Vs. Bodiam (A)
Starting XI	Substitutes:
Simon Cutler
Chris Mammone	(57 Steve Mumford)
Pete Cooper
Gary Williams
Darrell Hartley	(83 Steve Chapman)
Paul Ford
Andy Mills (c)
Adrian Gaylon
Dave Mills
Dom Fowler	(83 Luke Miller)
Tom Frere-Smith
Referee: J White
Goals: Frere-Smith (35), D Mills (74).
HT Score: 1-0
FT Score: 2-0

Despite missing five first team players Battle Baptists blended youth with experience to produce a performance that symbolised the spirit of the club.

The Baptists started quickly, with Gary Williams heading a second minute corner goalwards and forcing the keeper to tip it over the bar. Tom Frere-Smith was then played in but on his weaker left side he hit his effort straight at the keeper. Before ten minutes had passed Andy Mills got in on the act and after being played in by good work from Frere-Smith and Dom Fowler he forced the keeper into a great save.

Frere-Smith then laid off Fowler for a first time effort that flashed just wide, before the game settled down with the Baptists looking more threatening but the Bodiam midfield starting to get a stranglehold on the game. Good work from Dave Mills on the right saw Adrian Gaylon climb for an excellent header that just went over from eight yards. Gaylon was then involved a few minutes later in a goalmouth scramble where a mixture of brave keeping and last-ditch defending stopped the Bodiam goal from being breached. They could do nothing ten minutes before halftime though as the livewire Frere-Smith broke through the middle and took his time before rifling a right foot shot past the keeper.

The second half started with Bodiam on top and they enjoyed the majority of possession without creating any clear-cut chances. Chris Mammone picked up an injury ten minutes in and was replaced by Steve Mumford. Bodiam then won a free-kick on the edge of the area and it was curled goalwards where Simon Cutler tipped onto the bar. The resulting corner was cleared of the near post by Mumford as the Baptists started to come under some real pressure. Frere-Smith and Fowler looked to relieve this by occupying the Bodiam defence but their efforts on goal failed to find the target.

Relief did come though in the form of Dave Mills, who linked up beautifully with Frere-Smith to set himself up on the corner of the box to drill a rasping effort into the roof of the net. Though this looked to put the game beyond the hosts, they hit back and struck the bar at the end of a flowing move. Fowler was then twice denied by a mixture of an uneven pitch and some committed goalkeeping before stand-in manager Richard Ahsam made a double substitution, bringing on Steve Chapman and debutant Luke Miller. In the last minute Pete Cooper, now released forward into midfield, struck a low shot from twenty yards that the keeper parried out for a corner. The resulting corner from Miller proved to be the last action of a good spirited game that was superbly refereed by James White.