Tonbridge Angels (1) 3 Turner 41,71 Stone 56
Tunbridge Wells (0) 0
Attendance: 228
Admission: £3 Senior
Team Sheet: 50p
Mileage: 38/431
Tonbridge eased to a comfortable victory over their near neighbours Tunbridge Wells, who remained competitive for much of the match but were rather toothless in the final third.
Both teams, barring an odd player on either side, fielded sides that could conceivably start their respective league seasons.
As should be expected as the senior side, Tonbridge, dominated the early stages. Trialist Adem Ramadan, who after appearing in all the games so far must be exercising Steve McKimm’s mind, stretched Cameron Hall to a fine stop low to his left after just three minutes and the goalkeeper needed to be at his best to deny Joe Turner after a quarter of an hour.
It took the best part of 30 minutes for Tunbridge Wells to mount a serious attack that ended with Josh Biddlecombe shooting over.
But whilst it was largely one-way traffic, a combination of stout defending and wayward finishing kept the game goalless until the 41st minute when Alex Read slid a short pass on the edge of the penalty area to Turner who fired into the bottom corner.
Before the end of the half, Liam Smith saw a shot saved by Hall and had another effort which was deflected narrowly over his own crossbar by Jake Hampson.
Read steered a header wide early in the second half after being set up by Craig Stone and in a rare foray forward Tunbridge Wells substitute Rory Salter fired wide.
The home side doubled their advantage after 56 minutes when Stone followed up to score after Hall had parried Ramadan’s initial shot.
The closest the Wells came to scoring came on 68 minutes when Biddlecombe lobbed the advancing Jonny Henly, but the ball drifted agonisingly wide.
Turner put the game to bed for the Angels when he cut in from the left to bury a shot from around 20 yards.
On another very hot afternoon, both teams contributed to an entertaining afternoon which culminated with the presentation of the Courier Cup, which I don’t think many people knew they were playing for!
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