Tonbridge Farm was the venue for Prime's penultimate league game of the season against Invicta. After last week's battling performance against Woodlands, Goldsmith made just one change to the starting lineup with Polinski starting in midfield at the expense of Excell - as Prime changed to a 4-5-1 formation.

Excell was joined on the bench by Goldsmith and the returning Flamank and Davis.

The game started on a rock-hard surface with the Tonbridge outfit on top and Prime's back 4 were at full stretch to keep their attackers out.

Parsons and Mazurkiewicz both made important early interceptions whilst Barnham gave the Invicta right-winger no room to turn on the ball in the early stages.

Invica took the lead on 20 minutes when an inswinging corner was headed home at the back-post - despite a suspicion of a push. The goal was a carbon-copy of the goal that put them in front in the reverse fixture.

Prime's 4-5-1 formation was leaving Joe Walker with plenty to do up front, but he worked manfully and lead the line well. Henshall was also getting some joy down the right, but clear-cut chances were hard to come by.

Invicta scored a crucial second when a sweeping move down the left wing gave their on-rushing midfielder the simple task of tapping home into an unguarded net.

Kerton also made a couple of excellent saves and Mazurkiewicz and Polinski both had to clear off the line to stop the home side increasing their lead.

At the break, Prime sent on Flamank and Excell for Barnham and Sander and they reverted to their favoured 4-4-2 formation.

Prime looked slightly better but it was still a frustrating performance on the whole and on the hour mark a slide-rule pass by their midfielder left their striker with the simple task of sliding the ball past Kerton for 3-0.

Things went from bad to worse when midfielder Greg Nicholson nodded home his 2nd goal of the game and Invicta threatened a rout.

Davis replaced Mazurkiewicz and he helped steady the ship and Prime suddenly started to play a bit of football.

Prime's best chance of a consolation goal came when Joe Walker burst away from his marker, but he scuffed his shot and the keeper gathered easily - a moment which summed up the kind of day that Prime had.

Flamank and Walters also combined well down the left in the closing stages and with Excell and Walker closing in, the Invicta centre-back was lucky that his sliced clearance was straight at the keeper.

All in all a very disappointing performance and Goldsmith will shuffle the pack for the cup semi-final on Easter Monday and there may be one or two surprises in the starting lineup.