Chatham Town U21 (2) 2 Palmer 33, Bearman-Dyce 43
Tunbridge Wells U21 (0) 1 Carey 50 (pen)
Headcount: 36
Entrance: £2 Senior
Programme: None
Mileage: 32/1,490
Bank Holiday Monday, sweltering heat and drinks breaks, Wednesday night digging out the heavy coat. Global warming anyone?
A very wet day had turned into a damp evening with a definite autumn chill but these respective under-21s played out a very competitive game in which Tunbridge Wells arguably would have gone home slightly aggrieved that they took nothing out of the game.
As usual at this level, no team sheet to give the Chatham players credit (a later edit following their team sheet appearing on Full Time at least allows the naming of their scorers) and Billy Palmer deserved at least that for an excellent solo goal after 33 minutes when he jinked his way past three Wells defender to finish clinically into the bottom corner.
Until that point, the game had been evenly contested with Matt Colman and Bayley Colbran stretching the Chats' goalkeeper in the first ten minutes.
After 14 minutes, from a free kick into the box the Chatham number six headed onto the top of the crossbar.
Following the opening goal the home side had a good period in which Caleb Bearman-Dyce was allowed to run with the ball from his own half before shooting over the bar.
A minute before the break, a long punt forward was poorly dealt with by the Tunbridge Wells defence with Bearman-Dyce capitalising and slotting the ball past Cameron Hall in the Wells goal.
Tunbridge Wells dominated the second period and when Tommy Lawrence was brought down on the right side of the box, Alex Carey reduced the deficit from the spot.
Wasted chances came aplenty from the visitors whilst the Chats did whack one against the bar after 65 minutes.
Chatham's George Acland saw red for a second bookable offence in the final minute of regular time and when substitute Joe Pickett was brought down when going through a second Chatham player, Joe Halford, might have suffered a similar fate but only saw yellow with the resultant free kick fired against the wall.
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