Isthmian South Central Division 23rd April 2022
Chalfont St Peter 0 v 2 Basingstoke Town Attendance 228
Where: Mill Meadow, Gravel Hill, Chalfont St Peter, Bucks. SL9 9QX
Stoke dominate game winning two-nil and we head to the playoffs
Dan Brownlie on this Good Friday match went with a line-up of 1. Paul Strudley, 2. Dan Williamson, 3. James Haworth, 4. Rob Sheridan, 5. Nathan Smart, 6. Ben Cook, 7. Brody Peart, 8. D’Andre Brown, 9. Conor Lynch, 10. Stefan Brown, 11. Simon Dunn (Capt),
On the bench:, McKoy Palmer, Marcio Magalhaes-Nevez, Henry Woodcock, Anton Rodgers & Daryl Wollers
Referee – Deryll David
Our final league game of the season gets underway with Stoke attacking the covered seating end and we win a corner in the second minute, but a Chalfont defenders heads the ball clear from the corner.
Stoke continue to dominate and win a free-kick just outside the penalty area in the ninth minute, but Ben Cook’s kick is headed out for a corner. The corner kick is again headed clear, but we push forward again and Conor Lynch has the ball and slides it across to Simon Dunn who shoots but he ball somehow slides past the far post.
Stoke then attack on 14 minutes and the ball is fed to Lynch, who takes two touches and then hits it past the keeper, but the linesman has his flag up and the goal is disallowed for offside.
Chalfont then have the next the two minutes of play, but are unable to put anything of note on our goal.
Stoke win another corner after good work by Ben Cook, who has his cross deflected out. The keeper comes and catches the corner-kick
Chalfont then attack down our right and seem to have found their striker open, but the linesman has is flag up for offside.
We then try and push forward down the right through Dan Williamson, who links up well with Brody Peart, but again Chalfont are able to shut the attack down.
Moving past the half-hour the next few minutes, the play is held around the centre of the pitch.
Stoke win two more corners over the next few minutes but again Chalfont deal with these comfortably.
We then win yet another corner after good work by Dunn. Stefan Brown wins the header from the corner, but it is comfortably cleared off the line by a defender.
Chalfont then attack down the right and force a save out of Paul Strudley.
Then in the last minute of normal time, we push forward again and Simon Dunn has a shot that slides wide of the far post.
Then in added time, Peart breaks clear down the right but his shot from 15 yards is pushed away by the keeper, and a Chalfont defender kicks the ball clear.
The referee blows the halftime whistle with Stoke on top but are unable to break the deadlock.
Halftime – Chalfont St Peter 0 v 0 Basingstoke Town
The second-half kicks off with no changes by Stoke, and we again push forward and after a couple of minutes 0f nothing to note, we attack down the right and the ball is fed to Dunn just inside the box and he lets it roll onto his left, takes one touch then hits a left-foot shot past the keeper into the far corner of the net GOAL ! Chalfont St Peter 0 – 1 Basingstoke Town (Dunn 50 mins)
The game gets back underway and Chalfont move into our final third of the pitch before Nathan Smart makes a nice interception, but as we break through Williamson. Chalfont stop that attack with an equally good interception.
We then make our first substitution with Brody Peart being replaced by Marcio Magalhaes-Nevez (54 mins)
We continue to look for a second goal, and Marcio in a neat one-two move with Haworth, Marcio breaks down the left and sends in a hard low cross that a Chalfont defender is just able to get to the ball before Lynch and he hacks it clear.
Chalfont then have a decent attack and the cross from the left is initially blocked to a Chalfont forward but as he sets to shoot Sheridan is able to get in his way and the shot is blocked clear.
Marcio then creates the next Stoke attack after initially losing the ball he recovers it then takes it past his marker and another defender then slides the ball across to Dunn, who stops then slides the ball through to Lynch who takes a touch but then has to hurry his shot, and the ball rolls a yard wide of the right-hand post (65 mins).
Nothing much to note over the next few minutes as Chalfont look for an equaliser, but again Stoke on grass look dominant at the back.
Marcio creates the next attack down the left and then switches the ball across to Williamson on the right who takes it down to the right by-line and wins a corner. The short corner initially beats the first defender but as the ball bounces about the six-yard box, Chalfont are able to hoof it clear.
We then make our second change on 79 mins as McKoy Palmer replaces Stefan Brown.
It is Lynch with the next chance as D’Andre sends the ball in the box and after a touch by Dunn, the ball falls to Lynch who hits a shot a foot over the crossbar.
Now into the final ten minutes, it is still Stoke pressing to double their lead.
We then make our third and final change with Anton Rodgers replacing Simon Dunn (85 mins).
We now head into the final minute of normal time and Lynch receives a through ball and take it into the penalty box, but his shot is blocked back to him by the keeper, and this time Lynch buries the shot GOAL ! Chalfont St Peter 0 – 2 Basingstoke Town (Lynch 90 mins)
The game gets back underway and then a minute later the referee blows the full-time whistle and your Basingstoke are heading to the playoffs.
Full-time Score : Chalfont St Peter 0 v 2 Basingstoke Town
Dunn 50 mins, Lynch 89 mins
Match Thought’s
Another well-earned victory on the road and the two goals did not really represent the domination of the game. Good performances by Brody Peart and of course captain Simon Dunn and we more than deserve our fifth place in the final league standings and a chance for promotion through the playoffs. Also to note what a good referee we had today, who just got with the job.
Up Next:
Wednesday night we head back to Chertsey in the first round of the playoffs.
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A simple and straight forward win as you are going to get on the road.