Vs. Hastings Rangers II (H)
Starting XI	Substitutions:
Jamie Pooley
Owen Davies
Andy Frere-Smith (c)
Gary Williams
Darrell Hartley
Andy Mills
Stuart Batchelor
Dom Fowler	(78 Gary Walsh)
Dave Mills
Bryn Frere-Smith
Tom Frere-Smith
Referee: M Southam
Goals: Batchelor (38), T Frere-Smith (54).
HT Score: 1-2
FT Score: 2-3

BBFC started slowly and after just 3 minutes Hastings Rangers scored when a corner sailed over Jamie's head into the goal without anyone touching it.

By 15 minutes, we were in control of the game and were causing problems for the opposition, but after 33 minutes, and against the run of play, Hastings Rangers exploited defensive hesitance and Mark Smith, the veteran giant finished neatly for the visitors.

We continued to play well, and were back in the game when Stuart Batchelor lobbed a ball so high into the six yard box that by the time it came down the Hasting keeper was dizzy and could only parry the ball into the roof of the net.

We were awarded a penalty on the stroke of half time as a Ranger's defender upended Tom inside the box. However, having spoken to the Hastings linesman, the referee decided that the foul he had seen must have been a figment of his imagination and instead gave a foul against Tom.

After the break we continued to have the best chances, and levelled the scores at 2-2 when Tom Frere-Smith calmly stroked Bryn’s wonderful right wing run and cross into the bottom corner.

It looked certain that we would score a winner. We missed several chances as the visiting defence weakened, but cruelly it was Hasting who took the spoils when a dubious free kick was awarded 25 yards from our goal and as it was lofted into the goal mouth, the ball ricocheted around to fall at the feet of the unmarked Hastings striker who hammered it into the heart of the Battle goal.