Chatham Town had a bad day at the office with a below par performance against a battling Bearsted side who fought every minute of the game and deserved the point.

The game started well for Chatham as in the 2^nd minute a corner into the area was punched clear by Harley Earle but only to Reece Butler but his volley went over the bar.

In the 14^th minute Butler headed wide from a corner to the back post. The game then went stale as both side’s defences were on top & the only other chance of the half came in the 44^th minute when Ryan Hayes tried his luck from 20 yards but Earle pushed it around the post.

The second half was a little bit better with Chatham having more possession but they seemed to lack the confidence to take their chances albeit not many.

In the 66^th minute a corner into the six yard box saw Dan Bradshaw’s downward header saved on the line by Earle then another half chance came in the 75^th minute when a corner to the back post saw Bradshaw stretching & his header went over the bar.

The best chance of the whole game came in the 83^rd minute when another corner in to the area found Dean Beckwith but his stabbed shot from 8 yards was saved by Earle.

Three minutes later Bearsted had their first shot in anger when Bradley Jeffrey in the area saw his deflected shot saved by Andy Walkers legs.

The game then drifted away from Chatham with the only consolation being they did not lose.

        BEARSTED:

1.  H.EARLE        2. J.DAWSON    3. G.RUSSO   4. J.LADLOW    5. D.MELLIN    6. S.WHIBLEY  7. J.TINGLEY (82) 8. J.ROGERS  9. J.ABABIO    10. F.PETRISOR   11. S.STACE (73).

SUBS USED:  15. B.JEFFREY (73)   12. A.IRVINE (82)

SUBS NOT USED: 14. A.LUQMAN  16. J.WAKEFIELD  17. V.FULLER

BOOKINGS:  6. S.WHIBLEY

        CHATHAM TOWN:

1.  A.WALKER       2. I.ORJI   3. R.GILL (82)  4. J.ROBINS  5. D.BECKWITH  6. R.BUTLER  7. R.HAYES 8. J.EVANS   9. D.BRADSHAW     10. M.DALTON    11. R.BARTLETT (73).

SUBS USED: 14. M.BODKIN (73 )  15. D.KEDWELL (82)

SUBS NOT USED: 12. D.SMITH  16. D.UCHECHI    17. J.PALMBY

BOOKINGS:  1. A.WALKER (90+3)

REFEREE Mr. C.BOWDREY

ASSISTANTS:  Mr. S.ROOTS &  Mr. R.JEFFREY

ATTENDANCE: 170