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MATCH REPORT
MA TCH REPORT

RAYNES PARK VALE 7

CAMBERLEY TOWN 0

CLL • Saturday 14th of August 2021 • Grand Drive, Raynes Park

Raynes Park Vale have something to prove & expectations are high
The fans of Raynes Park Vale very
rarely have much to shout about
early on in the season. Having only
won a single first fixture of the season
across each of he last 5 seasons (sea-
son 2018/19 - RPV 3 Guildford City
2), the Vale faithful have traditional-
ly had very little to look forward to,
especially being a team renowned to
grind out 3 points only on Tuesdays
when it’s wet & muddy (our odds of
winning made even better if tem-
peratures are near zero). That being
said, this season is different. With a
major overhaul in squad & first team
management, Raynes Park Vale have
something to prove & expectations
are high. Having won our first FA
Cup fixture against a strong Fisher
side (RPV 1 - Fisher 0) & compre-
hensively dispatching Camberley lagher’s side started brightly with
Town 7-0 in our league opener, the Jordan Gallagher (cousin of the man-
Vale have delivered. ager) winning a penalty in the early
A penalty in the early minutes minutes. Just as he had done during
There were many positives to take 3 pre-season fixtures, Calum Davies
from the Camberley fixture, the pro- dispatched the penalty with ease. It
gressive style of play, the depth in the didn’t take long for Raynes Park Vale
squad and the distribution of goals to double their lead as Louis Downey
& assists among the squad. Josh Gal- found himself one-on-one with their