Dulwich Hamlet 1 Walton Casuals 1

Dulwich Hamlet 1 Walton Casuals 1
Ryman Isthmian League Division One South
Saturday 3rd November 2007

Dulwich’s recent run of victories came to halt yesterday as they were held to draw at Champion Hill by a resilient and resurgent Walton Casuals side whose spunky performance against one of the Division’s form sides bodes well for the battle to shake off the shackles of the relegation zone. Much water has flowed through the weir since last the two sides clashed under sodden skies in the early days of the season. Personnel changes have ripped the heart and soul from the Casuals XI that lined up on that damp August afternoon with only John Ambridge, Max Hustwick and skipper Craig Lewington starting both contests. Indeed two of their number that day now parade in Pink and Blue, though only Sol Patterson-Bohner ranged against the Stags for Dulwich with Jermaine Hinds personal commitments preventing him taking on his erstwhile teammates. Hinds was not the only absentee for the Hamlet; tyro winger Billy Chattaway’s talents had not gone unnoticed and an England Schoolboy trial enforced his absence whilst suspension left Stanley Muguo cooling his heels. The absentees meant a return to the starting XI for Gbenga Sonuga in defence whilst Faz Koroma’s performances in the Reserves perfect start to the season gained him a call up to the majors.
Walton might languish in the lower reaches of the league but someone forgot to tell them they were supposed to play the fall guy as they held the upper hand in a disjointed and bitty opening session without truly threatening a breakthrough. As autumn breezes tussled the leaves around the still verdant pitch, the curl of a luscious Woodbine drifted on Notos’ chilly breath and the mind wandered. Then a moment of bizarre controversy as lofted back pass had Shawn Beveney in hot pursuit, only for curiously tonsured custodian Craig Bradshaw to nod the ball away from the impending bulk of Beveney. Then unaccountably he tugged at Beveney with the ball far from danger. Might it have been a penalty? Referee Mr Power mused then demurred.
Four minutes later a heavy challenge wide left provided the opportunity for Gary Mabbutt (not that one!) to loft a deep free kick towards the back of the six yard box. Dulwich number one, Sheikh Ceesay, made to come then seemed stuck in a slough of indecision allowing Nana Badu to profit with a pitch perfect header across Ceesay, stood stock-still and into the back of the net.
Four minutes later Dulwich provided the perfect response as Sebastian Schoburgh, having been switch shortly previous from right to left wing, showed an electric turn of pace to leave amber shirts trailing in his slipstream. More mature than that prodigy that at turns fascinated and frustrated, Schoburgh hared into the box, but rather than shoot from an impossible angle chose instead to clip the ball back to his skipper, Beveney, who drilled the ball towards goal with such venom neither defenders nor keeper could deny its intended target.

Teams:
DHFC: Sheikh Ceesay; Gbenga Sonuga; Ricky Dobson; Benson Paka; Shayne Mangodza; Steve May; Shawn Beveney (Capt); Fasineh Koroma (Helder Valdes 72); Scott Edgar; Sol Patterson-Bohner; Sebastian Schoburgh
Substitutes not used: Meshach Nugent; Phil Williams; Michael Smith; Nej Hussein (GK)

WCFC: Craig Bradshaw; Stephen Tyson; John Ambridge; Max Hustwick; Rob Paris; Craig Lewington; Jean-Serge Musungu; Garry Mabbutt; Nana Badu; Jefferson Gowland (Kevin MacLaren 87); Lamin Ojo
Substitutes not used: Carlton Murray-Price; Chris Kiganda; Greg Ball; Rico Morris

Attendance: 303

Match Officials:
Referee: Mr Tony Power
Assistant Referees: Mr Simon Potter & Mr Roger Wells

Goalscoring
1-0 WCFC Nana Badu 26th minute
1-11 DHFC Shawn Beveney 30th minute

Dulwich Hamlet 2 Burgess Hill Town 1

Dulwich Hamlet 2 Burgess Hill Town 1
Ryman Isthmian League Division One South
Tuesday 30th October 2007

Up to 10th place for the Hamlet as the regenesis of recent weeks continued apace with a ballsy, belligerent defeat of a testing Burgess Hill Town, who have long proved a fly in the ointment for previous custodians of the Hamlet hot seat. The man of the hour (and a half) was Champion Hill’s very own great Scott, Edgar that is, at last finding the net for the Hamlet with a brace of goals displaying a masterclass in the art of poaching, the first going in amongst the muck and bullets to turn home a pitch perfect cross from Jermaine Hinds, the second more vital still for it cancelled out a Burgess Hill equaliser mere moments earlier.
In light of embattled victory and gallant defeat respectively neither side saw reason for change bar an enforced one for Dulwich, Phil Williams making way for the returning Stanley Muguo who played like a man possessed. Indeed the whole Dulwich midfield engine room purred into action like a finely honed sports car, one of its number, Benson Paka, the first to threaten in a high octane start as he was found in space on the left. Cutting back in he unleashed a fierce low drive that cannoned off a defender’s legs for the corner that was to bring calamity upon the visitors. Picked out lingering on the fringes of the area, Shawn Beveney swept the ball wide to Hinds rattling up the right wing, the right back swinging the ball keenly into the jowls of the goal. Tyro Hillian custodian, Chris Winterton, wavered, Edgar did not, stretching a long limb to divert the ball past the vacillating ‘keeper and into the back of the net.
The goal was the prelude to some diverting football as, orchestrated from midfield, Dulwich sung a symphony of scintillating soccer but without the goals to build on that lead. Billy Chattaway came close to reaching the end of an Edgar header back across goal only for David Piper’s dinked header to nudge the ball off the youngster’s head as he tried to force it home at the back post. Beveney too had the chances to add to the advantage, escaping like lightning at the spearhead of a Dulwich counter only to scoop the ball over the bar when well placed. Miscommunication, over exuberance combined to rob Hamlet of a second just past the half hour when the dancing feet of Beveney slipped the ball past his marker on the edge of the six yard box. Robbed of his balance at the vital moment by the dewy turf, Beveney regained his feet but failed to notice Sol Patterson-Bohner arriving like an express train, awkwardly spooning the ball over the bar before his team-mate could dispatch a shot on goal.
A teenage tangle as Chattaway charged down Winterton as he dithered with a clearance on the edge of his area but the roll favoured the Hillian as he beat Chattaway in the chase back for the ball. For a moment Hamlet lost shape, exposed on the right they might have been punished had Matt Geard at the back stick not pummelled the ball high into the night sky for a whipped cross. The coda to half saw Burgess Hill resurgent, eager to punishment home profligacy. A midfield muddle saw the ball surrendered, Ceesay rocketing from his line to clear as a lobbed pass threatened to let in Steve Harper. The clearance went back into enemy hands, Geard sensing the chance to rifle off a stern shot on course for the top corner until Ceesay stretched to claw the ball behind for a corner.
Perhaps Dulwich had substituted the isotonic for the Horlicks at the break, but seemed sluggish in comparison to a Hillian XI who had brimstone in their belly, waylaying the Hamlet rearguard in the early exchanges. They found no give and it was left to the Hamlet, once the early stupor had drifted away to create the first true opening as the galloping Muguo, escaping right, attempted to pick out Chattaway at the back of the six yard box, only a lack of inches preventing the youngster nodding in at the far upright.
Still the goals refused to come as if a charm had been laid on Winterton’s goal. A desperate lunging tackle deflected effort from Edgar, having cut back inside his man, left Winterton flatfooted but David Piper proved his saviour once more and Chattaway's nemesis again as the defender stretched to nod the ball away for the inrushing winger. Bludgeon swapped for rapier but still Dame Fortune turned away her face as Beveney sprung the offside trap on the right wing before tucking the ball back for Muguo to hammer past a leaden footed Winterton only to look on incredulously as the ball rattled back off the inside of the upright, zipping across the face of goal before clipping the outside of the other post and away.
Having used a trio of substitutes with nearly a half hour remaining, Burgess Hill lost the industrious David Piper, a clash of heads with Edgar necessitating treatment off the field for the six minutes before he returned head bandaged, Burgess Hill depleted team found extra impetus as Hamlet took the foot off the gas. That momentum continued as ten became eleven once more. Neil Watts’ dance into the box almost bore fruit but with eight minutes left an equaliser materialised. A booming throw into the penalty area was flicked on at the near post and Dulwich defenders statuesque, Watts rumbled into to meet the ball with a fierce volley from close range that gave Ceesay not an inkling of a chance.
Heads might have dropped but Burgess Hill joy was short-lived as Dulwich crafted a second goal before two more minutes had slipped by. Substitute Sebastian Schoburgh ripped into the right flank of the Hillians’ defence, his skills unable to shake off a blocking defender but the greater maturity that he has gained since his youth team days shone through as he trolled the ball back into the path of Paka, unleashing a drilled drive on goal that Winterton could only batter down in front of him. Pouncing like a panther, Edgar shrewdly lifted the ball over the prone ‘keeper to restore the Hamlet advantage.
Not that Burgess Hill would lie down after this setback but Ceesay would prove a hero as two minutes later he produced a top drawer save to fingertip the ball away as defender turned striker Danny Gainsford met the ball with a powerful header. Clattering into the post, the brave Hamlet number one needed treatment to a sore head but recovered to see out extensive stoppage time as Dulwich made sure of a third straight triumph.

Teams:
DHFC: Sheikh Ceesay; Jermaine Hinds; Ricky Dobson; Benson Paka; Shayne Mangodza; Steve May; Shawn Beveney (Capt) (Meshach Nugent 88); Stanley Muguo; Scott Edgar; Sol Patterson-Bohner (Michael Smith 76); Billy Chattaway (Sebastian Schoburgh 76)
Substitutes not used: Gbenga Sonuga, Nej Hussein (GK)

BHTFC: Chris Winterton; David Piper; Matt Piper (Jiri Dohnal 55); Nick Fogden; Danny Gainsford; Neil Watts; Steve Harper (Capt); Lloyd Cotton; Shaheen Sadough (Dan Royce 65); Jamie Howell; Matt Geard (Kenny Hewitt 63)
Substitutes not used: Simon Greatwich; Joe Bye

Attendance: 244

Officials:
Referee: Mr Tony Mason (Sidcup, Kent)
Assistant Referees: Mr Babatunde Adebayo (Bexleyheath, Kent) & Mr Keith Scudder (Gravesend, Kent)

Goalscoring
1-0 DHFC Scott Edgar 9th minute
1-1 BHTFC Neil Watts 81st minute
2-1 DHFC Scott Edgar 83rd minute

Sittingbourne 0 Dulwich Hamlet 2

Sittingbourne 0 Dulwich Hamlet 2
Saturday 27th October 2007
Ryman League Division One South

A solid performance on the brickfields of Kent as the resurgence of Dulwich continued apace, another pretender to promotion seen off by late goals once their attacking threat had been snuffed out by the Hamlet’s resilient defence. Having slipped adrift of the leading pack as manager Craig Edwards rebuilt Dulwich in his own image, Hamlet have picked their way upwards and though they still reside in the wrong half of the table, the play-off places lie tantalisingly within grasp, a mere five points away.
Within Stanley Muguo detained in traffic, the management needed a quick reshuffle with Billy Chattaway called up to the starting line-up in the only change from an the initial XI that had seen off the threat of Tooting a week earlier. The right of defence had a slightly incongruous look though with Steve May in the shadow of his gargantuan right back Jermaine Hinds, the pair having shuffled positions in the early stages of the Imperial Fields triumph. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it! For their part the goal-shy Brickies found themselves shorn of on-loan striker Stuart Vahid, whose early season tour of North Kent, had ended in midweek with his recall to Ramsgate, though at least they could once again call upon the services of leading scorer Bradley Spice and influential midfield playmaker Kieran Marsh, who had begun to mine a rich vein of goalscoring form before injury curtailed his influence.
Leaden skies foretelling a primeval winter glowered down upon ramshackle Bourne Park and the early football was as grey as the elements. First threat from the hosts after five minutes as Steve Hafner wheedled his way into the Hamlet box, a sharp shot from a tight angle battered down by Sheikh Ceesay, alert at the near post, and away for a corner off Shayne Mangodza. 12 minutes had passed before Dulwich posed their first threat of note. A clumsy challenge 25 yards out presented Dulwich with a free kick, one from which skipper Shawn Beveney masterfully curled the ball over the Brick wall but too close to ‘keeper Jamie Riley who adeptly plucked the ball out of the air beneath his crossbar. Soon Sittingbourne replied as Anthony Hogg got himself into a good position only to dribble a volley straight at waiting Ceesay.
A shapeless, ragbag of a half ensued as the midfield morass sucked up the ball. When tested defence proved themselves impassable and it was left to speculative and the hopeful to provide the scant entertainment of the half. Benson Paka’s mazy dribble deserved better than a swirling drive from distance that was always, always curling wide of Riley’s net.
As the interval drew closer a rare break for the beleaguered ‘Bourne attackers as a brace of chances in quick succession presented themselves, lifting the locals’ spirits, only for off-key finishing to rapidly dampen them. 39 minutes and a goal kick was headed back behind the Hamlet defence, the Spice boy sneaking in behind Ricky Dobson, caught on the hop, but the angle was aside the Brickies’ striker as the shot rolled across the face of Ceesay’s goal. Moments later and with Dulwich massed on their right flank to repel a Sittingbourne incursion down the wing they left their opposite flank exposed, an almost fatal error as the ball was swung across the park to Mitchell Sherwood. To the Hamlet’s relief Sherwood opted not to attack the goal but instead opted for the spectacular a potent volley from distance never accurate enough to test Ceesay. A purple patch for the hosts continued as Marsh attempted to lob the ball over Ceesay but to no avail. All too soon for the hosts a blast of Mr Meilack’s whistle for half-time curtailed this renaissance, allowing Dulwich the breathing space to regroup and retaliate. Retaliate they did. Barely had the curtain raised on the second half, than the ball was crashed into the side netting though the reactions of some participants on the pitch suggested to those still supping the last dregs of the half-time pint that Dulwich had opened the scoring.
Industry still outweighed invention, tempo adagio, artistry absent. Dulwich were the more incisive but chances still remained at a premium. The ubiquitous Beveney, revelling in his recent rebirth as player and skipper, had the best of them, a back post header powerful but off the mark soon supplemented by a ferocious drive from an acute angle that might have skittled the travelling hoard but for the timely intervention of the side netting.
Phil Williams, the speed streak in his tonsure redundant today, made way for the mercurial Sebastian Schoburgh but the wing wizard could make little inroads in the home defence, not that he was alone in his frustration. Ceesay was barely roused from his reveries, Tristan Knowles attempting to give the Hamlet ‘keeper something to do with a mighty strike from miles out, but swirling high, wide and harmless. Riley too had little to do bar plucking the ball from the head of Scott Edgar as Schoburgh lashed in a tempting cross from hard left.
The weak winter sun had now penetrated that grey blanket of heaven and loath to leave with merely a point, the management brought out the last of the substitutes for the Hamlet as Edgar and Sol Patterson-Bohner were replaced by Meshach Nugent and newcomer Michael Smith respectively, the latter lately joined on loan from the tenants Fisher. Perhaps the change did Dulwich good, an extra burst of impetus from the switch, for three minutes later the barriers to goal were at last thrown down and from an unlikely source, defender Hinds. As Pink and Blue shirts packed into the Bourne box, a Hamlet corner was swung in. The battering rams failed to make the initial breakthrough but as the red and black rearguard peeled back as the ball dropped the foot of Hinds a ballista, as a golden drive scattered the last remnants of defence, the merest of deflections sending the ball scudding under the desperate dive of Riley.
Last chance saloon for the Brickies as every last card was played in a vain attempt to grab an equaliser, a trio of subs on in the wake of the goal, one of whose number, James Gregory, caused a frisson amongst the Hamlet support as he whipped a ball into the box from wide left. However Dulwich were not going to surrender that hard-won lead easily and rugged defending gave little succour to the Sittingbourne attackers. Having drunk from the cup of success, Dulwich wanted further sustenance; both Beveney and Nugent testing Riley, at last earning his corn. The best was saved to last, port and cigars to end a meal that satisfying more than sustaining and served up by the recidivist Schoburgh, determined to end the game with a flourish. A strong run took the fleet-footed Schoburgh to the brink of the box but faced with a wall of Brickies’ defenders, the call went out to head for the corner flag to waste away the final few seconds. For a second this seemed the plan but then in a flash of Pink and Blue, Schoburgh spun away from the shackles of his markers, darted into the box then sprung his arrow with a shot rifled across the face of a bemused Riley and into the far top corner of the net.

SFC: Jamie Riley; Tristan Knowles; Joe Dowley (Capt); Paul Ainsworth; James Campbell; Kieran Marsh; Steve Hafner (Hicham Akhazzan 83); Anthony Hogg; Bradley Spice (Dave Norris ?); Charlie Glyde (James Gregory 83); Mitchell Sherwood; Substitutes not used: Toby Ashmore; Bradley Ashmore

DHFC: Sheikh Ceesay; Jermaine Hinds; Ricky Dobson; Benson Paka; Shayne Mangodza; Steve May; Shawn Beveney (Capt); Phil Williams (Sebastian Schoburgh 68); Scott Edgar (Meshach Nugent 79); Sol Patterson-Bohner (Michael Smith 79); Billy Chattaway
Substitutes not used: Stanley Muguo; Nej Hussein (GK)

Attendance: 158

Match Officials:
Referee: Mr Frank Meilack (Ticehurst)
Assistant Referees: Mr J Gooding (Ashford) & Mr S Harding (Waderslade)

Goalscoring:
1-0 DHFC Jermaine Hinds 81st minute
2-0 DHFC Sebastian Schoburgh 90th minute (+3)

Tooting and Mitcham United 0 Dulwich Hamlet 1

Tooting and Mitcham United 0 Dulwich Hamlet 1
Ryman Isthmian League Division One South
Saturday 20th October 2007

Derby day on Merseyside, in the Gorbals but set aside those minor tiffs in the provinces for beside the banks of the Wandle a derby laced with passion, fizzling with excitement was in progress but them your special correspondent was roused from his reveries and set his sights upon the latest instalment of the Tooting Dulwich rivalry. From their lofty perch atop the table the Terrors look down upon ‘umble ‘amlet, languishing in the nether regions of the Division as the new management attempts to gel his disparate parts in a working model that will assault the upper echelons of the division come that time of the season when the laurels are handed down. Much to the frustration of all and sundry, peak has too often been followed by trough and vice versa, the challenge of Premier Division Hornchurch not shirked but gallantry in that defeat was quickly replaced by surrender to the gentleman of Whyteleafe for whom the joy of competing almost matches the exhilaration of victory. Hastily arranged in the wake of Tooting’s own Tuesday night capitulation to Chipstead in the FA Trophy, perhaps the hosts hoped that entertaining a misfiring Hamlet might boost their own confidence as the struggling guests were put to the sword. If that was the stratagem adopted by the Terrors then it badly backfired on them as Dulwich’s defence, missing Gbenga Sonuga, remained rock steady even against the threat of the division’s most venomous striker, Paul Vines, a dreadnought backed up in attack by the pocket battleship Jamie Byatt, a constant aerial menace despite his diminutive stature.
A shining star for the Hamlet was ‘keeper Sheikh Ceesay, who made the move from host to guest during the summer and, his tender years notwithstanding, produced save after save of exquisite quality to keep the Tooting assaults at bay. As early as the fourth minute the young custodian had to stretch himself full length to claw away a precise drive from Paul Vines who escaped into the left pocket as Dulwich waited in vain for a flag, though Ceesay was perhaps fortunate no Tooting attacker had ventured forwards in hope of profiting from the loose ball.
Returning to the starting line-up and reclaiming the captain’s armband in the absence of Sonuga, midfielder Shawn Beveney provided the first Hamlet threat as he powered through the middle of the park almost unopposed but from the edge of the penalty a drive struck fiercely failed to trouble Dave King between the sticks, a yawning chasm ‘twixt post and ball as the shot sped well wide of its target. Soon after a lobbed ball sprung the Hamlet defence but Paul Vines failed to take advantage as he prodded an ineffectual effort wide of the far upright. A long lumped ball forwards almost let Ben Abbey in on goal but in the chase for the ball he came off second best to Shayne Mangodza, whose timely header took the ball off the head of Abbey and behind for a corner. Still the peril persisted as the delivery saw the ball nodded out only as far as Joe Vines, an wild drive heading nowhere until Abbey flung himself full-length to divert the ball towards goal but lacking the venom to trouble Ceesay. A pass in from the right wing bisected the Hamlet defence, Paul Vines on it in a flash, muscling away his marker but a good strike was always curling away from goal as Ceesay dived to cover at the base of his left-hand upright. The siege engines remained at the Hamlet’s gates, a nodded ball forwards seemed destined for Paul Vines but Steve May had other ideas, battling the striker for the ball before providing relief with a telling clearance. A spectacular bicycle kick from Allan McLeod wide out on the left proved incisive as Abbey caressed the ball down, hared across the face of the penalty area but when he let fly the ball was always rising over the crossbar of Ceesay.
The inmates of the Hill, out on day release in the suburbs, had little to cheer with all the action laid before the Tooting host but then a free kick, flicked on by Beveney, almost had Scott Edgar in scoring position until Joe Vines dived in to provide a decisive tackle and send the ball out for a corner. For a moment the pressure persisted. Half cleared the corner was returned quickly with Stanley Muguo a trifle surprised to be waved onside, a momentary realisation that gave ‘keeper King an edge in the chase for the ball, beating Muguo in the race for the ball. However he might have been blushing had Edgar connected with the loose, a minute Tooting touch taking the ball away from him at the vital moment. Beveney latched on to the loose ball, veering inside and letting rip with an exocet of a drive but a foot too wide.
Tooting wasted an excellent position as a free kick 10 yards outside the area was weakly curled into the waiting hands of Ceesay whilst Dulwich too failed to capitalise after Phil Williams was cynically curtailed in full flow by Joe Vines trip, Beveney blasting the free kick against a solid wall of Black and White.
With copious openings for the Terrors, bare scraps for the Hamlet attack, Dulwich’s travelling faithful awaited the second half as a nervous patient might a trip to the dentist. Early Tooting attacks did little to dispel that fear. Two minutes in and a free kick on the edge of the area, threatened much, delivered little though Ceesay might have been hoodwinked had Paul Vines deflected effort not had the power dissipated in flight. Two minutes later a deep, deep corner was met by a bullet header from pint-sized Byatt, outjumping all without a stepladder in sight, but denied as a flying Ceesay plucked the goalbound ball from the air. Overworked Ceesay was soon back in the fray as he flung himself bravely at the feet of a charging Paul Vines to block the ball at his feet two yards from goal. Frustrated Tooting rained in attack upon attack but to little avail. McLeod lashed the ball across the face of goal having been released down the left but without a monochrome shirt to profit.
At last Hamlet lifted the siege. Twice in as many minutes they threatened King’s goal, first when Benson Paka hacked a path though the tangleweed of Tooting tackles, clipping a lofted pass in towards Beveney, only for the header to fly wide of the mark. Wit Tooting’s defence in absentia, Williams found himself onside but dallied on the ball allowing a defender’s tackle to whip the ball from his toes six yards from goal. The corner reached Jermaine Hinds lurking at the back of the box; a neat cut back inside left his marker flatfooted but the final shot was that of defender rolling harmlessly wide of King’s near post.
Allowed free rein to run across the park, Ronnie Green played the provider for Byatt, a curling, dropping shot coming within a whisker of ending the stalemate as the ball spun over Ceesay’s crossbar. Billy Chattaway came off the bench, replacing Williams as Dulwich attempted to add impetus to their attack but the tyro winger’s first major contribution was to deny Tooting the opener as Joe Vines’ thumping header was cleared off the line. Dulwich quickly countered with the youngster at the heart of an attack whose final move had King rushing from his line to hack the ball to the sidelines from the feet of an overlapping May.
Joe Vines had fortune smiling benignly upon when he seemed favourite to win the race with Edgar for a long ball forwards, only to stumble into an ungainly heap as he stooped low in a vain attempt to nod the ball back to his ‘keeper, a suspicion of handball as he hit the floor. Edgar could not profit for the mortified Vines’ blunder, losing the ball in a tangle of his own feet and allowing King to claim the ball.
With a quarter of an hour left, the dormant volcano erupted as the almost de rigueur red cards starting flying. More the pity as Dulwich were in the throes of one of their more profitable attacks, a sweeping move ending with a low ball across the face of goal sliced mere millimetres over the crossbar by a lunging defender’s boot. All the while though, behind play, fires that had not even smouldered had burst into full conflagration amid a flurry of fists. The bellicose McLeod had clashed with Muguo, a coup de tête from the fiery defender on the Hamlet man provoking an angry reaction from victim upon perpetrator. Five long minutes elapsed whilst the referee took witness statements from his assistants, all the while Muguo prowled like a caged lion whilst a stockade of black and white hid McLeod. Finally the inevitable, red card to McLeod, red to Muguo. In the wake of the dismissals both sides made changes in attack. For Hamlet Henry Darko came on for Edgar whilst Jason Pinnock took the field in the stead of Abbey.
The match still simmered, a yellow card for Des Boateng as Chattaway was felled in full flight, but destiny seemed to have chosen this encounter to be goalless. Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Second time was in the second minute when Hinds released a precise pass out of defence that had Beveney galloping off in pursuit of. Muscling aside any vestiges of defence, Beveney had sights only for goal, haring into the area and neatly drilling the ball in the bottom far corner as King tried fruitlessly to narrow the angle. Eight long minutes remained, Tooting still dangerous but with the talismanic Paul Vines seriously out of sorts before goal and Dulwich defence an Everest to scale that lone Beveney goal would end Tooting’s long, long unbeaten record at Imperial Fields whilst prolonging the Hamlet’s enviable record of never having lost upon this turf. Methinks Craig Edwards might consider ripping up this sod and transplanting it to Champion Hill?

Teams:
T&MUFC: Dave King; Dean Hamlin; Colin Hartburn; Ronnie Green; Joe Vines; Des Boateng; Allan McLeod; Matt York; Paul Vines; Ben Abbey (Jason Pinnock 80); Jamie Byatt
Substitutes not used: Matt Kidson; Ryan Gray; John Henry-Hayden; Oliver Hunt

DHFC: Sheikh Ceesay; Steve May; Ricky Dobson; Benson Paka; Shayne Mangodza; Jermaine Hinds; Shawn Beveney; Stanley Muguo; Scott Edgar (Henry Darko 80 (Meshach Nugent 90+2); Sol Patterson-Bonner; Phil Williams (Billy Chattaway 62)
Substitutes not used: Sebastian Schoburgh; Nej Hussain (GK)

Goalscoring:
1-0 DHFC Shawn Beveney 90th minute (+2)

Officials: Not known
Attendance: 275

Dulwich Hamlet 1 Whyteleafe 2

Dulwich Hamlet 1 Whyteleafe 2
Ryman Isthmian League Division One South
Tuesday 16th October 2007

The fighting spirit of Hornchurch was washed away under lachrymose skies at Champion Hill as Dulwich Hamlet found perennial bogey men Whyteleafe found themselves infused with a fortitude that seemed to seep away from the Hamlet as the match progressed. All this despite an encouraging start from the Hamlet, Ricky Dobson lashing a rising shot over the crossbar within 40 seconds of the first whistle as a corner was flicked on to him loitering on the fringes of the penalty area. ‘Leafe responded with a well-struck free kick from Callum MacLean in the fifth minute but lack of precision made for an simple pouch for Hamlet custodian Sheikh Ceesay, but their plans were thrown astray when talismanic midfielder tiger Ali Reeve was forced from the fray in the 7th minute with a back injury. Worse was to follow as a howler of Robinson proportions allowed Hamlet to take the lead in the 13th minute. Stretching to a right wing cross, Benson Paka’s head connected with the ball to divert the ball towards goal but though the direction was perfect, the absence of power seemed to make for an easy gather for erstwhile Hamlet ‘keeper Rob Tolfrey. However the guardian of the goal mind was already on the distribution of the ball and to the horror of his team-mates the ball slipped gingerly through his hands and into the back of the net.
Yet the goal proved an albatross for the Hamlet as ‘Leafe rallied and had Sean Rivers not snatched at a close range, lashed high over the bar and out of the ground, the visitors might have cancelled out the goal with a matter of minutes. Rivers’ strike partner Danny Platel also had a great chance to level matters, piercing the right flank of the Hamlet defence, but Ceesay rushed from his line to get a vital touch on the green-clad forward’s shot, taking the sting off the drive and allowing Dobson to clear up behind him as the ball ran across the face of the six yard box.
33 minutes and the ‘Leafe’s determination and heart bore fruit as the ball was swept swiftly across the park, play switched from left to right. A speculative low ball was driven in hard on goal, Ceesay unprepared and scrambling across goal, he dived to parry the ball out. However the respite was but momentary for the belligerent, predatory Platel held off his marker to rattle the loose ball into the back of the net tight to the upright. Assiduous Platel proved a handful for Hamlet’s overworked defence and five minutes before the break he came within a whisker of firing the Surrey men ahead, an incisive diagonal run from the left to meet a low pass in from the right embellished with a sweet first time strike, the ball caressed mere inches wide of Ceesay’s right hand post.
False dawn as the second half began with Sol Patterson-Bohner picking himself up from a crunching challenge to curl in a free kick from 25 yards but straight into the hands of the waiting Tolfrey. Soon after a ‘Leafe was allowed a double bounce in the Hamlet penalty area, reaching Graham Tydeman at the back but after a neat piece of juggling his angled volley was blocked by Patterson-Bohner on guard at the back stick.
The mercurial Sebastian Schoburgh reminded the fans of the electric pace with a razor-sharp incursion down the left but the final flourish was missing, the shot saved until the angle was too tight and the ball rippling the side netting.
A quick Whyteleafe free kick caught Hamlet napping on 67 minutes as Rivers took advantage of Dulwich daydreaming only to be denied by Ceesay throwing himself open the final shot. Lessons not learnt though and a minute later Dulwich found themselves trailing. Ineffectual tackling on the flank opened up the space for Platel to lash the ball across the face of goal, but the task of Rivers was made all the more easy as non-existent marking allowed the striker to gleefully nod the ball home inside the far upright.
The defence was in abeyance once more as a free kick was pumped to the back of the box three minutes later, Tydeman ghosting into the space unchallenged but a poor header spared the Hamlet’s blushes, the ball looping well wide of the target.
Hurried and harassed Hamlet went in search of redemption. Billy Chattaway struck a good effort from the edge of the box after substitute Scott Edgar had won aerial the battle for a ball pumped forwards. The industry of Steve May won a corner, the delivery finding Shayne Mangodza but his side footed strike cannoned off the legs of a defender and into the hands of the waiting Tolfrey. Part of double substitution for the final quarter hour, Stanley Muguo’s powerful run ripped a hole through the ‘Leafe right rearguard before whipping a deep cross to the back of the box, too deep for the inrushing attackers but almost dropping inside the back post as Tolfrey remained glued to the ground. ‘Leafe Denva McKenzie’s responded with a fearsome angled volley, lashing the ball goalwards but always too high as it dropped over Ceesay’s crossbar. A frantic passage of play brought the curtain down on a disappointing night as five minutes into time added on, and having forced a last-gasp corner, Dulwich launched an all-out assault on the Whyteleafe goal but cometh the hour cometh the man, Tolfrey’s earlier faux pas but a distant memory for the men in green as his heroics saw him block not once but twice from venom laced strikes inside the penalty area, first from Andre McCollin then from Paka before a third and final effort saw a combination of ‘Leafe bodies barricade the Hamlet’s way to an equaliser. As the siege was lifted the whistle blew, signalling a defeat that leaves Dulwich languishing amongst the basement boys and the management pondering from whence to conjure the magic that will gel the Hamlet misfits into the sum of their parts.

Teams:
DHFC: Sheikh Ceesay; Steve May; Gbenga Sonuga (Capt.); Shayne Mangodza; Ricky Dobson; Sebastian Schoburgh (Phil Williams 75); Benson Paka; Sol Patterson-Bohner; Billy Chattaway (Stanley Muguo 75); Junior Adeniyi (Scott Edgar 65); Andre McCollin
Subs not used: Jermaine Hinds, Nej Hussein (GK)

WFC: Rob Tolfrey; Michael Riley; Alhajie Jabbie; Ali Reeve (Leigh Douce 7); Chris O'Flaherty; Callum MacLean; Graham Tydeman; Robert Smith; Sean Rivers; Danny Platel; Ellis Conroy (Denva McKenzie 75)
Subs not used: Gavin Dilley; Sam Clayton

Attendance: 269
Officials:
Referee: Mr John McGann (Ashford, Middlesex)
Assistant Referees: Mr John Ryan (Worcester Park, Surrey) & Mr Chris O’Connor (Replacement)

Goalscoring:
1-0 DHFC: Benson Paka 13th minute
1-1 WFC: Danny Platel 40th minute
2-1 WFC: Sean Rivers 65th minute

Brentwood Town 1 Dulwich Hamlet 0

Brentwood Town 1 Dulwich Hamlet 0
FA Trophy – Preliminary Round
Saturday 6th October 2007

A monotonous match where scoring opportunities were severely rationed was ultimately decided by some astute goal poaching from Brentwood’s leading scorer Sean Thomas, whose predatory instincts ensured he was in the right place to polish off the rebound after Sheikh Ceesay had made a fine save to batter out a searing free kick from the hosts’ Terry Scotchmer.
On a undulating pitch and against high-flying hosts who had not conceded a goal in 370 minutes of football, football was never going to be pretty who Dulwich were as much architects of their own downfall as they played into the hands, or rather heads, of the Blues, Hamlet’s attack force too often starved off the ball as cross after cross, pass after pass was eaten up by the towering trio guarding the gateway to goal.
Not that Brentwood were all attrition in defence for as early as the third minute their signalling attacking intentions as Chris Neville slipped a pass down the left wing, allowing Thomas to gallop off in pursuit, turning Jermaine Hinds inside out but unable to beat Ceesay with the eventual shot, the Hamlet number one spreading to block the drive with his legs.
On 17 minutes Steve May latched on to the loose ball after Scott Edgar had been beaten in the air to a long Hinds pass out of defence. The nippy wingman danced across the face of the penalty area looking for the opening before letting fly with a scorching drive from inside the D but much to his dismay the strike flew wide of the upright.
The games decisive moment came not long after, a mesmerising run from Lee Noble saw him hit the floor as Shayne Mangodza went in for the tackle, the big Hamlet defender booked for his indiscretion but worse was to follow as Scotchmer’s drive begat Thomas’s goal.
Dulwich supremo Craig Edwards decided a change was in order, a frustrated Hinds the sacrificial lamb as Meshach Nugent was brought on to bolster the attack. However the Brentwood’s gargantuan guard feasting on the tasty morsels Hamlet were tossing them, Dulwich found themselves starved of chances. Indeed only Stanley Muguo spectacular volley came close to wiping out that lead before the break, Muguo letting rip as Nugent’s header dropped at his feet but the volley dropped wide of ‘keeper Mark Palmer’s right hand post by a fraction.
The wounded beast was stung by that narrow escape and soon Brentwood were setting up camp in the Dulwich penalty area as corner after corner rained in on Ceesay’s goal but the young custodian was not found wanting, first turning away a shovelled volley from Neville after the defender had hammered back Ceesay’s punch out, then turning a vicious inswinging effort from Noble at corner flag against the top of his crossbar and behind. A third corner again saw Ceesay in top form battering down a close range effort before flopping on to the loose as at last Hamlet could lift the blue siege. However Brentwood still threaten again before the break as sloppy Hamlet midfield play saw the ball surrendered to Noble, his cross field pass picking out Joao Carlo loitering across the field on the left. Rather than take on May though he elected for the extravagant, a dropping lob trying to catch Ceesay off guard but only clearing the bar.
The second half brought more from the Hamlet but with Brentwood intransigent in defence there would be little relief for beleaguered Hamlet and her frustrated fans, who demand, if not skill, at least effort and simplicity. That the former was there was no doubt, but the latter was replaced by over elaboration, intricacy where ease should rule. The Blues content to watch Hamlet dance in front of them before a well-placed, or often not, challenge ended that particular endeavour. Little wonder that Brentwood fans choose to watch from behind Palmer’s goal for the key to their success lies there, deep in the heart of that defence. The pace of Carlos and Thomas up front did cause a few worries when the rare raids but an inability to retain their footing under challenge contributed to a quieter second half fro Ceesay. Unfortunately for Hamlet his opposite number was equally underemployed.
A powerful charge through the thick Blue line from a fired-up Muguo had the travelling support holding their breath in anticipation but a swarm of blue smothered the chance as Muguo rocketed into the penalty area. Not long after a deep ball in from the left was nodded only as far as May by Neville, a stinging strike receiving the merest of flicks from Nugent but bringing the best out of Palmer, full-length stretched across the turf on fingertip the ball away low at the base of his right hand upright.
One final card for Edwards to play, young Billy Chattaway on as Hamlet inject urgency into the increasing scrappy final few minutes. The kid had a swift introduction to football Brentwood style as Steve King’s crunching tackle left the young substitute doubled up in agony and saw the miscreant slapped with a caution from referee Mr Watson. The free kick was dropped in at the back of the six yard box, Ricky Dobson nodding the ball back across the face of goal but red shirted in absentia, the seemingly ubiquitous Neville was on hand to bullet the ball to safety with his trusted noggin. The stop start nature of a half peppered with free kicks meant interminable stoppage time but the devil sat on the Hamlet’s shoulder as the time drifted by with the best to show for their last-ditch efforts a low drive from the edge of penalty by Chattaway battered away by the massed ranks of blue-shirted defenders.

DHFC: Sheikh Ceesay; Jermaine Hinds (Meshach Nugent 27); Ricky Dobson; Benson Paka; Shayne Mangodza; Gbenga Sonuga; Shawn Beveney; Sol Patterson-Bohner (Billy Chattaway 87); Scott Edgar (Phil Williams 65); Stanley Muguo; Steve May
Substitutes not used: Anton Innocent; Nas Hussein (GK)

BTFC: Mark Palmer; Steven King; Chris Neville; Terry Scotchmer; Jonathon Whittaker; Gareth Street; Joao Carlos (Steve Harrisson 83); Dan Dafter; Sean Thomas; Daniel Carroll (Leon Diaczuk 65); Lee Noble (Donovan Wilson 59)
Substitutes not used: Trevor Paul; Nicky Mitchell

Goalscoring:
1-0 BTFC: Sean Thomas 24th minute

Match Officials:
Mr Mark Watson
Assistant Referees:
Mr Stuart Pawley & Mr Neil Jordison

Lost in translation

Charlie Croker (The Daily Telegraph) reveals the highlights from his second compendium of baffling broken English encountered abroad.

That this sort of thing marks a bond between travellers was clear from the start. Shortly after encountering a Japanese car hire leaflet (“When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn”), I found myself on a ferry to La Gomera in the Canaries, reading: “Keep this ticket up the end of your trip”.
Was there a book in this? Friends’ responses suggested there might well be. One recalled – from more than a decade before – the sign in front of construction works at a Bolivian airport: “Sorry for the bother.”
Another remembered a sign on a broken turnstile at Salzburg passport control: “Out of work.”
What soon became evident was the affection in which these verbal quirks are held. Bright points on an otherwise stressful journey, they have a charm that lingers in the memory. Who cares that the stewardess won’t smile when the brochure promises: “Wide boiled aircraft for your comfort”?
Why worry that the hotel room is tiny – just enjoy the sign that says: “All rooms not denounced by twelve o’clock will be paid for twicely.”
Hard to get too upset by a delayed train whose toilet warns: “Do not be occupying while stabilizing.”
The book, Lost In Translation, featured in the Daily Telegraph last year and sent our message boards crazy. Readers reported hotels in Krakow (“Evacuate yourself with the staircase”), cable cars in China (“Smoking, hubbub, spit are forbidden”), tavernas in Kos (“Kiss Lorraine” and “Chessburger”).
Then the book’s own website (http://www.lostintranslationbook.com/) went live, ensuring the arrival of more long-cherished gems, often with photographic attachments as proof.
Menus are a constant favourite, with restaurants, eager for business, working hard – too hard – on their descriptions: “Salad a firm’s own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people’s fashion.”
And so a sequel seemed only right and proper. Remembering – as we must – that the rest of the world is far better at English than we are at Dutch or Thai or Mandarin, it nevertheless seems hard not to laugh when your hotel in Greece promises: “Tonight dinner will be served in the swimming pool.” Below are some more highlights.

In front of construction works at Bolivian airport: Sorry for the bother
Above basin in toilet on train, China: Don’t throw things in the pond
Sign on windy road in the Himalayas: Be mild on my curves
Small hotel, Cornwall: Will any guest wishing to take a bath please make arrangements to have one with Mrs Harvey
Munich, Germany: In your room you will find a minibar which is filled with alcoholics
At a wadi in Oman: Drowning accidents are now popular
Czech Republic: We like 2 please our customers but if u r unhappy please see the manager who will give u total satisfaction
In Japanese national park containing monkeys: You had better deposit your baggage into the charge free lockers or it will be ours. But we are not interested in your camera. We do not like to be stared at our eyes. If you do so, we are not responsible for what will happen. We do not hope to be such a monkey. Please, refrain from feeding us
Toledo, Spain: Frozen ice available here
Dydo coffee, Japan: There’s a gallon of deliciousness in every drop
Notice on a door in Sana’a, Yemen: Physio the rapist
Sign outside cottage hospital, Caribbean: Dont (sic) park here, hearse calls daily
“Emergency exit” sign at Beijing Airport: Do no use in peacetime
On snack handed out on China Southern Airways: Airline Pulp
In Japanese car park: Please get a punch at window No 2
Restaurant, France: Fish soup with rust and croutons
Restaurant, France: A confection of plugs and geysers
Restaurant, Switzerland: Half a lawyer with prawns
Restaurant, Yaroslav, Russia: Lorry driver soup
Restaurant, Kos: Kiss Lorraine
Restaurant, China: Dumpling stuffed with the ovary and digestive glands of a crab
Hotel in Canary Islands: Great entertainment – live paella
Hotel, Lake Garda, Italy, offering early evening aperitifs: Martini & nipples On website of a French hotel, restaurant specialities include: The Salmon Smoked House; The Ham of Stage coach House; The Sausage of Ass House; Spotted frog thighs; The flap with shallot; The nice one of pig green pepper
Sign next to Shanghai swimming pool: Bottom of pond very hard and not far from top of water
Budapest: Forbidden to hang out of hotel window. Person which do so will be charge for clean up mess on footpath
Guide to Buenos Aires: Several of the local beaches are very copular in the summer
Sign on Spanish beach: Beach of irregular bottoms
Sign in Japanese park: Keep Japan green don’t burn the fire chief
Sign at the Ethnic Minorities Park, Beijing: Racist Park
Tourism brochure trying to say “Jerusalem – there’s no city like it!”: Jerusalem – there’s no such city!
Japanese sign: Don’t protrude the tartness and keenness out the staircase
Sign for disabled toilet, China: Deformed man toilet
On an oil tanker in India: Edible. Oil tanker!
Road sign, New Mexico: Gusty winds may exist
Sign in Prague hotel: Water is officially drinkable (but not for sucklings), but we don’t recommend to drink it
Hotel brochure, Copenhagen: In fire, the bells rings three times. There is a fine escape on each floor. For other amusements see page 3

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Dulwich Hamlet 0 Tooting and Mitcham 0

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

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.

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

Dulwich Hamlet 2 Chalfont St Peter 1

Dulwich Hamlet 2 Chalfont St Peter 1
The FA Cup – Second Round Qualifying
Sunday 30th September 2007

Steve May left it late, but Dulwich’s recent arrival from Welling United scored for the second successive game on Sunday afternoon to send the Hamlet through to the next round of the FA Cup. The ninety minutes were up when Steve rounded off the Hamlet’s best move of the match to deny a spirited Chalfont St. Peter side who appeared to have done enough to earn a replay and a chance to host the Hamlet deep in the heart of Metroland.
The opponents from the Spartan South Midlands League made a lively start and for a while looked the more likely to score. In the 11th minute, a free-kick from out on the right-wing caught Dulwich’s defence unawares but the unmarked Bradley Bubb just failed to connect as he attempted a diving header at the back post. Later, Terrell Lewis sent an angled shot just past the far post. It was certainly against the run of play when Dulwich opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Shawn Beveney gained possession some thirty yards out and with the Saints defence nowhere to be seen he ran forward and coolly planted the ball to the right of the advancing 'keeper and into the comer of the net. As half-time approached, the Hamlet enjoyed a brief spell of supremacy. Phil Williams, on for the injured Helder Valdez, unleashed a fierce shot which was desperately headed over his own bar by defender Steve Nott-Macaire, then in the last minute of the half the Saints defence somehow survived a bout of frenzied Hamlet attacking. First, Shayne Mangodza's header was deflected behind, then from the resultant comer another header from the same player was kicked oft the goal-line and two follow-up shots both charged down.
Despite the loss through injury of their leading scorer, Lewis, Chalfont St. Peter took control after the break and Dulwich were hard pressed to prevent them from equalising. The Hamlet had a number of narrow escapes. Substitute Ryan Welsh shot straight at Sheikh Ceesay when the Dulwich defence was caught napping by a long clearance from the opposing 'keeper, then Bubb took advantage of some sloppy Hamlet play to run clear into the box, but with only Ceesay to beat he dragged his shot wide of the far post. Bubb went even closer on 71 minutes, his close range shot bouncing up onto the top of the bar. With the Saints taking a firm grip of the midfield, little was seen of Hamlet forwards in this half, although Williams shot narrowly over the bar on one occasion after turning his marker inside out. Eventually, with just five minutes left, Dulwich’s opponents scored the equaliser that their efforts deserved. A long throw from Alan Hedley on the left caused panic in the Hamlet goalmouth and although Ceesay blocked the initial header, Welsh lashed the rebound into the roof of the net. But there was more drama to come. With the game going into stoppage time, Dulwich strung a really neat move together and when Shawn Beveney slipped the ball between two defenders in the inside-right channel, Steve May nipped in and shot low past the 'keeper from 15 yards to make it 2-1. The Hamlet had the ball in the net again shortly afterwards when Henry Darko fastened onto Williams' headed pass and fired in, but the goal was ruled off-side.
If fortune favoured the Hamlet on Sunday, Dulwich were out of luck when the draw for the third qualifying round was made yesterday. Next up for the Hamlet in the competition on Saturday week, 13th October, will be AFC Hornchurch, of the Ryman Premier Division, who won a replay 2-1 in midweek following a 1-1 draw at Hendon on Saturday.

Teams:
DHFC: Sheikh Ceesay; Steve May; Ricky Dobson; Benson Paka; Shayne Mangodza; Helder Valdez (Phil Williams 30); Shawn Beveney (Capt.); Stanley Muguo (Meshach Nugent 73); Anton Innocent; Henry Darko; Billy Chattaway
Substitutes not used: Ayoola Olatunde, Jermaine Brown, Nas Hussein

CSPFC: Michael Power-Simpson; Steve Nott-Macaire (Danny Stone 73); Adam Louth; Ray Walsh; John Carroll; Lee Togwell (Capt.); Adam Bunce; Alan Hedley; Terrell Lewis (Jerome Okimo 45+1); Bradley Bubb; Martin Deely (Ryan Welsh HT)
Substitutes not used: Mark Needham, Bradley Edmonds

Attendance 215

Match Officials:
Referee: Mr Neil West (Leigh-on-Sea, Essex)
Assistant Referees: Mr Keith Stone (Manston, Kent) & Richard Joss (Margate, Kent)

Goalscoring:
1-0 DHFC Shawn Beveney 26th minute
1-1 CSPFC Ryan Welsh 85th minute
2-1 DHFC Steve May 90th minute (+ 1)