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RAYNES PARK VALE 0

BANStEAd AthLEtiC 3

CCL • Tuesday 13th of October 2020 • Grand Drive, Raynes Park
The win sees Banstead leapfrog Vale in the table

aynes Park Vale went into Tuesday corner only for the ball to land at the feet
Rnights fixture looking to build on their of the Banstead midfield who played a ball
1-0 win over Redhill on Saturday ensur- into the box. As the Banstead striker pro-
ing their progression to the F.A. Vase first gressed into the box the referee spotted a
round. Both teams were met with dismal clip on his heels from Boe Fowler and de-
weather as consistent rain throughout the
day left a slick surface at Grand Drive.
Raynes Park Vale made just the one
change from their previous outing, with
Danny Alderton replacing Henri Mkin-
si. Reverting back to their red home kit,
Raynes Park Vale started quickly with a
series of attacks coming down both flanks
with Sam Jordan testing Banstead's right-
back. The home support thought that the
pressure had paid off as a whipped cross
found Marcus Dowdeswell who got in
front of his man to power a header into the
bottom left-hand corner. However, the ref-
eree interrupted the celebrations through
blowing his whistle dubiously judging that spite the striker remaining standing and in
Marcus had fouled the opposition centre control of the ball awarded a penalty. The
back, which to most looked like a fortunate penalty was cooly dispatched by Kailan
slip that had got him out of jail. North.
This promising start was soon forgotten as The first half continued to be end to end
Banstead started to effectively counter-at- with opportunities for both sides. Midway
tack through clipping balls into the chan- through the first half, club captain Danny
nels for their wingers to attack the Vale's Alderton pulled up with an injury to his
final third. After 15 mins, RPV cleared a knee and was replaced by Bertrand Mar-