Deal boosted their goal
tally to 21 in the last seven matches – and they could also afford to miss a
penalty into the bargain.
The very last piece of action in Saturday’s game saw K Sports ‘keeper Haydon
Chipping claw away Alfie Foster’s spot kick after Ben Chapman had been brought
down, but by then the Hoops had already long sewn up their fourth successive
victory over the Cobdown club.
Manager Derek Hares said: “K Sports are a decent side but apart from a 10-15 spell before half-time I thought we
dominated the game and looked really good going forward. The boys worked hard
and created a lot of chances and we know we can give anyone a game here.”
Deal have lost just once in eight matches at
the Charles Ground this season and once they had taken the lead in this latest
fixture the result was never really in doubt against a K Sports side who had
lost their three previous games without scoring a single goal.
After surviving several early Hoops chances
they fell behind with 23 minutes gone when Connor Coyne produced one of his
“specials”, the striker pouncing on a poor defensive header to volley home over
Chipping from all of 25 yards.
Then, less than two minutes later, Coyne was
fouled in the area as he challenged for a Charlie Walsh long throw and Macauley
Murray drilled home the resulting penalty.
With Deal ‘keeper James Tonkin yet to be
tested it already looked purely a question of “how many” the Hoops would win by
but it didn’t quite work out that way. K Sports suddenly began to offer some
attacking threat of their own and Tonkin was twice called into action to deny
first Daniel Stubbs and then Regan Corke while Connor Pring should have done
better when he fired across the face of the Hoops goal.
So Deal reached half-time slightly fortunate
to still be two goals in front and that was even more true after K Sports were
awarded a 49th-minute penalty. Billy Munday tripped Jack Bray but Josh Brown
blasted his spot kick over the bar to underline the visitors’ lack of
confidence in front of goal.
And Deal then assumed full command soon
afterwards when Foster headed home a Jack Penny corner at the far post before
an error by Chipping, when he fumbled a Murray corner, “gifted” Foster another
goal 15 minutes from time.
K Sports did finally manage to end their
recent goal drought through substitute Jordan Ababio just before the end of
normal time, and although Foster was then denied an unlikely hat-trick by
Chipping’s penalty save, it was irrelevant as far as the three points were
concerned. A delighted Hares added: “After losing 6-2 at Sheppey I’ve got to be
pleased with the way we’ve come back with two wins this week and, if we can
beat Tunbridge Wells here next Saturday, I imagine we won’t be far off the top
six.”
Deal: Tonkin, Reeves, Penny, Foster, Smith
(Maughan 46), Munday, Chapman, Murray, Coyne, Walsh (O’Brien 74), Cardwell
(Hark 63).
Attendance: 169
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Got to be a contender for goal of the season from Coyne! 😉
A game that had everything!
Goals, missed penalties, a “sin binning”, 3 points! What more could you want? 🙂
More of the same next week!