Ashford Town (Middlesex) (0) 1 Harris 57
Tonbridge Angels (3) 7 Legge 9, 33, Olorunda 38, 67,
Storey 55, 69 (2 pens), Logan 80
Att. 144
Entrance: £9
Programme: £2
Mileage: 132/3,174
New Ground No: 226
Match Report
It rained heavily and incessantly and it rained goals for Tonbridge Angels. At the beginning of the day Ashford Town (Middlesex) sat one place above their visitors in the league table and last Saturday held Conference side Forest Green Rovers to a draw, so there could be no indication of the scoreline that would follow.Leading goalscorer Carl Rook was serving a one match suspension and he was replaced by Ade Olorunda, back after a 6 week spell on the sidelines through injury.
Two Leon Legge headers put Tonbridge in control of the game in the first 20 minutes and when Olorunda was played through by John Westcott, he finished effectively to give Tonbridge a 3-0 half time lead.
Olorunda was tripped for an Anthony Storey penalty to increase the lead to four, before Ashford pegged one back. The home side failed to deal with set pieces and anything in the air all afternoon and when Olorunda nodded home the fifth from a corner, any thought of an Ashford comeback was dispelled. Another Storey penalty made it six and a 25 yard free kick from Fraser Logan completed the scoring.
Tonbridge supporters made up the bulk of the attendance and their jovial renditions of “It’s Raining Goals” and “Singing in the Rain” was a humorous end to the afternoon.
The Short Lane Stadium is a bit of an ugly duckling but I was certainly grateful for the covered enclosures that kept us from a real soaking. The backdrop of the fuel plant containers behind one goal make for a less than scenic landscape and the match is played to the continuous drone of planes taking off from nearby Heathrow Airport.
It is quite a strange place to watch football, but there was none stranger than today’s result.
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