Bromley 1 Hayes and Yeading 1 - TFT Match Report

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Bromley 1 Hayes & Yeading Utd 1 – VCS – 14/02/2015
Bromley looked to be heading for another home defat until they grabbed a late point against a hard working Hayes & Yeading side who battled in the Hayes Lane mud and deserved at least a draw for their efforts.
Both sides created chances early on Kadell Daniels went close for the visitors while Moses Ademola and Ben May forced saves from Callum Kitscha. Hayes had the better of things as the half went on Elliott Benyon shooting just wide and former Raven Wes Daly firing over. Late on Bromley rallied with Reece Prestedge hitting the bar from an Ugo Udoji cross and Ali Fuseini denied by Kitscha, but the sides went in level.
The second half saw Bromey do most of the attcking Ademola have an early a header saved, but it was Phil Babb’s men who took the lead on 54minutes when Dean Inman headed home a Daniels corner. Bromley continued to press with Rob Swaine having a siding effort saved from a corner and Jamie Slabber going close with a header. On a rare break Alan Julian saved bravely at the feet of Daniels to keep the score down to one at the other end. Late on The Ravens keep pushing, Slabber was denied by a superb Inman tackle and he headed the resulting corner narrowly over. Then after two half cleared chances from a set piece Bromley finally equalised on 87minutes as Slabber flicked a header in a crowded area into the top corner from ten yards out. Deep into injury time with Bromley pushing forward captain Swaine was sent off as he committed a crude foul on Tom Derry at the half way line as the Hayes sub broke clear, but it was too late to effect this game.
The Ravens now travel to Ebbsfleet on Tuesday in what could prove to be a key game in the title race.

Bromley: Julian, Udoji (Waldren 72), Anderson, Fuseini, Swaine, Holland, Ademola, Prestedge, May (Slabber 60), Goldberg, Cook (Dennis 31). Subs Not Used: McNaughton, Rodgers.

Quote for the game, 'we deserve no more than a point.' - John.

[AlanPep]

Fair play to H&Y, deserved point. Other results yesterday probably soften the blow as well. Would have much preferred the 6 - 2 victory Col jnr predicted

[robinhood]

fair play to slabs, got the goal we needed,

[bromleyboy]

Thought the main factor was the pitch - negates our skill advantage over the average teams in league and hence game is more 50/50.

I thought February was a very tough month fixture wise, but having the next 3 games away could be a blessing in disguise.

Let the pitch recover so the likes of Moses and Bradley can be at their best. Too many times the ball was getting stuck under feet or bobbling

[AlanPep]

Good point re the pitch, Fortress Stadium does seem to have the drawbridge lowered and a welcome mat at the moment. I was thinking 3 consecutive away games was not good, but decent pitches might just work for us.

[johndeerstalker]

Problem is that Cray appear to have 3 matches on it during this time

[CB]

Wasn't at the game so thanks Col for another excellent report.

What was the issue with Cook? I'm told he tweeted something about 'losing his head' after the match, and I notice he was substituted early on (and booked).

Losing Swaine for the Fleet fixture is a big blow. Is he out for one game or three?

[Vic]

Cook had been booked and looked like he was up for getting himself sent off so was substituted before he got the chance. To say he didn't appreciate it was an understatement, I think the word petulance would sum it up. He was encouraged to shake L.D's hand when he came off but passed up the chance, not a nice display. As for Robs sending off, it was a clumsy tackle and deserved a yellow card for sure but to be sent off, it was a joke. The H&Y bench were all out of their dugout and looked at each other in disbelief when the red card was shown, they couldn't believe their luck. One off them looked up at us standing behind the dugouts and said,"you know why he did that don't you, he did it to make up for the wrong decision he made earlier". Let's face it, it wasn't the most difficult game to referee and he made a pig's ear of it. Having said that, I think a draw was about fair and justice was done, just a shame that R.P's shot didn't go in, it would have been a peach.

[CB]

Thanks for clarifying Vic.