Rusthall (0) 1
Corinthian (1) 3 Clover 20 Tanner 37,50
Attendance: 98
Admission: £4 Senior
Programme: None
Mileage: 38/2,621
The season is still in its early stages but it already appears that next season’s local derby between Rusthall and Tunbridge Wells could be in SCEFL Division One unless there is an upsurge of form before it is too late. Admittedly, pointless Croydon are at present the favourites to occupy one of the relegation spots.
Rusthall came into the game, in the bottom two, with just the four points from their nine games but with a vastly inferior goal difference than their neighbours.
On a chilly evening, visitors Corinthian started on the front foot with Rusthall’s stand-in goalkeeper Jake Cornish turning over an fifth minute effort from Charlie Clover.
Cornish was required to make further saves from Connor Johnson before a soft free kick was floated into the box for Johnson to touch in.
Corinthian went on to dominate the half with chances to increase their lead arriving at regular intervals. Oscar Housego fired into the side netting and stretched Cornish into a good stop, low to his left.
It took all of 37 minutes before a tame header managed to dirty the Corinthian goalkeeper’s hands. But within a minute, Corinthian doubled their advantage when a low cross from Johnson was swept home by Luke Tanner from close range.
The game was put beyond Rusthall when a stroke of misfortune saw an attempted clearance strike Tanner and rebound into the net.
The game became ridiculously one-sided with Rusthall only surviving a heavy defeat by the wastefulness of their visitors.
Eventually, with the referee playing just a single minute of time added (as he had done in the first half), Rusthall struck from the right side of the box to give the scoreline some respectability.
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