4-2 valley green away

An even first 20 mins saw the deadlock broken following a good passing move up the right with Toby scoring with a low drive just inside the near post. Just before half time Jack Whitaker released Kasper (a rare appearance upfront rather than in goal) who was upended for a penalty. Kasper took the penalty himself, and was unlucky to see a good strike hit the goal keepers right hand post. 1-0 to the Panthers at half time, with solid defensive work by Jo and Oliver catching the eye.

A couple of positional changes seemed to unsettle the team in the first 10 mins of the 2nd half with first an equaliser and then a penatly conceded by a battling Matthew Morley, converted to make it 2-1 to the home side.

However the home sides momentum was undermined with a four player substitution half way through the 2nd half, and Heybridge soon equalised via Toby's 2nd goal of the morning. Soon after Jack Whitaker made it 3-2 from the edge the area through the keeper following excellent set up play from Matthew Morley. Jack Price made it 4-2 near the end with an excellent finish on the run following his break up the left.

Report courtesy of David Whitaker