We made it six wins in a row after an improved second-half performance saw off a spirited Cray Wanderers, writes James Barrett.
A lacklustre opening 45 saw us behind after defender
Lea Dawson capitalised on some poor defending to smash home from six yards, and that despite the fact
the visitors were playing with 10 men from the 22nd minute.
But second-half goals by Omar Folkes and Bobby Price saw
us solidify our grip on third in the Ryman Division One South ahead
of a Tuesday night visit to Hastings United.
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| Calming presence: Jordan Hibbert |
“It was very much a game of two halves,” said midfielder Jordan Hibbert, “as we were disjointed at times and didn’t take
advantage of their sending off until the second-half.
“Sometimes that happens but, after we’d collected our thoughts
and listened to Peter’s words of encouragement at half-time,
we pressed them more and kept on the front foot even after taking the lead.
“Everyone was buzzing afterwards, the team spirit here is high and that’s shared between every player in the squad."
The visiting Wands started the game brightly but, midway
through the first-half, Lee Prescott was instantly dismissed for a needlessly
high challenge on Sekou Kaba.
But we twice failed to deal with a free kick into ourr area on 37 minutes and Dawson punished us from close range.
We came out looking a different side however and, with
Ryan Gondoh in particular pulling the strings, we turned it around with
two goals in two minutes just after the hour.
On-loan striker Omar Folkes first pounced to ram home
Gondoh’s parried effort from distance, then defender Bobby Price collected a
Gondoh through ball before beating keeper Nick Blue from a narrow angle.
Although our promotion charge is on track, the
clubs around us do have games in hand, plus the top two – Tooting and Mitcham United and Dorking Wanderers – aren’t dropping points either
“It is a bit frustrating to not see Tooting or Dorking drop
points but we can only control what we do, so we’ll look to keep on winning and
hopefully that’ll lead us to something by the end of the season,” Hibbert added.
Our trip to Hastings United is on Tuesday 21st
February (KO 7.45pm).