Tonbridge Angels (0) 0
Torquay United (1) 1 Young 38
Attendance: 1,304
Admission: Season Ticket
Mileage: 38/5,678
Torquay United returned to Devon with three precious points in their quest for promotion, courtesy of a 35th minute winner from Jordan Young in a game in which the hosts could justifiably make a case of being deserving of a point.
Jay Saunders was rightly proud of his side’s performance: “I feel a little bit hard done by, I thought we deserved something out of the game. I’m quite proud of the boys, against a full-time outfit, one of the favourites, we’ve put on a good performance. We’ve had a go to the end, but unfortunately, come up a little bit short in the quality area, the key moments that are the difference between winning or drawing games. But, all in all, we caused them problems, we created chances but lacked that quality to take them.”
Tonbridge Angels matched their visitors in almost every department in the game but lacked the clinical finish that Young executed for the game’s only goal. After winning possession on the left touchline, Torquay broke forward rapidly which culminated with a shot from Matt Jay that struck a post with the rebound falling to Young who cleanly struck home his opportunity.
The Angels had created two earlier chances when the ball was hacked to safety after four minutes after it bounced loose in the penalty area following a corner and on 16 minutes when Jack Wood was sent clear he saw his lob over goalkeeper, James Hamon, drifting agonisingly wide.
A sickening clash of heads saw Tonbridge’s 18 year-old Mikey Berry knocked unconscious and he was helped from the field in a groggy state of health `after an extended time of treatment.
Jamie Fielding kept the Gulls advantage at a single goal before the break with a last gasp challenge to deny Offrande Zanzala after he had rounded Matt Rowley.
The second half saw the Angels exert considerable pressure on Torquay but the resolute defending of the visitors limited the chances. Sean Shields struck the outside of a post early in the half and when Shields went clear on 79 minutes, Hamon was quickly off his line to smother and, following, Mo Dabre was felled as the ball ran loose but the referee waved away penalty claims.
In a frantic period of added time, substitute Brody Peart brought a near post save from Hamon and Jay Saunders was shown a red card as time ebbed away whilst the Torquay goalkeeper was sat on the ground receiving treatment. Hamon preserved the points for Torquay with a good save to deny Ronny Nelson’s header as the clock ticked into its third minute of added time.
Jay added: “Credit to the boys, it’s just disappointing that we couldn’t get anything out of the game which for large parts we gave a good account of ourselves.”
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