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MATCH REPORT                                                               down a long ball forward, beating the  be too tough to handle as he forced
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                                                                                          defender, only to slot the ball inches  a well-earned shot inches wide from
         BANSTEAD ATHLETIC 0                                                              wide. Halftime 1-0.                   goal. Soon RPV found more space
                                                                                             Cleverly played in Cal Davies
                                                                                                                                out wide in the form of Jordan Gal-
         RAYNES PARK VALE 3                                                               The second half started much like the  lagher, who cut in and slid through
                                                                                          first with the Vale having the majority  right-back Eoin Fraser who notched
                                                                                          of the chances. Josh Ano mesmerised  his first goal of the season to make it
             CCL • Tuesday 28th of August 2021 • Merland Rise,Tadworth                    the opposition left back before squar-  3-0.

               Banstead were out to take all three points                                 ing the ball to the edge of the box to        It's very early days
                                                                                          Louis Downey who cleverly played in  Overall it was a tidy affair from Vale,
      Josh Gallagher’s career at RPV is off to                                            Cal Davies one on one. Unselfishly,  with  a particular highlight  coming
      a flyer. It’s been three league matches                                             Cal Davies chipped the ball across to  from a post match analysis from The
      and three wins. The best part about                                                 Jordan Gallagher who registered his  Non-League Show’s presenter Mick
      these results is not the mind-blow-                                                 5th goal in 3 league games. 2-0.      Sullivan attracting a comment that
      ing 12 goals we’ve scored across the                                                       The fresh legs paid off        Raynes Park Vale could compete for
      fixtures, but rather the 3 clean sheets                                             Substitutions were made at this  the top this season. It's very early
      we’ve recorded on the bounce, mak-                                                  point, with Josh Gallagher bringing  days but, based on this performance,
      ing us one of only two clubs to not                                                 on Casmir Umeh, Louis Cockle, Cal-    that might not be completely wild
      have conceded in the league (the oth-                                               lum Hope & Jamie Beveridge. The  speculation.
      er being Beckenham Town who have                                                    fresh legs paid off. Casmir proving to
      played one less fixture).
             No match for the Vale
      Following Saturday’s FA Cup defeat
      to a strong opposition in the form
      of higher league VCD Athletic, it
      was time for the Vale to bounce-
      back. And so they did. Playing away
      to a side that had lost their two pri-  Getting off to a scoring start in 21/22 - Eoin Fraser
      or league matches and as recently as  contain his strong movement & the
      November 2020 had recorded a win  midfielder’s supporting runs. These
      over RPV, Banstead were out to take  attacks soon paid dividends with a
      all three points. Alas the yellow army  corner being won, only for RPV stal-
      were no match for the  Vale as they  wart Danny Alderton to head the ball
      quickly found themselves on the back  against an opposition player which
      foot in the first half with Josh Ano  deflected into the net. 1-0. The rest
      & Jordan Gallagher running ram- of the half created several opportu-
      pant at their fullbacks. Cal Davies,  nities, including one chance created
      as ever, proved to be great for hold  by Jordan Gallagher (having scored
      up play, forcing defenders central to  4 in his last 2 appearances), bringing
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