A few early breaks by the home side were brought to a halt by the assistant’s flag, but eventually Bromley Green made the break-through after 20 minutes. A through ball was raced onto and centred by a deep-running midfielder, to be met by a cool finish by a Bromley Green striker.

Bromley Green continued to dominate the first half, with only the alertness of Martin West helping to keep the score at 1-0.

An inspired half-time talk was needed and that’s exactly what the Lewisham players got….whilst sitting on the grass beside the pitch. A change of shape and a few words of encouragement saw a real change in fortunes for the away team.

Lewisham took full control of the game and enjoyed large spells of possession. Bromley Green began to launch into some over-the-top ‘tackles’ and without any protection from the referee the game became a very physical affair. The Bromley Green keeper’ was called on to make a couple of saves for the first time in the match, with Ricardo Harvey, Dinah Diawara and West going close with efforts.

With 20 minutes remaining and the home side visibly tiring, Lewisham drew level with a superb goal from Harvey. After turning a player one way and then the other he eventually created the space to chip a cheeky effort into the far top corner off of the inside of the post.

Lewisham, with the wind in their sails, began to really stretch the home team and were attacking from both wings at will. With Manager Anthony Sands yelling to his players “There’re gone” the away side broke away with new belief to grab a well-deserved three points. As a Bromley Green attack was broken-up Lewisham found themselves in a four-versus-one break away of their own. Dinah Diawara lead the charge and after his effort was charged down by the lone defender he squared the ball to Harvey to coolly pass home the winner.

A well deserved victory and a positive finish to carry into next weeks match.

“At last the ‘real’ Lewisham team turned up today and got a good three points.” Said a pleased Sands afterwards.

“I believe in discipline in any level of football and this is something that my team showed today. I am positive that we can build on this result next week and continue to climb the table, if the players remember the basics of discipline – good preparation, time-keeping, positive attitude and good team spirit!”