Venue - The Arena, The Brentwood Centre
Doddinghurst Road,
Brentwood,
Essex
CM15 9NN
Players
1 Tim Brown
2 Marcus Milner
3 James Pugsley
4 Andrew Freeman
5 Jack Kemsley
6 Jack Edwards
7 Anthony Furlonge (Pianim 64)
8 Connor Hogan
9 Temi Babalola
10 Jacob Wiggins (Anderson 46)
11 Robbie Rees (Dickinson 85)
Subs:
12 Charlie Portway
14 Tom Anderson
15 Pat Ahern
16 Zak Pianim
17 Jack Dickinson
Overview
Perennial promotion-chasers Heybridge Swifts went top of the Isthmian North by taking the points with a late goal by ex-Blues forward Alex Teniola.
Evans Kouassi had the first chance of the night, but his fourth minute shot was saved by Blues Tim Brown. The goalkeeper then made another, even better, save again from Kouassi with Marcus Milner making a fine tackle to prevent Harrison Chatting scoring from the rebound. In between those two efforts, Andy Freeman had chance inside the Swifts penalty area but shot wide from ten yards out.
Brown made another good, point-blank, save from Teniola before half time as the visitors continued to create the better chances. Chatting hit the inside of a post halfway through the second half with the ball rebounding into the grateful arms of Brown and when Kouassi got past Brown in the 74th minute he then shot over the crossbar.
Brentwood stayed in the game and created some pressure before Teniola scored in the 84th minute. Blues then worked hard to get an equaliser with Zak Pianim going closest with a shot just wide.