Sevenoaks & District League

Division 1

Saturday 15th May 2021

Kick Off 14.00 Actual 14.03

Swanley Oaks 2 Malgo 1, attendance 46

39’ 1-0

50’ 2-0

87’ 2-1

@ Swanley Recreation Ground

St. Mary’s Road

Swanley

BR8 7BU

No Admission or Programme.

It was under half an hour drive from Penshurst for the second part of the double for today. This was 4th versus 1st in the league table, with the visitors arriving here unbeaten, having won 10 and drawn 3 of their matches so far. Swanley Oaks would need an unlikely set of results to go their way to enable them to finish any higher than third.

Swanley Oaks broke the deadlock shortly before halftime, when an unstoppable shot from close range found the top corner of the net, giving the ‘keeper no chance at his near post. Having twice gone close, it was third time lucky, when a through ball put the striker clear and he lobbed the ‘keeper from the angle of the 18 yard box five minutes into the second half, which put the hosts 2-0 up. Malgo reduced the arrears with a looping header with three minutes left, but it was too late to save their unbeaten record.

Westerham now occupy first place in the league table, courtesy of a better goal difference of +5 over Malgo, but crucially Malgo have a game in hand.

Sevenoaks & District League

Division 2

Saturday 15th May 2021

Kick Off 11.00 Actual 11.01

Penshurst Park 2 Pembury 1, attendance 29

19’ 1-0

52’ 1-1 (pen)

79’ 2-1

@ Penshurst Place

Penshurst Road

Penshurst

TN11 8DG

No Admission or Programme.

There can’t be that many grounds that can match this for it’s setting. It is in the grounds of Penshurst Place & Gardens that was built in 1341. Over the years it has been the setting for many films and television programmes. As well as football, there is also a cricket pitch here. It was due to the cricket being scheduled to play at home today that meant the football kicked off early, although the cricket appeared to be off, even though there had only been a couple of brief rain showers.

The match was 1st versus 6th in the league table, Penshurst already crowned champions, whilst Pembury could still achieve second place. The visitors certainly gave them a run for their money and did enough to get at least a draw. Penshurst led at the break, but an early second half penalty levelled it up at 1-1. Penshurst got the winner eleven minutes from time and from here until the final whistle the game turned nasty. The Referee somehow missed a blatant shoulder charge by the home ‘keeper, that was as clear a penalty as you could see, which resulted in the Pembury striker receiving a red card for his vociferous reaction to the non decision. Luckily, the tackles that were made for the last nine minutes didn’t result in any serious injuries and we had a stand off between both sets of players following another bad tackle. All seemed amicable at the final whistle though.