Saturday 26th October 2019
Isthmian League Division One South East
Three Bridges 3 - 5 Herne Bay
Att: 56
Goals: Ansah (2) Campbell Stevenson Tyreese- Walters

Herne Bay: George Kamusari, Ryan Cooper, Patrick Nzuzi, Laurence Harvey, Phil Starkey, Mobolaji Dawodu, Tushaun-Tyreese Walters, Daniel Lawrence, Zac Ansah, Bradley Stevenson, Keiron Campbell
Subs Used: Ryan King-Elliott (Tyreece-Walters 72) Luke Griffiths (Stevenson 77) Joe Nelder (Campbell 81)
Subs not used: Victor Aiyelabola

This was the proverbial ‘game of two halves’. The first was not one of Bays’ best 45 minutes. There appeared to be no urgency and a lack of any quality and Three Bridges took full advantage of this to totally dominate the half. Alex Laing opened the scoring on 14, drilling a low shot in at the far post. His second, and goal of the game, came when he ghosted past three midfield players and curled his shot into the top corner from fully 25 yards. A minute later, Tom Tolfrey made it three. This after only 26 minutes. Bay hung on and defended well for the rest of the half to prevent Bridges from killing the game off before half time.
With the wind and driving rain at their backs Bay turned the game on its head scoring three in three minutes. All inside the first 5 minutes of the restart. Keiron Campbell started the comeback; breaking through, rounding the keeper and sliding the ball home. Straight from the restart Danny Lawrence intercepted and slid the ball to Zac Ansah. He in turn fed Bradley Stevenson, who smashed the ball onto the underside of the bar and into the net. Then unbelievably a breakaway by Ryan Cooper from deep in his own half, passing to Stevenson whose low cross was met by Ansah making no mistake from close range. Bola Dawodu could have made it four two minutes later but he just overran the ball when through on goal with only the keeper to beat.
Bridges were shell shocked, their first half lead gone and Bay were in total control. The elements were really in their favour and it wasn’t long before Tushaun-Tyreese Walters put Bay in front. A solo run from the left got him into the area and just as it looked as if he stumbled under the defender’s challenge he fired the ball across the keeper into the far corner.
There was only going to be one winner now. Ansah made it a ‘nap hand’ netting substitute Ryan King Elliott low cross into the box. Ansah should have had a hat-trick but he was denied by first by the cross bar and then the post as he went through one-on-one, beating the keeper both times but lady luck was not with him.
Bay move up to 10th with this victory.