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MATCH REPORT eyes were on the Fleet player still down- inside Billy Bishop’s left-hand post,
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injured. Thankfully and mercifully the wrong-footing the Vale keeper.
FLEET TOWN 2 injured player recovered from his inju- Expectation gave way to disbelief
ries moments after the RPV man left the With mere minutes to go another con-
RAYNES PARK VALE 4 pitch and trotted away to continue the tentious decision from the substitute ref
saw Vale reduced further to nine men
rest of the game.
The excitement wasn't over when the home side’s number 9 was
CCL • Saturday 16th of October 2021 • Calthorpe Park, Fleet The excitement wasn't over for the first slipped through on goal. The on-rush-

All in all a great performance from The Vale half and the steep slope at Fleet ap- ing Billy Bishop and home team striker
peared to be affecting the officials as reached the ball at the same time, but the
Following a great win against Guild- well as the players. On 38mins the refer- striker just got his toe and was tripped
ford and a very respectable draw against ee pulled up with a calf injury, bringing by Bishop. With a number of players
league-leaders Badshot Lea Raynes Park the linesman onto the pitch as a replace- behind the ball the clear expectation
came to this match full of hope and ex- ment. In the absence of a fourth official was that Bishop would see a fair yellow
pectation. They weren't disappointed. In Vale’s own Marcus Dowdeswell stepped for the challenge. Expectation gave way
the kind of goal-fest first half that really into the breach and backfilled the va- to disbelief, however as the stand-in
gets the fans cheering, new signing Brad cant linesman spot and the excitement ref decided the incident was sufficient
Sweeney, with Vale playing down the was over for the first half. to send off Bishop and reduce Vale to
slope, picked up on a Vale move down HT 3-0 RPV nine. Flying Vale right back Archie
the left striking the resulting ball across If Fleet thought that having a man sent Harland-Goddard donned the keeper’s
the edge of the box for the ex-Oxhey off was going to force Raynes Park to sit jersey for the remaining minutes to face
Jets man to slot, low and hard, off the back and roll-out the team-bus in the the resulting free-kick from just outside
surface and past the Fleet keeper in the thirty minutes of the contest. The flood second half they were going to be disap- the Vale box, in line with the left-hand
17th minute. gates had opened, and it was that man pointed. Despite being a man down and post. A dummy freekick seemed to dis-
RPV goal-machine again. Nes Bellikli found Sweeney in the attacking up the slope, Vale went fur- lodge the wall and the same substitute
Moments later on 19 mins Sweeney was box and the debutant reached the ball ther ahead when a late run from Eoin striker slotted the ball under the wall
again in the thick of it, determined- just before the on-rushing Fleet keeper, Fraser earned him a left foot finish at across the onlooking Harland-Goddard
ly wrestling possession away from the flicking into an empty net. the back post from six yards out after for his second of the afternoon.
Fleet left-back and sending in a low But all good things, eh…? the cross evaded all players at the front. All in all a great performance
cross meeting the RPV goal-machine Deemed worthy of a straight red Fraser took the finish well, upping the All in all a great performance from
Jordan Gallagher to at the front post. A few minutes later on 33 minutes a Vale scoreline to 4-0 and deserved a The Vale, with only controversial de-
In a style we've come to expect from strong 50/50 between another new Vale goal for another strong central midfield cisions standing between a win and a
Gallagher the ball was dispatched low signing, Reece Williams-Bowers, and performance whitewash, and one that saw the South
and sweetly and found the net past the the Fleet central defender saw the home The home side pulled one back Londoners nudge up to 5th in the CCL.
'keeper's near-post. player go down with an agonised scream Playing a whole half with 10 men still Prem.
The flood gates had opened and stay down. Williams-Bowers’ chal- wasn’t going to be easy even with Vale in
Barely had the RPV Twitter machine lenge was deemed to be worthy of a cruise mode. The home side pulled one E.I. Addio
spread the news then Vale found the straight red and Vale were reduced to 10 back when the substitute striker shot
net for the third time inside the first men. As the Vale striker left the pitch all from the edge of the box, neatly tucking