Brockham Badgers U16A spurned the chance of going top of the table as second from bottom Cranleigh sprang a surprise with a 3-1 win at the Big Field
Badgers started on fire, bossing the first 10 minutes, but some poor tackling saw Cranleigh take the lead in the first half as Brockham’s performance deteriorated as the half went on. Badgers failed to take any lessons on board at half time and within a minute of half time, Cranleigh extended their lead to make it 2-0. To be fair, Brockham suddenly got their act together, with Charlie Holmes seeing a lot of the ball, and the visitors were put on the back foot, Henry Hill having a good chance to pull a goal back before some good individual play from Ollie Smith saw him ride a few challenges to find himself one on one with the keeper, Smith slotting the ball past the keeper to put Badgers back in the game
Their only looked like one winner now, but Cranleigh dug in and with 10 minutes to go scored on the break to make it 3-1.
With the game lost, Badgers will look back on a big lost opportunity, and perhaps reflect that the side is best placed pulling together as a side rather than seeing discord in the ranks produce underachievement.
Squad: Connor Mitchell, Henry Smith, Jack Hunt, Tom Bletso (c), Will Bletso, OIllie Smith, Ollie Legg, Charlie Holmes, Mike Carty, Joe Parker, Henry Hill, Stephen Kehl
Report by Bryan Bletso
