30 October 2021

 

Kennington                            1          Lockyer 44

Erith and Belvedere              2          Brand 33, Anderson-Parr 57

 

DERES’ TEN TAKE THE POINTS FROM TON

 

The Deres came home from a trip to Ashford with a very handy win despite hanging on a little when they went down to ten men.

 

It was the Deres’ sixth away game in seven, a sequence of trips that has produced four wins, a draw and only one defeat, at Southall in the previous game.

 

Following the departures of Gary Alexander, Chris Dickson and Joe Gbode for various reasons, Deres fielded Ollie Bate up front and gave a debut to Freddie Cray, signed on dual registration with Cray Wanderers.

 

Kennington started the game brightly with both Robbie Dolan and James Haylock-Ashdown seeing their on-target shots blocked, while at the other end, Joe Mant made a good save from Ollie Bate's shot across goal.  Another good Deres move between Drew Allassani and Tyler Anderson-Parr saw Bate send in a centre which no team-mate reached.

 

The visitors broke the deadlock eleven minutes from half time, with a move of some 13 passes which went from left to right wing and finished with a ball from Bate which went like a knife through butter to find Harvey Brand, who opened his scoring account for Deres.

 

However the sides went into the interval all-square, as Teddy Green’s headed clearance only reached Gary Lockyer, who thundered in his eighteenth of the campaign with a left-foot volley from the edge of the box.

 

Ton were on the back foot in the early stages of the second period, with Erith regaining the lead, as a slick passing movement down the left ended in a square ball which Tyler Anderson-Parr only had to tap in from a yard or two out.

 

Gary Lockyer thought he'd levelled for a second time in the 70th minute when Tommy Penfold’s shot cannoned off the striker to wrong-foot Rilwan Anibaba, but it was ruled out for offside.

 

Erith had to play out the final twelve minutes with ten men after Kazzeem Richards was sent off for an over-the-top challenge on Gary Clarke, to give renewed spark to Kennington in the closing stages.  The home team applied pressure and Tommy Penfold's pile-driver was turned over the bar by Anibaba.

 

Substitute Paldon Bepe had a late effort to earn Ton a point, but his shot went agonisingly wide off Anibaba’s legs, and Deres held on for a deserved three points.

 

KENNINGTON: Joe Mant; Harry Lavender (Paldon Bepe 77), Tony Olaoipupo, Adam Phillips, Tony Penfold, Gary Clarke, Robbie Dolan, Tom Scorer (Sobechi Nwaokolo 66), Gary Lockyer, Liam Middleton (Luke Hughes 51), James Haylock-Ashdown.

DERES: Rilwan Anibaba; Kazzeem Richards (sent off 79), Teddy Green, Harvey Brand, Calum McGeehan, Reece Barrett, Henry Dasofunjo, Freddie Cray, Ollie Bate (Lucas Atkins 90+5), Drew Allassani (Tom McNamee 90+1), Tyler Anderson-Parr.