Tonbridge 1 Harrow Borough 1

Match 27/08/711 - Saturday, 22nd November 2008 - Ryman Premier

Tonbridge (0) 1 Storey 58
Harrow Borough (1) 1 Clarke 1
Att. 421

Entrance: £10
Programme: £2
Mileage: 26/3,371

Match Report

In weather that was reminiscent of that in Berlin, but without the rain, Tonbridge failed to capitalise on their fine midweek victory over Dartford. With Staines not in league action, the Angels had the opportunity to go second in the table with a victory over bottom three opponents, Harrow Borough.

In another throwback to Wednesday night, a goalkeeping eeror from Lee Worgan gifted the visitors the lead after just 14 seconds. A punt over the top of the Tonbridge back four saw Worgan chasing to the edge of his box before fatally hesitating allowing Dewayne Clarke to nip in and prod the ball past him.

The remainder of the first half was even, but the visitors continued to belie their lowly league position. Clarke was a real speedster, on a couple of occasions making Scott Gooding look pedestrian. Worgan made amends for his earlier mistake with a good save from Robin Shroot, a Northern Ireland Under-21 international, evidently being watched by Peterborough United, who have a good record of dipping into non-league football for signings.

Tonbridge must have had misgiving of what the day was about to bring when midway through the first half Harrow goalkeeper, Andray Baptiste, made a quite stunning save.

The second half began with Clarke once again troubling the Angels defence before Anthony Storey finally brought them level in the 58th minute. A Leon Legge long throw that had previously been giving Harrow problems fell to Carl Rook who laid it back to Storey to drive in from the edge of the box.

At this point, and once again being lulled into a false sense of security by Harrow’s league position, it was felt that the home side would go on to seal the points. But none of it. Directly from the restart, Harrow central defender, Tobi Jinadu crashed a 25 yarder against the bar and before the end, Rook was needed to forego his attacking duties to clear off the line.

So, on the face of it, a surprising drop of points by the Angels, but either Harrow had a really good day or they are destined to climb the table to safety in the coming months.