Vs. Beulah (H)
Starting XI	Substitutes:
Simon Cutler
Owen Davies
Doug Morris
Gary Wenham	(45 Gary Williams)
Darrell Hartley
Pete Cooper
Andy Mills (c)
Dave Mills
Gary Walsh
Tom Frere-Smith
Dom Fowler	(45 Adrian Gaylon)
Referee: D Barden
Goals: Walsh (61,78).
HT Score: 0-1
FT Score: 2-2

In a festival atmosphere in front of about 100 spectators at Battle Recreational Ground, Battle Baptists finished their successful season with the annual Neville Barnet Trophy contest against their Baptist buddies from Bexhill. The friendly competition was first contested between these 2 neighbouring Baptist teams 4 years ago, before either Club had started to play in the East Sussex Football League.

The usual 2-leg format was dropped this year to give an opportunity for the newly formed Battle Baptist second team to have its very first outing…and a very encouraging start it was too. With a mixture of young and old players, the Battle team made a great start, showing bags of enthusiasm and youthful potential, and holding the Beulah reserve team, which finished 3^rd in Division 6, to a 2-1 score line at half time. As the game developed, match fitness eventually paid off for the away side, which stretched its lead to a flattering 6-1 by the end of the 90 minutes.

The front side game that followed was a tense affair from the start with both defences in control. Beulah took the initiative, scoring when a corner was knocked down in the six-yard box and converted at close range. Following an awful miss on the stroke of half time, Gary Walsh made up for it 15 minutes into the second period when Tom Frere-Smith released the aged striker with a cutting pass that sat up perfectly for Walsh to pierce the posts for the equaliser.

Beulah went in front once more as a twelve-yard header from a right wing cross left keeper Simon Cutler with no chance to save.

Once again Battle levelled the scores. Dave Mills showed determination and pace on the right flank to ping in a cross that Walsh deflected in with a glancing header on the six-yard line.

Cream teas were served up to all players, spectators and officials and the whole afternoon was a great credit to both Clubs, whose teams had played in a wonderful spirit of competition and friendship.