Football can be so cruel at times especially when your team loses a match to a goal scored late in the game but for Heath that’s the third time in our last four games that we’ve conceded a goal in the closing minutes costing the team the loss of four points.

For the trip Heath were without their leading goal-scorer Mark Goldson whose flown off to colder climates to practice his skiing but the good news was that the bench included Louis Evans and Sam Lemon who have been missing through injury for far too long.

Heath created the first chance of the match when Tad Bromage headed a Callum Dowdell free-kick into the hands of the Sheppey goalkeeper Aiden Prill while at the other end Eitel Goueth tried his luck with a right foot shot from distance that was gathered comfortably by Bears keeper Alfie Hadfield.

The deadlock was broken on 12 minutes and it the same combination as before with Dowdell swinging in a right wing free kick which was headed goalwards by Bromage at the far post, the ball came off a defender and went straight back to Bromage who made sure the second time with a right foot shot into the bottom left corner.

The home-side equalised midway through the half when Victor Alye converted a Gil Carvalho left wing cross with a cheeky back-heel from 6 yards.

On 35 minutes Rhys Wyborn had a great chance to give Sheppey the lead when Goueth played the ball into the path of the defender but somehow he blasted his shot over the crossbar from 12 yards and it remained 1-1 at the break.

Sheppey had the perfect start to the second half when within seconds of the kick-off the ball was played forward to Daniel Bradshaw who forced his way into the penalty area between Terry and Bromage, there was contact and down he went, an easy decision for the match referee pointing to the penalty spot. Bradshaw put the ball on the spot and coolly converted past Hadfield.

After that chances were few and far, for Heath Mason Doughty shot wide of the mark on 55 minutes and for Sheppey James Taylor’s shot crashed against the top of the crossbar.

Heath manager Chris Simmons turned to the bench to help change the game by bringing on Louis Evans, Sam Lemon, Andy Waddingham and Eugene Moteane and it was Moteane who scored the equaliser with 3 minutes of normal time remaining. Having received the ball wide on the right, the Under 23 striker swung in a left foot cross towards the 6 yard box, with Waddingham and Lemon both running in the Sheppey keeper stayed on his line and the ball evaded everyone to go straight in at the far post to make it 2-2.

Heath continued to push forward in search of the winning goal with Louis Evans shooting over the crossbar and Doughty pulling his left foot shot wide of the post but with time almost up the hosts attacked down the left, the ball was swung in towards the far post to Goueth who somehow got between Hadfield and Jamie Chesworth to bundle the ball across the line.

Tough luck on the Bears who on the balance of play deserved a point from the game but I’m sure they’ll be times between now and the end of season when the shoe will be on the other foot.

Team: Hadfield, Sim (Chesworth 40), Terry, Marino (Waddingham 77), Bromage, Peters, Dowdell (Moteane 74), Parmiter, Croal (Evans 62), Doughty, Adam (Lemon 67).