Dulwich Hamlet 0 Tooting and Mitcham 0
(AET FT 0-0 – T&M won 5-3 on penalties)
The Isthmian League Cup – Second Round
Tuesday 2nd October 2007
The Isthmian League Cup – Second Round
Tuesday 2nd October 2007
Barely two days after an exhausting cup encounter with Chalfont St Peter, Dulwich were back in cup action on Tuesday night as old foes Tooting came to town in awesome form and topping the table. Both sides made changes from the weekend with Hamlet using the game to blood a new face in Gbenga Sonuga, central defender newly arrived from Tilbury and a familiar face in striker Scott Edgar, making his return to Pink and Blue. A grey drizzly night and the allure of Champions League football on the telly perhaps combined to a sparse crowd but those that were there were treated to a full-blooded encounter albeit one lacking the goals for which these fixtures are famous. Though Tooting shaded the scoring opportunities, their leading hitman Paul Vines seemed to have left his radar on charge. When Tooting did find the target one-time Terrors custodian Sheikh Ceesay was on hand to deny his erstwhile teammates.
The tie got off to a lively start, with Paul Vines going close for Tooting and Shawn Beveney firing narrowly wide at the other end. Generally, though, defences were on top in the first-half and apart from a few bookings the only other incident of note was a miss by Tooting's Jamie Byatt who fluffed a close range header five minutes before half-time. After the break, Tooting created the best chances and in the 55th minute Carl Hutchings unleashed a tremendous free-kick from 25 yards which rattled the Dulwich crossbar. Dulwich weathered the storm, however, and might have won the game ourselves in the last ten minutes of normal time when substitute Meshach Nugent went close on a couple of occasions. Firstly, he headed wide at the near post from Sol Patterson-Bohner's corner, then shortly afterwards he got clean through the middle only to be denied by an excellent last-ditch tackle by Hutchings.
Things remained fairly tight in extra-time, although Ceesay was forced to pull off a brilliant save just before the end of the first period, diving to his left to beat away a fierce shot from Paul Vines. Hamlet continued to defend resolutely and although Tooting twice went close in the second period, including a Paul Vines header disallowed for off-side, the score was still 0-0 at the end of extra-time. 120 minutes of gruelling football had failed to separate the battling rivals and it all came down to a penalty shoot-out. Both sides were successful with their first three kicks, Joe Vines converted his to put the visitors 4-3 ahead before Anton Innocent smacked his effort into the diving body of Dave King. No reprieve for the Hamlet with Paul Vines stepping up to the mark, he proved deadly from the spot to earn Tooting a third round trip to fellow Division One pacesetters Kingstonian.
The tie got off to a lively start, with Paul Vines going close for Tooting and Shawn Beveney firing narrowly wide at the other end. Generally, though, defences were on top in the first-half and apart from a few bookings the only other incident of note was a miss by Tooting's Jamie Byatt who fluffed a close range header five minutes before half-time. After the break, Tooting created the best chances and in the 55th minute Carl Hutchings unleashed a tremendous free-kick from 25 yards which rattled the Dulwich crossbar. Dulwich weathered the storm, however, and might have won the game ourselves in the last ten minutes of normal time when substitute Meshach Nugent went close on a couple of occasions. Firstly, he headed wide at the near post from Sol Patterson-Bohner's corner, then shortly afterwards he got clean through the middle only to be denied by an excellent last-ditch tackle by Hutchings.
Things remained fairly tight in extra-time, although Ceesay was forced to pull off a brilliant save just before the end of the first period, diving to his left to beat away a fierce shot from Paul Vines. Hamlet continued to defend resolutely and although Tooting twice went close in the second period, including a Paul Vines header disallowed for off-side, the score was still 0-0 at the end of extra-time. 120 minutes of gruelling football had failed to separate the battling rivals and it all came down to a penalty shoot-out. Both sides were successful with their first three kicks, Joe Vines converted his to put the visitors 4-3 ahead before Anton Innocent smacked his effort into the diving body of Dave King. No reprieve for the Hamlet with Paul Vines stepping up to the mark, he proved deadly from the spot to earn Tooting a third round trip to fellow Division One pacesetters Kingstonian.
Teams:
DHFC: Sheikh Ceesay; Jermaine Hinds; Billy Chattaway; Benson Paka; Shayne Mangodza; Gbenga Sonuga; Shawn Beveney (Capt.); Sol Patterson-Bohner (Stanley Muguo 97); Scott Edgar; Henry Darko (Meshach Nugent 70); Phil Williams (Anton Innocent 70)
Substitutes not used: Ricky Dobson; Nej Hussein (GK)
T&MUFC: Dave King; Dean Hamlin; Oliver Hunt; Carl Hutchings (Allan McLeod 91); Joe Vines (Capt.); Des Boateng; Jason Pinnock; Ronnie Green (Matt York 108); Paul Vines; Eben Allen; Jamie Byatt (Matt Kidson 91)
Substitutes not used: Ryan Gray; Jon Henry-Hayden
Attendance 149
Match Officials
Referee: Mr Martin Yerby
Assistant Referees: Mr Peter Georgiou & Mr Gary Dodd
Goalscoring:
Penalties:
1-0 T&M Matt York
1-1 DHFC Scott Edgar
2-1 T&M Allan McLeod
2-2 DHFC Shawn Beveney
3-2 T&M Des Boateng
3-3 DHFC Stanley Muguo
4-3 T&M Joe Vines
4-3 DHFC Anton Innocent (Saved)
5-3 T&M Paul Vines
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