Brockham's U16 squads will both be wondering how they let wins slip from their grasp this weekend as the U16A and Bs somehow contrived to draw games that looked won with just a few minutes to go.
The U16As put in one of their best displays of the season against Steyning, bossing the match from start to finish, only to see a goal 2 minutes from time grabbing Steyning an unlikely point.
Brockham had taken the lead within 20 seconds, Aaron Clark opportunistically shooting from distance and catching the visiting keeper unprepared. It looked a matter of time before Brockham extended their lead, but a quickly taken free kick on the half hour mark caught the Brockham defence cold and a good finish made it 1-1
All square at half time, Brockham came out fired up in the second half. Badgers were creating chance after chance, lad of the match Henry Hill hitting the post after one fine run, but at long last brockham did regain the lead with 15 minutes to go, Clark poking the ball home from close range to make it 2-1.
Steyning pushed up in search of an equaliser, but Connor Mitchell was rarely threatened in the Brockham goal and it was Badgers who looked more likely to kill the game
However, with 2 minutes to go a long ball down field saw Steyning force the ball home.
The draw masked a good team performance from the U16As, and with plenty more games to go this season, the overall play bodes well for the team.
Squad: Connor Mitchell, Henry Smith, Joe Parker, Tom Bletso (c), Jack Hunt, Ollie Smith, Charlie Holmes, Will Bletso, Henry Hill, Stephen Kehl, Aaron Clark, Michael Carty
The U16Bs drew against North Holmwood Utd after leading 3-0 at half time. Despite starting slowly, Ollie Curtis scored with a good finish after 15 minutes, and further goals from Curtis and lad of the match Elliott Austin made it 3-0 at the interval
North Holmwood scored early in the second half, but with 5 minutes to go, the game looked to have been secured by Badgers. But North Holmwood had other ideas, scoring twice in the final few minutes to grab a draw.
Reports by Bryan Bletso
