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27th August 2006 By ROGER BENNETT Faversham Town Reserves 2 Greenwich Borough Reserves 3 BRETT HARRISON saw his Faversham Town Reserves squander a 2-0 lead in their big Kent League debut and revealed: Our fitness let us down out there. Nicky Scott fired the opener on 11 minutes before a 24th-minute own goal put the Lilywhites in control in front of a crowd of 54 at Salters Lane. But back came Borough who drew level before the break and went on to claim all three points despite a late rally from Town. Player-boss Harrison said: "A slight lack of fitness played its part when we ran out of steam in the first half, then they pounced." It was all going so well for Town in their Kent League Two opener with Scott's low drive breaking the deadlock. Greenwich defender Dixon-Baker made it 2-0 when he found his own net and a home victory looked a formality. But Town stuttered and then stumbled allowing Greenwich back into the game. Well-struck goals by Steele and Mohamed brought the sides level at half-time and Borough were in the driving seat after the break when they took an early lead. Town rallied in the last 20 minutes, but could not quite find the equaliser no matter how hard they tried. First, Michael Seagers nearly scored direct from a corner and then Scott had a close-range effort ruled out for offside. Town must have realised it was not going to be their day when Scott was denied the unlikeliest of equalisers. Bizarrely, the "chance" came after Scott crashed to the ground near the penalty spot where he lay motionless. The ball fell to team-mate Bradley Maguire who quickly realised the need to put the ball out of play. However, Maguire decided it was as good a time as any for some shooting practice and let fly with a quick strike on goal. Incredibly, the effort struck the stricken Scott on the head before arcing beyond goalkeeper Banjo and just the wrong side of a post. Had it gone in, it WOULD have counted although Scott's dressing room claims of a well-placed header were ignored. Town's top man: Andy Langridge, dependable under pressure. Tim Keen 6, Andy Langridge 7, Darren
Mills 6, Ray Turner 6, Richard Gamble 7, Simon Brooker 6, Lee
Whitehead 6, Bradley Maguire 6, James Duckworth 6, Michael Seagers
7, Nicky Scott 7.
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