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Sat 01 Feb 2025  ·  South East
Merstham
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Broadbridge Heath FC
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Merstham 2-3 Broadbridge Heath

Merstham 2-3 Broadbridge Heath

Andrew Crisp2 Feb - 12:59

Heath back to winning ways

The Bears travelled to Merstham Football Club seeking their first win in six league matches, albeit five of those were against teams above them in the league table. While Merstham were on their best run of the season and only 2 points away from a play-off spot at kick off and had lost only one of their previous ten matches. So it was clearly going to be a difficult encounter for Chris Simmons Broadbridge Heath side.

Merstham started well and forced the first save of the match when a fierce right foot shot from distance by Olu Laway was saved by Heath keeper Alfie Hadfield who pushed the ball up and over the crossbar but it was perhaps no surprise when Korrey Henry put the Moatsiders in front after 9 minutes. A move that started in the right back position and was played diagonally across the pitch to Findlay Johnson who delivered a low cross from the left into the penalty area to Korrey Henry who steered a right foot shot wide of Hadfield into the bottom right corner.

The hosts went two up on 26 minutes when a corner from the left was played to the far post to Harry Pointing who headed it back across the goal into the danger area to Johnson who headed the ball towards Henry to turn into the net from close range.

Heath pulled a goal back on the half hour mark when Mark Goldson played the ball out wide to Sean Terry on the right, the Heath defender advanced towards goal before playing it back into the path of Goldson who scuffed his shot but Louis Evans pounced on the loose ball to hammer it home from close range with a left foot shot into the roof of the net to make it 2-1 at the break.

Heath drew level within minutes of the restart with a move that was started and finished by Terry. Having won the ball off a Merstham player the Bears full-back played it forward to Mason Doughty in the middle of the park who in turn played it wide left into the path of Callum Dowdell sprinting away down the wing, he played it back inside to Terry who struck a right foot shot that was blocked by a defender, the ball found its way out wide right to Jamie Buchanan who returned it into the middle where Terry ran into the space to head the ball home from 6 yards.

The hosts then had a couple of great chances to regain the lead, Olu Laway struck a left foot shot from the edge of the penalty area just wide of the post and Dean Gunner powered a header high over the crossbar.

The winning goal arrived 15mins from time and involved seven Heath players, starting with Hadfield playing the ball out wide to Kyle Sim and ending with a right wing cross from Eugene Moteane to Adam Adam at the far post who scored with a diving header directing the ball back across the face of goal into the bottom right corner to complete the Bears victory and gain revenge for Merstham’s win at Broadbridge Heath a month ago.

Team: Hadfield, Terry, Chesworth (Sim 46), Marino (Waddingham 88), Bromage, Peters, Dowdell (Adam 62), Buchanan, Goldson (Cranmer-Flynn 94), Evans, Doughty (Moteane 74).

Match details

Match date

Sat 01 Feb 2025

Kickoff

15:00

Location

Attendance

366

Competition

South East

League position

7
Merstham
14
Broadbridge Heath
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