When will luck roll the way of the Badgers U15As? In a game where Brockham dominated possession and chances, they still came away without reward. The ball hit the Corinthian cross bar, skimmed first the left post and then another attempt skimmed the right, was cleared off the line, fizzed across goal tantalisingly inches from a Brockham toe, and drew an assortment of saves from the Casuals keeper, but still it wouldn’t find the net.
Every Brockham player to a man had an excellent game from start to finish. The back three of Luc Jhugroo, Justin Tarrant, and Simon Vakeva-Baird were magnificent. The midfield battled for possession and retained the ball better than they have all season, and both Joe silver and Jordan Martin were a constant threat up front, using their pace to break the Corinthian off-side trap time and again.
Any neutral observer would have expected the game to go the way of the Badgers, even when at 0-0 with only seven minutes to go the Casuals countered and took the lead with a poachers goal from short range. Lady luck and the clock were having none of it though, and despite their superior performance the black and whites found themselves empty handed once again.