For their penultimate away match this season in the Isthmian League SE The Bears travelled along the M25 to Sevenoaks Town but things didn’t go well in the warm-up when Jamie Chesworth went over on his ankle which immediately blew up like a balloon as he was taken off to hospital, a later diagnosis showed a broken bone and ligament damage.

However, on the pitch things went much better with Louis Evans putting Heath a goal up within 22 seconds of the start and it was the hosts who kicked off with a long ball down the right which was headed forward by Sean Terry to Louis Evans, a quick exchange of passes with Matt Hay and Mark Goldson before running away down the left flank, cutting inside and striking a low right foot shot that should have been saved by Oaks goalkeeper Jordan Perrin but somehow the ball went straight through the keepers legs as he bent down to collect it.

Things got even better for The Bears 6 minutes later when Hay intercepted a crossfield pass and took the ball to the goal-line before he drilled a low left foot shot across the face of the goal, Perrin stretched out a leg to deflect the ball away but sent it straight into the path of an unmarked Mason Doughty who hammered a right foot shot into the back of the net for his 7th goal of the season.

Heath came close to a third on 15 minutes when Hay played the ball through to Evans who went on to strike a low right foot shot which Perrin saved well to deny the Heath midfield player but the half belonged to The Bears with the hosts unable to stamp any authority on the game.
The Oaks started much better in the second half and had the first shot at goal when Jordon Ababio found space down the right and fired a right foot shot which was deflected wide off Sean Terry with the resulting corner coming to nothing.

Minutes later Oaks James Jeffrey won the ball off a Heath player and hit a right foot shot from 20 yards but not for the first time in the game, the ball flew high and wide of target.

At the other end a long Hadfield drop kick was chased down by Goldson who took it to the goal-line before playing it back for Hay but his shot was blocked by a defender.

The hosts should have reduced the deficit on the hour mark when James Bessey-Saldanha was gifted the ball some 18 yards from goal, the striker picked his spot but his shot was brilliantly saved by Hadfield, the ball came out to Ababio, 16 yards from goal, who hammered a right foot shot but Hadfield was there again to save for The Bears.

Joshua Wisson reduced the deficit on 81 minutes when he got on the end of a corner from the left to head home from 6 yards. Minutes later Hadfield was there again for The Bears to deny Besset Saldanha with a save low to his left.

That prompted Heath into a bit more urgency with Callum Dowdell firing a right foot shot wide of the post, Adam Adam going a bit closer minutes later but Heath restored their two-goal advantage on 89 minutes when Perrin’s clearance went straight to Louis Evans who played it out wide to Dowdell on the left who took a touch before hitting a low right foot shot into the bottom corner to ensure the points were coming home to Broadbridge Heath.

Team: Hadfield, Marino, Terry (Sim 79), Napper, Bromage, Peters, Dowdell (Moteane 90), Evans, Goldson (Adam 71), Hay, Doughty (Berry 84).