Wick 0 - 5 Broadbridge Heath

Wick vs Broadbridge Heath
25th October 2022
Following an excellent win in the FA Vase at the weekend, Broadbridge Heath now turn their attention yet another away trip in the cup with a Tuesday night under lights at Wick FC in the Sussex Principal RUR Charity Cup.
Manager Chris Simmons used the opportunity to rotate his squad with fixtures coming thick and fast. Club captain Andy Waddingham returned to the Heath starting line-up after injury as well as starts for Charlie Parmiter, Mark Zydonik and Jasper Sheik.
Heath started where they left off having the majority share of the possession and chances recording 7 attempts on goal in the opening 25 minutes. Heath’s breakthrough came in the 28th minute following Wicks attempt to play the ball out from the back saw a misplaced pass fall to the feet of Charlie Parmiter who saw his shot saved by the Wick keeper, unfortunately for the home side the ball rebounded into the path of Lewis Croal who was on hand to tap home from 4 yards.
Heath had several more chances before half time but were unable to extend their lead before the referee’s whistle. The Heath players knew that they had to remain focused for the second as Wick at this point had nothing to lose and were going to come out in the second half looking for an equaliser.
Heath didn’t take long to get into their stride. Straight out the blocks, heath sent a long ball forward from the kick off causing some communication issues between the home keeper and his defence nearly resulting in a second for Heath. Wick did not learn from the warning and in the 46th minute a long ball forward from Mark Zydonik over the home defence was met by Charlie Parmiter who controlled well before cutting back on the defender. Just as the chance looked like it had gone, Parmiter cut back onto his left foot and fired past the keeper from outside the box for 2-0 to Broadbridge Heath.
At 2-0 Simmons could now start to think about making a few changes. With Jamie Chesworth feeling the strain of the large amount of games in recent weeks, he was withdrawn and replaced by Harry Mark in the 51st minute.
Just before the hour mark, Heath extended their lead to 3 as a long ball forward split the defence putting Sam Lemon through on goal. His low shot was met by the outstretched hand of the Wick keeper but as the ball trickled through Croal was again on hand to tap home from close range.
With the match as good as won, Heath were now able to make their final two changes, Lemon was replaced by Renato Carvalho for the final 24 minutes and Louis Blake coming on for Jack Frankland in the 84th minute.
With the game moving into its closing stages the Wick keeper throws the ball out to his left back who failed to come and meet the ball. Carvalho was able to beat the defender to it before striking past the retreating goalkeeper from the edge of the box.
As the match moves into stoppage time Parmiter picks the ball up in midfield and launches one last attack on the home goal. Parmiter linked up well with Carvalho playing a quick 1:2 before laying the ball across goal for Alex Barbary to tap into the empty net and complete Heath’s second 5-0 in 2 games.
Broadbridge Heath now turn their attention back to the SCFL Premier division as they travel to Bexhill this Saturday.
Broadbridge Heath - Sheik, Frankland (Blake 84’), Chesworth (Mark 51’), Sim, Zydonik, Weller, Waddingham, Parmiter, Barbary, Croal, Lemon (Carvalho 66’).
MOM – Charlie Parmiter

Match Stats Supported by Teamstats.net
Goals – Croal x 2, Parmiter x 1, Carvalho x1, Barbary x 1
Assists – Parmiter x 2, Zydonik x 1, Lemon x 1