Academy 3-5 Dover

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In a role reversal, just like the game two weeks previous, it ended in a 5-3 win for the visiting side. Dover raced into an early lead, with Boro equalizing before half time through Max Taylor. 1-1 at the interval. Dover saw themselves go 2-1 & 3-1 up before Dean Bown pulled a goal back for the reds for 3-2. Then came a fracas as Boro wanted to retrieve a ball quickly, and the Dover keeper trips up Dean Bown off the ball. Yellow card. Yellow turned into a second yellow for foul language to the referee disputing the decision and the keeper was on his way. Dover down to ten. Surely a Boro come-back? But it was Dover who stretched the lead to 4-2, before midfielder Iuean Strong reduced the deficit to 4-3. To kill the contest late on Dover pinched a 5th. 5-3 the final score with a hat-trick for Dover's Josh Donnelly. A bitterly disappointing result for Jay's side playing against 10 men, but credit both sides for a great game of football, and the character of both. Boro for never giving up, and Dover for seeing the game out against the odds. 

EBFC goals: Max Taylor, Dean Bown & Iuean Strong.

Boro Academy:
1 Dan Hutchins (GK)
2 Zach Kavanagh
3 Bailie Rogers
4 Sam Smith
5 Henri Mepsted
6 Iuean Strong
7 Olutobi Adebayo-Rowling
8 Ryan Worrall (c)
9 Dean Bown
10 Toby Clifford
11 Max Taylor

Subs:
12 Clemence Sakala
14 Matt Simpson
15 Richie Welch (on for #3)
21 Harrison Hilfiker (GK)


Pos Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Maidstone United Ambers 8 7 1 0 31 4 27 22

2 Dartford Whites 8 6 1 1 27 6 21 19

3 Eastbourne Borough 9 6 1 2 29 13 16 19

4 Dover Athletic 10 6 0 4 32 20 12 18

5 Bromley Blues 10 4 2 4 25 17 8 14

6 Ebbsfleet United 5 3 1 1 19 8 11 10

7 Gillingham Whites 6 3 1 2 15 11 4 10

8 Cray Wanderers 6 3 0 3 14 13 1 9

9 Sittingbourne 9 0 2 7 3 44 -41 2

10 Lewes 7 0 1 6 6 29 -23 1

11 Tonbridge Angels 8 0 0 8 3 39 -36 0