Tonbridge Angels 2 Potters Bar Town 1

Match 41/18/1634 - Saturday, 6th October 2018 - Bostik Premier

Tonbridge Angels (0) 2 Parkinson 47 Turner 72
Potters Bar Town (0) 1 Casey 49
Attendance: 393

Admission: Season Ticket
Programme: £2.50
Mileage: 38/2,769

The first half of this game was as dank as the weather that probably took around a hundred off the gate with those that had braved the elements deserting their usual positions in the open to take refuge under cover.

At 20 minutes thoughts had been that this has been a little dull with very little happening. By 40 minutes the game was edging towards tedious and at 45 minutes the half-time whistle was more than welcome.

Potters Bar’s goalkeeper, Berkley Laurencin saved well from Jack Richards and in time-added Bradley Sach just about dirtied the gloves of Jonny Henly.

The game begged a goal and it duly arrived for the home side in the first minute of the second half. A free kick from Joe Turner was met at the far post, headed back across the face for Tom Parkinson to score.

Potters Bar’s response was immediate with a free kick from Keegan Cole that rebounded back off the wall to the taker whose second attempt was driven against the underside of the bar for Eoin Casey to nod home from no more than a yard.

The visitors tails were briefly up and Dernell Wynter fired over but from the hour mark Tonbridge took the ascendancy with Turner very much to the fore. He tested Laurencin and after 70 minutes had a trio of shots that the Scholar’s defence managed to block. But Turner was not to be denied and three minutes later he powered through the centre of the defence before rifling in a shot that gave the goalkeeper no chance.

A wonderful move involving substitutes Jared Small and Liam King ended with Turner firing over before Potters Bar’s Sean Grace somewhat harshly saw red for a challenge when King was sent clear.

Two defeats had nowhere near represented a downturn in form but getting back to winning ways was welcome.