Vs. Punnetts Town (A)
Starting XI	Substitutes:
Jamie Pooley
Paul Ford
Doug Morris
Gary Williams
Darrell Hartley
Pete Cooper
Andy Mills (c)
Dave Mills	(40 Chris Mammone)
Mike Gould
Dom Fowler
Gary Walsh
Referee: D Hanson
Goals: Mammone (41), Cooper (46), Walsh (62).
HT Score: 1-2
FT Score: 3-3

Battle Baptists came back from 2 goals down, and can consider themselves hard done by in this East Sussex League Division 4 contest.

Having opened up the Punnetts Town defence twice in the first ten minutes only to miss the opportunity to score, the Baptists fell behind, firstly to a cool Salik Abu strike and then, following a period in which both teams had further chances, to a 40^th minute Matt Harper header.

Battle’s response was immediate. Dave Mills suffered an injury to his back and had to be replaced just before half time by super-sub Chris Mammone, who scored with his first touch, after the industrious Dom Fowler had cut a path through the home defence and squared the ball to Mammone in the 6-yard box.

This prompted a Baptist revival, and straight from the second half kick off, Zion Man of the Match Fowler again unlocked the Punnetts Town central defence with a clever overhead flick that left midfielder Pete Cooper running in to level the scores with a thunderous finish past the unprotected keeper.

Now playing full of spirit and belief, the church based team went ahead with an opportunist goal from their player manager Gary Walsh who lobbed the ball over the head of the Punnetts Town goalkeeper from 35 yards, having pounced onto an awful defence-splitting pass by the red-faced custodian.

Openings continued to emerge at both ends with the Baptist defence using all their skill and experience to keep out the speedy Punnetts Town strikers. Battle had a chance to secure the win after another calamitous mistake in Town’s central defence had gifted Fowler with a one-on-one run on goal, but the nippy forward struck his shot at the thankful keeper.

As legs became weary on a sodden surface, Punnetts Town replaced central defender and captain Steve Ives with Sheehan Edmonds who pushed forward giving an extra man in midfield. Soon afterwards, midfield talisman Ian Long found himself with time and space, and let rip from 25 yards only to see his shot fly over the angle.

With 10 minutes to play, Punnetts Town breeched the resolute Battle defence once more to equalise. A goalmouth scramble finally fell to the feet of the grateful Abu who swivelled for his second of the afternoon.