MATCH REPORT | LEWES 3 DARTFORD 1
Dartford suffered defeat for the second consecutive road trip, after Marcus Sablier netted twice late on for Lewes.
As the 1,022 supporters enjoyed the beautiful weather in East Sussex, initial hopes were high for Dartford fans when Olly Box was denied an early goal by an excellent save from Toby Bull (4).
However, aside from that opportunity, in all honesty the visitors struggled to get going at The Dripping Pan. And, it wasn’t long before Jacob Marsden was called into action to save two long-range efforts in quick succession at the other end.
Ady Pennock would surely have been disappointed to see his side go behind in the 28th minute, when Danny Bassett broke the deadlock with a header after a period of good play from the hosts. And the lively Marcus Sablier should have doubled the lead for The Rooks two minutes later, only for Jacob Marsden pull off a terrific save to thwart him.
The Dartford boss would have been pleased with how his team responded at the start of the second-half, as Olly Box forced Toby Bull into a routine save (51).
Denzelle Olopade followed that up with a long-range drive, which Bull saved before the visitors did draw level via Michael Olarewaju’s first goal of the season seconds later (52).
Bull saved well to prevent Sam Odaudu from putting the Darts ahead on the hour, as they pushed higher up the pitch in an effort to carve out the winner.
Ady Pennock then replaced Samir Carruthers and Olly Box with Jeremiah Pinder and Eddie Dsane (68), before going on to swap Samuel Okoye with Tyler Christian-Law (80), and Josh Hill and Hayden Bullas with Luther Williams and Louis Dunne in a final double swap (81).
As we return to the action though, the game swung in the favour of the hosts as they capitalised on forced errors on the pitch.
Marcus Sablier put Lewes ahead somewhat against the run of play (80), before completing his brace deep into stoppage time to secure the victory for the hosts (90+6).
Together with today’s scores in the Isthmian Premier League, the result means that it’s as you were in the table. However, Josh Hill and Co will be disappointed with the fact that they’ve conceded three goals in each of the last two away fixtures. That being said though, they will dust themselves down and go again next weekend as the battle in the top five continues to heat up.
TEAMS
LEWES: Toby Bull, Peter Ojemen, Matt Warren, Ethan Kaiser, Marcus Sablier, Danny Bassett (c), Ollie Starkey, Jack Meeres, Parish Muirhead, Josh Spinks, Bobby Unwin.
SUBSTITUTES: Izzy Jones, Hamilton Antonio, Eddie Allsopp, Tolu Ladapo, Calvin Ekpiteta.
DARTFORD: Jacob Marsden, Sam Odaudu, Michael Olarewaju, George Whitefield, Josh Hill (c), Samuel Okoye, Hayden Bullas, Denzelle Olopade, Samir Carruthers, Olly Box, Callum Jones.
SUBSTITUTES: Luther Williams, Tyler Christian-Law, Eddie Dsane, Louis Dunne, Jeremiah Pinder.
Chris Palmer
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