Match Report
48 points for Brightlingsea Regent (20th), 36 for Tooting & Mitcham United (23rd): a 12-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Brightlingsea Regent: only 24th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 20th. Scoring rates set the scale: Brightlingsea Regent 1.46 scored and 1.93 conceded per game, Tooting & Mitcham United 1.13 and 2.2, with the league averaging 1.59.
Brightlingsea Regent had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Tooting & Mitcham United, 3.
The match was played at North Road in Brightlingsea (capacity 2,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Tooting & Mitcham United led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-3.


