TILBURY 1
HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS 1
By Joe Brigly
LATE drama saw Tilbury and Heybridge Swifts share the spoils in a tense Essex derby. It was a game with little other than local bragging right on the line – Tilbury ensconsed in mid-table obscurity and Heybridge secure in their play-off spot but too far behind Bowers & Pitsea to catch the leaders, who have now sealed the title.
The hosts had the better of the game but failed to turn possession and territory into goals as Oliver Spooner and George Sykes both failed to convert chances. Their superiority eventually paid dividends on 75 minut...