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Saturday 29th August 2020

Kick Off 11.00 Actual 11.04

St. Lawrence 2 Blackham & Ashurst Saracens 2, attendance 8

3’ 1-0

17’ 2-0

32’ 2-1

82’ 2-2

@ Rooks Hill Road

Bitchets Green

Stone Street

TN15 0NB

No Admission or Programme.

I only noticed this match when I looked at twitter just after 09.30 this morning. Within five minutes I had received the kick off time and venue from the visitors, so instead of doing a double today, it would hopefully now be a treble instead.

This was between two teams who play in the Sevenoaks & District League Premier Division (Step 11). When last season was curtailed by Covid-19, St. Lawrence topped the league table having won eleven of their twelve matches, with the other game drawn. Blackham & Ashurst were second bottom.

St. Lawrence were very impressive early on, but seemed to run out of steam. The visitors came back well and in the end deserved more than a draw from a very strong performance. The only downside was that the game was played as 3 x 30 minutes. Instead of making ridiculous decisions, such as the recent banning of fans from attending friendly matches, it is about time the F.A. outlawed games that are not played as two halves!