Horndean 0 Brading Town 1

My next game took me into the Wessex League.

This game between Horndean and Brading had a distict lack of quality. The game itself was quite entertaining with plenty of chances, however alot of play was 'hit and hope' so to speak.

The ground iself was quite quaint. With just a fence posistioned behind one goal and no walkway. There is a seated stand which has a estimated capacity of around 40 people


and a small covered terrace on the far side between the dugouts.

The strange thing on that side is to get to the stand you have to walk infront of the dugouts. Not very practical when the game is in progress i suspect.

Two of the floodlight pylons are actually Mobile Phone masts with lights stuck to them!

The game had a delayed kick-off as the referee issisted the Horndean goalie changed his shirt as it clashed with Bradings away shirt. In my opinion the Brading goalies shirt actually clashed more!

Horndean looked the lively of the two teams in the opening stages missing a few chances. However Brading then began to settle and were awarded a penalty just before half time. The striker however failed to hit the target putting it wide. The second half was a little more scrappy with Brading scoring a well worked goal. I think a draw would have been fair, but for struggling Horndean it wasnt to be.