There won't be too many easy points in the league this season, and from past encounters between these sides Brockham would have looked on this fixture as a good opportunity to grab three of them. It all looked promising when Badgers took an early lead in the 7th minute, Harvey Mewis finding the top corner with a superb finish from 18 yards after a lovely exchange of passes with Mike Richardson. Unfortunately, Sheen won a corner in the next minute and equalised with the freest of headers on the six-yard line.
The visitors have always played neat passing football but have sometimes lacked steel, but on this evidence they have worked on this part of their game, and the three bookings they earned testified to their determination to break up play with an endless string of badly-timed tackles. So it was ironic that on one of the few occasions that Brockham were themselves guilty of such a challenge, and against the run of play after Badgers had taken the game to Sheen for most of the half, the trip was in the box and the Lions converted the penalty to take a 2-1 lead into the break.
Brockham continued to work some openings in the second period but their play broke down too often around the box, and after 56 minutes Sheen added a third with a move that seemed to meet little resistance from the Badgers defence. Despite a more battling display than last week, in particular from man of the match Harvey Mewis who fought for every ball, Brockham missed out too often in the 50-50s and scarcely won a high-ball challenge from a corner or free kick all match. There are tough games ahead and the boys know they will need to improve if they are to compete in the league this year.
Squad: Dennis Rapson, Will Mahoney, Liam Ratcliffe, Matt Higgins (c), Will Bletso, Oli Winter, Mike Richardson, Frankie Routleff, Josh Brown, Jack Wyllie, Harvey Mewis, Alex Nicholson, George Coffey, Harry Ramsey, Chris Brooks.
Report by Simon Winter
