and Rhys Bartlett.
Tunbridge Wells exerted the early pressure but the best chance of the first half fell to Whitstable when John Fregerne firstly attempted to round goalkeeper Ryan Chandler, but as the custodian touched the ball away forcing the man wide, Fregerne's shot hit a post.
By half-time, although the game remained goal-less, Whitstable had created the best of the chances.
Bartlett shot across the face of goal early in the second period before the home side took the lead on the hour. A cross from the right being swept home by second half substitute, Dale Ashman.
Whitstable got the equaliser they deserved with eight minutes remaining when Fregerne scampered away down the right and crossed for Smith to score from close range.
A late free kick from Alex Carey brought an excellent save from the visiting goalkeeper to preserve the parity of the scoreline.
In the new period where budgets are necessarily being reduced, this is the level from where the next generation of Tunbridge Wells first team players will need to come.
Tunbridge Wells (0) 1
Whitstable Town (0) 1
Headcount: 40
Entrance: £3
Programme: None
Mileage: 38/1,631
There have been a few dawns of new eras at Culverden in recent times so the first fixture for Tunbridge Wells' newly formed Under-21 side was in comparison low key. The Suburban Southern League is not a Under-21 age group league and the club will be concentrating on players under 21 but can use the fixtures to give squad members or players returning from injury game time. The team is to be managed by Lee Mackelden who was instrumental in bringing Tom Mackelden, Ryan Crandley and Stephen Ikpeme to the club.
Naturally enough, there wasn't a huge crowd in attendance for the visit of Whitstable Town's B side, I'm guessing we will see several variations in the naming of sides in the league.
A white board with the teams on would have been a great help as many of us are struggling recognising some of the first team let alone the reserves. Kit manager, Stuart Lucas was able to furnish us with the majority of the names with a couple stumping even him. First teamers making an appearance were Jake Hampson, Stephen Ikpeme, Tom Lawrence and Rhys Bartlett.
Tunbridge Wells exerted the early pressure but the best chance of the first half fell to Whitstable when John Fregerne firstly attempted to round goalkeeper Ryan Chandler, but as the custodian touched the ball away forcing the man wide, Fregerne's shot hit a post.
By half-time, although the game remained goal-less, Whitstable had created the best of the chances.
Bartlett shot across the face of goal early in the second period before the home side took the lead on the hour. A cross from the right being swept home by second half substitute, Dale Ashman.
Whitstable got the equaliser they deserved with eight minutes remaining when Fregerne scampered away down the right and crossed for Smith to score from close range.
A late free kick from Alex Carey brought an excellent save from the visiting goalkeeper to preserve the parity of the scoreline.
In the new period where budgets are necessarily being reduced, this is the level from where the next generation of Tunbridge Wells first team players will need to come.
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