Kent County League

Division 3 Central & East

Saturday 20th August 2022

Kick Off 14.45 on Time!

Paddock Wood 0 Gillingham Town 1, attendance 21

90’ + 1, 0-1 (pen)

@ Elm Tree Playing Fields

Pearsons Green Road

Paddock Wood

TN12 6NJ

No Admission or Programme.

I managed to watch my first match since suffering a cardiac arrest whilst on holiday in St. Ives, Cornwall on 19th July, resulting in a lengthy hospital stay, finally being discharged on Thursday afternoon. Restrictions on being able to drive meant being chauffeured here by my wife, with this game fitting the bill perfectly, being around forty five minutes drive from home.

It wasn’t the greatest game, to be fair, but a very dry pitch didn’t help either side. It looked all set to finish goalless, until a through ball in stoppage time saw the striker brought down by the ’keeper just inside the box and the resulting penalty kick sent the ’keeper the wrong way to win it for the visitors.