Dover Athletic (0) 0
Tonbridge (0) 0
Att. 1,003
Entrance: £9 Senior Citizen
Programme: £2.00
Mileage: 95/872
Match Report
This League continues to confuse me. I was disturbed on Tuesday night by the way that Welling virtually bullied Tonbridge out of the game and expected more of the same at Dover, but this time we came across a side far less physical that virtually allowed their visitors to play their own game.
Who would have thought, given the goalfest that has been Tonbridge’s season so far, that this fixture would end up goalless. But, I’m sure most of the Tonbridge support assembled and probably Tommy Warrilow, would have taken the result on the way in.
Martin Hayes gave a less than gracious Radio Kent interview after the game but when he reflects, he must eventually come to the conclusion that for whatever reason, Tonbridge were well worth their point and were the team that came closest to winning with a Frannie Collin opportunity right at the death.
It was a game of very few goal scoring opportunities, George Purcell and Billy Bricknell had first half shots that failed to trouble Tonbridge keeper, Lee Worgan and Tonbridge entered the half time break thoroughly content with their opening half effort.
The second half saw Tonbridge build on the confidence taken from the opening period and could have had a penalty on the hour when Lee Browning was brought down. In the final 10 minutes Collin had chances to put his former employers to the sword with first a run that left three defenders in his wake before a shot that sailed over and in the last minute of time added on he forced Venezuelan keeper Miguel Ruiz into a great save and we all watched in anguish as his follow up shot was blocked by Nathan Ashton to deny a famous victory for the Angels.
Easy conclusion to make from this game is that Welling might well be the side that are to emerge as the best team in Conference South as they moved to the top of the table with another easy victory today, whilst the likes of Sutton, who were impressive at Longmead, are still looking for consistency.
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