Bromley 1 Bath City 1 – BSS – 28/03/09
Bromley shared the points with their visitors from Somerset in an entertaining game where Bath probably had the best of the play, but Bromley always look a threat on the break and could have won it late on.
Bath started well with a spell of pressure that saw Jerome Sobers clearing off the line and Gareth Williams making a fine save from Stuart Douglas. Bromley improved and came back into the game with the visitors full backs happy to clear the ball as far out of the ground when under the slightest pressure. Bath went close twice more before the break with Darren Edwards heading against the post and Adam Connolly having a fierce shot tipped over by Williams.
Bromley got the perfect start to the second half when Ali Chabban’s shot was parried by Paul Evans into the path of Harry Harding who found the net for the 17 year olds first senior team goal. The Ravens couldn’t hold onto the lead though and Bath were level on 54mins when Bromley failed to clear their lines from a corner and Mark Badman found the net with a bicycle kick through a crowd of players. Darren Edwards was denied by Williams soon after before Bromley went on to dominate the rest of the game. Mark Goldberg switched to 3-5-2 and this time it worked. Ryan Hall went close twice, Warren McBean hit the bar from close range, Adrian Stone had a shot which appeared to be blocked by the defenders hands and Ashley Robinson fired just over, but there were no more goals and the game ended level which was about fair.
Quote for the game, ‘There’s 600 Wimbledon fans coming down for the Whitstable game to buy tickets!’ – Mikey. .
Bromley: Williams, Norval, Dolby, Gillman, Sobers, Hall, I’Anosn, Harding, Chabban, Stone, McBean. Subs: Davis, Corneille, Pakasa, Robinson, Manning
