The Youth Team showed magnificent fighting spirit against their counterparts from AFC Wimbledon in a pulsating FA Youth Cup tie at Champion Hill on Thursday night but eventually the rigours of extra-time took their toll on young limbs as the young Dons squeezed their way through to a 2nd qualifying round trip to the Hare & Hounds, home of Leyton FC.
The Hamlet showed no fear of their academy opponents and might well have been ahead had the pacy Alex Chambers managed to tuck away two well worked openings before the visitors had got into full gear. Unfortunately tight angles conspired against the lightning fast Hamlet striker and both chances flashed wide of an upright with the ‘keeper beaten. Hamlet were left ruing these chances were a generous free kick award saw AFC presented with a free kick a yard or two inside the Hamlet delivered in a manner reminiscent of those Dons that once plied their trade at Plough Lane. The hurtling ball was missed in flight by Hamlet’s number one Kyriakos Tornaritis, a rare blip on a solid night, and arriving like the Brighton Express at the back stick Tommy Hutchings met the ball with a bullet drive, hammering the ball low into the opposite corner.
That lead would not last long as Chambers made has mark with an equaliser that would send the home support into raptures as amidst a scramble of bodies in the penalty area he stuck out a leg to turn a loose ball past Liam Poupact, stranded out of goal, and despite the valiant attempt of the last defender to clear the ball Chambers finish had the legs to cross the line.
Barely two minutes after that equaliser Champion Hill was plunged into darkness as the floodlights failed but any Malaysian betting syndicates hoping to pick up their winnings were sorely disappointed when light was restored some quarter of an hour later.
The second half continued to produce pulsating entertainment but neither side could find that differentiating goal, so dispensation for a stop out on a school night as battle was rejoined in extra time. Five minutes of that had elapsed and with Dulwich struggling to clear their lines; the loose ball was pounced on, a bouncing shot from Luke Pigden beating Hamlet’s 'keeper inside his right hand upright. The goal seemed to give AFC added impetus as they put the lock down on the game and though Hamlet had a good shout for a penalty waved away by an unusually lenient referee when Jonathon Dickson was chopped down in the box, they could not make that all important breakthrough for a second equaliser.
The Hamlet showed no fear of their academy opponents and might well have been ahead had the pacy Alex Chambers managed to tuck away two well worked openings before the visitors had got into full gear. Unfortunately tight angles conspired against the lightning fast Hamlet striker and both chances flashed wide of an upright with the ‘keeper beaten. Hamlet were left ruing these chances were a generous free kick award saw AFC presented with a free kick a yard or two inside the Hamlet delivered in a manner reminiscent of those Dons that once plied their trade at Plough Lane. The hurtling ball was missed in flight by Hamlet’s number one Kyriakos Tornaritis, a rare blip on a solid night, and arriving like the Brighton Express at the back stick Tommy Hutchings met the ball with a bullet drive, hammering the ball low into the opposite corner.
That lead would not last long as Chambers made has mark with an equaliser that would send the home support into raptures as amidst a scramble of bodies in the penalty area he stuck out a leg to turn a loose ball past Liam Poupact, stranded out of goal, and despite the valiant attempt of the last defender to clear the ball Chambers finish had the legs to cross the line.
Barely two minutes after that equaliser Champion Hill was plunged into darkness as the floodlights failed but any Malaysian betting syndicates hoping to pick up their winnings were sorely disappointed when light was restored some quarter of an hour later.
The second half continued to produce pulsating entertainment but neither side could find that differentiating goal, so dispensation for a stop out on a school night as battle was rejoined in extra time. Five minutes of that had elapsed and with Dulwich struggling to clear their lines; the loose ball was pounced on, a bouncing shot from Luke Pigden beating Hamlet’s 'keeper inside his right hand upright. The goal seemed to give AFC added impetus as they put the lock down on the game and though Hamlet had a good shout for a penalty waved away by an unusually lenient referee when Jonathon Dickson was chopped down in the box, they could not make that all important breakthrough for a second equaliser.
Teams:
DHFC:
Kyriakos Tornaritis; Josh Murphy; Tom O'Reilly; Sean Richard; Billy Chattaway; Jon Hosking; Joshua Gonzalez; Jason Hawes; Alex Chambers; Matthew Steer; Lewis Cashin
Substitutes: Billy Thomson; Jonathon Dickson; Santiago Sarcone; Andrew Mante; Felix Mann
AFCW: Liam Poupact; Godfrey Asare; Femi Ilesanmi; Dan Dean; Edward Bell; Luke Pigden; Stevie Gilbert; Michael Kyere; Bill Dunn; Lee Davison; Tommy Hutchings
Substitutes: Aaron Snelling; David Fianyck; James Stenning; Matty Martin
Referee: Mr Ben Wright
Assistant Referees Mr Robert Redman & Mr Leonid Raihunan
Attendance: 106
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