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the game restarted and to try and
                                            get a deserved third goal. Howev-
                                            er,  the  next  moment  of  inter-
                                            est  came with  a  hotly  disputed
                                            handball  claim  in  the Vale area.
                                            The officials, it’s fair to say, were
                                            not having their best day and the
                                            shout could have probably  gone
                                            either  way  but,  with  full-time
                                            approaching,  the  shrill  calls
                                            from  the  visitors seemed  more
                                            in  hope  and  desperation  and, as
                                            the man in black waved the pen-
                                            alty shouts away,  it  fell  to  the
                                            Beckenham’s,  Joe  Healey, to  turn
                                            on  the  ref,  in  the  heat  of  the
                                            moment to  lambast  him  for  his
                                            ‘error’.  Thankfully,  the details  of
                                            Healey’s  appeal  were  lost  but,
                                            as they  resulted  in  a  straight
                                            red  card  for  the Beckenham
                                            man, it  is probably fair to assume
                                            that he wasn’t wishing the ref a
      and put a sweetly weighted lob        Happy Easter. Either  way,  it  was
      over his head and into the  Town      academic.  After  a  couple of  Vale
      goal.  Williams-Bowers,  wearing      substitutions  –  Aiden  Brown  on
      a  smile as  bright  as  the  after-  for  Williams-Bowers  and  Josh
      noon  sunshine,  sped  off  to        Gallagher  on for  Louie  Downey
      celebrate with the Vale manage-       -  the  referee,  probably thank-
      ment and team. Sadly, the visiting  fully, blew for full time. There was
      coach took this opportunity to        just time for another bit of infan-
      exchange some childish words          tile handbags  from the Becken-
      and made to threaten a punch          ham coach and it was, after all,
      toward the celebrating goal-scor-     Raynes Park Vale who had come
      er – actions that were wholly         to party.
      unnecessary and did no credit
      to  the  visiting  team or fans.      MOTM: Billy ‘The Bish’ Bishop
      Vale, however,  shrugged  off  the
      antics  on  the touchline to have     Match report: E.I. Addio
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