Southern Counties East Football League

After 6 weeks without a competitive game, Fisher were back in action on Monday night when Tunbridge Wells visited Champion Hill.
Tunbridge Wells looked dangerous from kick off although the first real chance of the game fell to the hosts in the 5^th minute, which forced a good save from the “Wells” goalkeeper. Just a few minutes later Fisher forced another save from a long range effort. It took Tunbridge Wells (who put 7 past Lordswood on Saturday) 16 minutes to make a breakthrough, with Tom Davey blasting home the opener from a direct free-kick.
Fisher kept plugging away at the visitors, and defended well when needed as they looked for an equaliser. It took a while, but in the 29^th minute, a superb cross found Junior James in the box, and he was able to find the back of the net to level the scores.
Just a few minutes later, celebrations of the leveller were cut short when Billy Hensman was bundled off the ball, landed awkwardly and stayed on the floor. Early fears were confirmed that the shoulder injury he picked up earlier in the season is back, and he needed to be replaced. Right back Aaron Seales stepped up and took the gloves for the remainder of the game, with Kieron Campbell being introduced to plug the gap.
Smiles returned to the faces of the Fish in the seventh minute of first half injury time, when Danny Maguire fired the hosts ahead going into half time.
The second half was a much more scrappy affair, with both sides conceding several free-kicks. The first chance of the half fell to the visitors but the direct free-kick sailed harmlessly over the bar. Wells continued to attack but Aaron Seales took to goalkeeping well and pulled a handful a good saves to keep Fisher ahead.
Tunbridge Wells then had to replace Ian Parsons after a hard tackle left him with a leg injury (which saw him stretchered off). Richard Sinden was introduced and became a prominent feature for the remainder of the game. His first real contribution was the Wells equaliser. He broke free of the Fisher back line, and with Seales backing off he slotted the ball calmly into the corner of the net. His second contribution saw him receive a yellow card, which mystified the Wells player, who didn’t know what he’d done wrong.
With the scores now level, Fisher continued to get forward and threaten the visitors although they couldn’t come up with anything to beat the Wells. Tunbridge forced more good saves from Seales, and the woodwork came to his rescue a couple of times in the latter stages of the game.
Fisher’s resilience was nearly broken as Tunbridge started to lob balls over the top, but the linesman’s flag brought three promising moves to abrupt halts. In the 82^nd minute, an already hard task for Fisher got even harder when Harry Draper was given his marching orders for a second bookable offence. Tensions started to rise both on and off the pitch as the final whistle loomed, but the referee brought the game to a close before either side could find a winner.
The result moved Fisher into 13^th place on 16 points with 11 league games remaining.