An early penalty from skipper James Queree gave the Jersey Bulls all three points on a damp Friday night in Sevenoaks.

After pushing another play-off chaser in Sittingbourne close to defeat in their previous game, the home fans arrived in good spirits and hopefully of continuing their recent decent run of just one defeat in eleven Southeast fixtures.

But sadly, for Marcel Nimani and his side, that was on the back foot as early as the fourth minute when Queree squeezed a spot kick into the corner with returning keeper Jordan Perrin inches away from a magnificent save. After that whilst the home side huffed and puffed, they didn’t really trouble the giant Euan Van Der Vliet in the Bulls goal with any shot worthy really of the name. There were occasions when shot fizzed across the visitor’s goal or just wide, but none that really tested the keeper.

That said though, clear chances were just as infrequent at the other end with the possible exception of a rasping drive from Bulls sub-James Sunley which forced Perrin into a magnificent full length save away to his right.

Rai Dos Santos had the first half chance for the visitors but was denied by a defensive block, before Jersey were literally handed a way to break the deadlock after referee Dempster adjudged an angled ball into the home box to be handled and Queree squeezed the spot kick into the bottom corner.

The game soon developed into a midfield battle with neither side being able to come up with the killer pass. Tony Ritzema blazed wide for Jersey whist a ball across the visitor’s box was too far for Warren Mfula to touch home.

Just before the break the home side had a massive let off when Perrin spilled a skidding shot from Dos Santos but was able to recover quickest to block the follow up.

The heavy rain shower continued at the start of the second period as the home side kicked down the slope and whilst Jersey was pressed further and further back, there was never really a feel that the home side were going to find a leveller.

Indeed, but for Perrin’s top drawer full length save to deny Sunley, the victory margin would have been more which in turn would have been tough on Sevenoaks. The visitors just about deserved the points that for 24 hours at least lifts them back into the Play Off places, whilst for Sevenoaks they will reflect on might have been and probably have nightmares about Bulls for some time to come.

SEVENOAKS TOWN – Perrin, Diomande, Dickens, Borders, Sawyer, Jonah, Perez, Itauma (Duncanson), Mfula (Hanfrey), Eruotor, Aibangbee

Subs – Taylor, Howlett-Mundle, Agyemang-Arthur

JERSEY BULLS – Van Der Vliet, Le Quesne (Barlow), Queree, Ritzema (Carr), Bickley, Dos Santos (Sunley), Carvalho (Lekimamati), Trotter, Giles, Watling, Watson

Sub – Kilshaw

REFEREE – Mr. Dempster