Glebe (0) 0
Tunbridge Wells (0) 0
Attendance: 63
Entrance: £5 Senior
Programme: Included
Mileage: 62/4,673
But it was in defence where the Wells earned their reward. Perry Spackman was commanding and, when he was called upon, goalkeeper Jack Bradshaw produced several good saves to preserve his clean sheet.
Jason Bourne made two changes from the side that lost on Tuesday evening to Beckenham. Keiron Tarbie returned to the side and Drew Crush was promoted from the bench with Tommy Lawrence named among the substitutes as was new signing from Herne Bay (a Carlos Valderama lookalike!) Jarrod Trespaderne.
On a bitterly cold afternoon, it took a while for the game to warm up with Bradshaw saving comfortably and Spackman putting in the first of several well-timed blocks.
The first moment of real note came after 32 minutes when Bradshaw saved well, low to his left, from Laurent Hamici.
Tunbridge Wells responded with a shot from Tom Davey that was deflected wide for a corner and another from Steven Ita that was narrowly wide.
Bradshaw was brought into action again making a fine save from Hamici five minutes before the break.
Into the second half and, after nine minutes, the Wells defence got themselves into a mighty tangle but, once more, Bradshaw came to their rescue pushing away another effort from Hamici.
The Wells’ best chance of the afternoon came after 64 minutes when a free kick was only half-cleared to the feet of John Shea whose first time shot crashed against the post with the follow-up from Ita being blocked and finally cleared.
Glebe put in a final effort and a header from a corner was narrowly wide but the Wells defended strongly to thoroughly deserve their point. New signing Trespaderne had an energetic 10 minutes from the bench and Alex Kendall, pushed further forward, also impressed.
Tunbridge Wells now go into a difficult run of games starting with an away fixture at Bearsted next Saturday.
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