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 by Mark Wyver...Whitstable Town travelled to Park View Road home of
Erith & Belvedere to play the hosts who 24 hours earlier had beaten title
rivals Croydon 2-0. With home manager Paul Gorman being awarded the Manager of
the Month prize The Reds were in for a tough afternoon.After the 6-1 drubbing of bottom side Sporting
Bengal United in their previous game The Reds showed three team changes with
Jackson Ohakam, Marcos Perona and Jimmy Strouts returning at the expense of
Michael Adcock, Alex Hossick and Marlon Button who all dropped to the
bench.
The game started at an end to end pace with home
midfielder Austin Berkley pulling the strings in the middle of the park. Home
Keeper Alan Hughes looked very assured with his handling and strikers Stuart
King and John Akinde were well marshalled by Michael Gonzague and Lee
Morgan.
The ever dangerous Adrian Deane and Micky Collins
both had efforts saved by Kevin Fewell in the Town goal whilst Rob Thomas
produced a saving tackle on Mark Nougher after he had beaten Tom Parker down the
left.
Ten minutes into the second half the deadlock was
broken when Berkley was brought down in the penalty area and without hesitation
the referee awarded a spot kick. Adrian Deane cooly sent Fewell the wrong way to
give the Deres the lead.
With their heads down the home side increased their
lead when Micky Collins finished superbly after the Town defence had been
stretched from a breakaway. At 2-0 down Andy Constable was introduced to the
action at the expense of Perona but even with three strikers chances were few
and far between.
The closest the League leaders came to pulling a
goal back was when Stuart King saw his free kick bounce back off the bar with
Hughes beaten. A poor second half performance by the Reds will need to be put
right for the trip to VCD Athletic on Monday afternoon.
WHITSTABLE 1. Fewell 2. Gess 3. Parker(Button) 4.
Thomas 5. Ohakam 6. Martin(Hossick) 7. Lane 8. Perona(Constable) 9. King 10.
Akinde 11. Strouts
Subs Unused Adcock. Keir
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