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Whilst Angels were the first to twig this, benefiting
form a few soft decisions, they lost out on a borderline
penalty shout five minutes before the break, instead
receiving a free kick on the edge of the box which
gave Terrors their first real uncomfortable
moments.
Three minutes before
the break and the other top striker on the pitch,
Tonbridges' Carl Rook, announced his presence by
taking advantage of some slack defending and notching
the equaliser. However, the blue celebrations were
quickly curtailed when Charley Vines completed his ton
in fine style with a cracking volley, sending players
and fans wild with delight.
Denarain completed a
poor half by failing to punish Gavyn Dayes for an
elbow into Simon Parkers face - but at least the
official he had the decency to look embarrassed about
it afterwards! Fortunately the players (of both
sides) chose not to use this as a tinder box moment
and proceeded to effectively police themselves for the
rest of the game.
Half Time: Terrors 2-1 Tonbridge Angels
Tooting continued to
push and were rewarded with a third when Parker curled
a beauty past Worgan, but within two minutes things
started to go horribly wrong. Rook slipped in a
second for Tonbridge and almost immediately was able
to complete his hat trick by converting a softly
conceded penalty.
If the Terrors were
now nervous then they did a good job of hiding it as
they continued to push forward and it was not long
before that man Vines rounded off his dream afternoon
by latching on to another Parker through ball and
completing his hat trick.
With ten minutes left
Tonbridge played their last card by bringing on
strikers Sigere and almost Terror Stefan Ball, but to
little effect. Aaron Goode
had posed a constant threat throughout the afternoon,
particularly with his penetrating runs into the
box. One such foray, about fifteen minutes from
time, provided Craig Pitterson with a chance to test
Worgan and another, right at the death, was calmly
planted in the back of the net by Goode himself.
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