Burgess Hill Town (0) 0
Tonbridge Angels (4) 4 Turner 6 Derry 17,26 McKenzie 32
Attendance: 417
Admission: £6 Senior
Programme: £2
Mileage: 84/5,550
The home side that slumped to the bottom of the table following this defeat at least gained a measure of respectability following a goalless second half which also saw the dismissal of Angels’ substitute Jared Small.
An early corner from Tom Beere that slipped through the hands of Bromage was an indication that the youngster was going to be under pressure every time the ball was lifted into the penalty area.
After five minutes, a poor touch from Tom Derry after being sent clear by Joe Turner, let the Hillians off the hook and, a minute later, Bromage did well to turn over a shot from Beere.
Tonbridge had adapted to a poor pitch much better than their hosts and their vulnerability to the high ball was exploited after seven minutes when a Beere corner was headed just inside the far post by Turner.
Only a further minute had elapsed when Chinedu McKenzie was sent clear but his lob over the advancing Bromage struck the bar.
Burgess Hill’s Pat Harding shot over in the home side’s first attempt on the Angels’ goal but, after 17 minutes, McKenzie lifted the ball over the head of a defender and into path of Derry who clinically finished.
After 26 minutes, the lead was increased to three when Turner set up Derry to outpace the cumbersome Hillians’ back line and shoot into the bottom corner.
The afternoon was looking to become very embarrassing for Burgess Hill when Adem Ramadan passed to McKenzie who planted a shot into the top corner.
Burgess Hill ended the half with a couple of yellow cards to complete a miserable 45 minutes for their suffering supporters.
Burgess Hill manager Simon Wormull’s half-time team talk at least engendered some resilience into his floundering troops and whilst the traffic continued in one direction the expected avalanche of goals in the second half failed to materialise.
Bromage excelled to turn over an effort from Derry but then dropped a cross and in the ensuing melee a shot from Sonny Miles was blocked, such was the young ‘keeper’s afternoon.
After 78 minutes Small saw red for supposed violent conduct, a swing of the arm to free himself from the clutches of a defender. The referee consulted a linesman who concluded he had seen enough to advice on the dismissal.
In truth, following the first half action, the game rather peetered out and, in time added, Jonny Henly muddied his gloves for the first time when he comfortably saved twice from Aaron Smith-Joseph.
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