Friday 28 October 2016

Match summary - Cray Wanderers (a - FA Trophy)

We are out of this season’s FA Trophy competition as our hosts scored three second-half goals during our replay, writes James Barrett.


Team news: Harrison Street and Jonathan Tadafe were handed debuts, while Ryan Healy was given his first full start of the season and Paris Hamilton-Downes returned from injury.

Cray defender Jay Leader headed a second minute free kick over Alex Kozakis’ crossbar as the game began at full throttle.

Our first real opening of the game came on eight minutes and it should’ve really opened the scoring – Mickel Miller did well to get round an advancing Nick Blue but Paul Lorraine had got back and managed to block our man’s shot off the line.

Both sides traded attacks after that as Karl Dent and Miller fired shots off target, before our man was this time denied by a low save by Blue on 21 minutes.

Kozakis was relieved to see a powerful shot by Brandon Scott whistle past his near post five minutes later, while Miller was again involved in teeing up Josh Phillips by the home penalty spot but the young striker blazed an effort over the crossbar as the first-half finished goalless.

HALF-TIME: 0 – 0

We thought we’d taken the lead just before the hour mark as Ricky Korboa got a shot off inside the Cray area but Jay Siva managed to divert its trajectory into the side-netting.

And, after the referee gave the home side a seemingly soft free kick about 25 yards from goal, Lee Prescott stepped up and saw his low shot go in via the hands of Kozakis who couldn’t keep it out.

The home side were given the chance to double their lead on 70 minutes as Peter Adeniyi felled Danny Haynes inside our area and the striker picked himself up to tuck the spot-kick just beyond the reach of the unfortunate Kozakis.

We almost reduced the arrears through Tadafe with 15 minutes to go but his cracking strike from distance, that swerved and deceived Blue, smacked the crossbar and flew away to safety.

Blue then produced a great one-handed save to keep out Korboa’s 25-yard free kick, meaning Haynes’ 88th minute header sealed an eventual 3-0 win for our hosts.

Pictures from the match can be viewed here.

Next up: We travel to Chatham Town on Saturday 29th October before Walton Casuals arrive at Colston Avenue on Monday 31st October.

Carshalton Athletic: Kozakis; Street, King, Hamilton-Downes (c) (Okuglini – 76), Tadafe; Miller, Adeniyi, Healy, Kaba, Korboa; Phillips (Sey – 85)
Unused sub: O’Toole
Booked: Healy

Cray Wanderers: Blue, Mundele, Siva, Leader, Lorraine, Dawson, Prescott, Roberts (Taiwo – 85), Haynes, Dent (Osibodu – 77), Scott
Unused subs: Osifuwa, Wood-Garness, McKinlay
Goals: Prescott (62), Haynes (70 pen, 88)

Attendance: 91
Our Man of the Match: Peter Adeniyi