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Match Report

RAYNES PARK VALE 2

BECKENHAM TOWN 0

CCL • Monday 18th of April 2022 • Grand Drive, Raynes Park SW20

solid defending but there was in red and white. Efforts from
no denying who was edging Mudiaga Wanogho and Louie
it as Vale took time to settle in. Theophanous were both ex-
That is until a beautiful free-kick pertly snuffed out by the Vale
from the Vale right was tapped, stopper. Raynes Park went off at
This was another big game for sweetly onto Jordan Stepney’s half-time 1-0 up and the stage
Raynes Park. The penultimate left who took one deft touch to was set for a fiery second half.
game of the 21/22 season saw control it and then one more Both teams came out after the
Vale take on the CCL winners-elect. to blast it into the roof of the break looking to hit back but it
Beckenham had the look of a Beckenham net and suddenly was Vale, in the form of the ev-
team who knew they were with- the momentum swung the way er-popular Reece Williams-Bowers
in touching distance of the title. of the home team. Beckenham who provided the spark to the
Vale, as ever, had the look of a tried to ramp up the pressure, but fuel. On 52 minutes the Vale
team determined to cause an up- their strike-force had reckoned striker muscled through a deter-
set. However, for the first half-an without Billy Bishop in the Vale mined Beckenham defence from
hour it was Beckenham, playing goal who spent much of the a brilliant Louie Downey through-
up the Vale slope, who seemed to next hour pulling off world-class ball, took one look at Nick Blue in
have the better of it. RPV made saves to the cheers of the home the Town goal coming off his line
life difficult for Town with some crowd and the dismay of those Continued...
Continued...