Tenterden Town 1 vs 3 Blackham And Ashurst Sarac

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">The county cup always holds an element of mystery as 90% of the teams in the draw we have never played before.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&rsquo;s also a good chance to test ourselves against opposition from higher up the footballing pyramid and also from teams at supposedly equal levels throughout Kent.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">We were drawn against Tenterden Town from the Kent County league Division 2.&nbsp; In theory a division above us.&nbsp; We had nothing to lose and after winning three out of three travelled down in convoy in a buoyant mood.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">There was a change in the formation returning to the tried and tested 4-4-2&nbsp; with Hobbit partnering 2Gun for the first time since the opening day.&nbsp; Luke Leppard came in to the starting line up for the first time and there was a return to the squad for Gandhi after his early season scare with aids. &nbsp;Good to have you back pal.&nbsp; In true Coach Pat fashion the ginger match stick managed to break himself in the warm up.&nbsp; The downside for us was nothing compared to the implications it had for the Tenterden players.&nbsp; Pat was now free to sit there an abuse anyone not wearing the black and red of B&A, and to no one&rsquo;s surprise that exactly what he did do.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">From the off B&A looked like the better side and there was certainly no divide in quality.&nbsp; The only real difference was the opposition were much quicker at shutting us down and closing the middle down.&nbsp; That said we moved the ball well and used Luke and Baggo in the wide positions.&nbsp; Baggo was looking sharp and was getting the ball in and Luke was just powering past the full back with apparent ease.&nbsp; The back four looked very well organised with Junior Slade a constant outlet, also linking up well with Leppard.&nbsp; But it was the big man up top that was standing out from the off.&nbsp; 2Gun Willy was doing everything a big target man should do, holding the ball up for his colleagues to get forward and also putting in the occasional turn to keep his markers on their toes.&nbsp; At the same time Hobbit was scuttling about making nuisance of himself and looking for scraps.&nbsp; In fact it was his endeavour that led to the break through.&nbsp; He chased down a loose ball deep in the Tenterden half and beet the defender forcing him to slide in and make the tackle winning a corner.&nbsp; From the resulting corner Bish rose to head back in to the mixer, Fergy nudged it on and a blue and white shirt forced it over his own line while trying to hand ball it away.&nbsp; From then on the B&A boys didn&rsquo;t look back and went in to the half time break high on confidence.&nbsp; Things took a downward turn early in the second half when Baggo had to come off injured after one of the Tenterden Town players had breather heavily on him out on the wing.&nbsp; The pain was too much for the young Jewish wing wizard and so was replaced by Zac Morris from Saved by the bell.&nbsp; Soon after Bayley Woggles was introduced and provided exactly what was needed, some good old fashioned steel in the middle.&nbsp; With twenty minutes to go up popped Hobbit again.&nbsp; After being slipped in by Thumbelina he thwarted the defender &nbsp;&nbsp;and, at the second attempt slotted the ball in to the onion bag.&nbsp; It was then left to the man of the match to seal the deal with the strike of the day.&nbsp; After Hamish Macbeth won the ball in his own half, he fed 2Gun who played a neat one-two with bayley before dispatching the ball in to the top corner.&nbsp; A well deserved goal after an extremely hard working performance.&nbsp; We conceded a soft goal late on, a lesson to keep going and keep concentrating until the end but all in all a very good performance against a solid opposition.