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               MATCH REPORT                                                               phy to inject some urgency into their

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                                                                                          game and moved Noe Vendrells out to
                                                                                          the right and the visitors' game brief-
         REDHILL 0                                                                        ly started to come to life but without
         RAYNES PARK VALE 2                                                               mounting a serious threat to a Vale side
                                                                                          that looked to be growing in confidence
                                                                                          with Jordan Gallagher still causing Re-
           FA Vase • Saturday 23rd of November 2021 • Grand Drive                         dhill some issues including a shot that

           A Well Deserved Win for Raynes Park Vale                                       ricocheted off the bar on 69 minutes.
                                                                                          However, an incident in the Vale box
      Recent results, including the excellent                                             seemed to lead to some unseemly words  the clubhouse end.
      demolition of Fleet Town, had boosted                                               from the Redhill substitute and, on 72    Result reflected that dominance
      Raynes Park Vale's confidence in the                                                minutes, Murphy's game was over as he  A round of unseemly and unnecessary
      run up to this FA Vase encounter with                                               marched off the pitch with the referee  handbags in the dying moments of the
      CCL Prem league rivals Redhill, them-                                               showing him the red card.             game capped off a well-deserved win
      selves no strangers to walking away                                                 Whether it was a rocket from the bench  for Vale. Redhill fought hard once their
      with all three points. But cup games                                                or a sense of injustice for the dismissal  numbers had been reduced but Raynes
      have a habit of providing upsets so fans                                            Redhill started to perform better with  Park were in control for almost the full
      at Grand Drive turned up with an air of                                             ten men and forced Vale to put in a de-  game and the final result reflected that
      expectation.                                                                        fensive performance to keep the Lob-  dominance.
      Redhill have a decent history in this                                               sters out.
      competition and Vale were right to re-                                                       Despite a clear foul         MOTM: Cal Hope
      spect their opposition.                                                             On 82 minutes Nes Bellikli came off                                              E.I. Addioi
              Unleash a wonder-pass                                                       injured to be replaced by Louie Stan-
      Playing down the slope in the first half                                            ton-Cockle and with the 90 minutes up
      Vale laid out their intentions early with                                           and the Redhill keeper deep in the Vale
      some strong attacking play that saw the                                             box looking to boost the visitors height
      ball being picked up just inside the Vale                                           as they took a  corner  from the  right
      half by Jordan Gallagher on 10 min-                                                 the ball was headed out to just inside
      utes. A superb dummy run from Nes  ing Redhill keeper Jack Minchin and              the Vale half where, despite a clear foul
      Bellikli drew his Redhill marker out of  Vale had undone a determined Redhill       from a flailing Redhill defender, it was
      position leaving that man Gallagher to  defence with an end-to-end move that        met by the outrushing Vale defence and
      wrong-foot his own Redhill defender  took just seconds to complete.                 played into the path of Callum Davies
      in midfield and cut inside to unleash a  Raynes Park continued to control the       who had come on for Brad Sweeney
      wonder-pass diagonally across field that  game with Jordan Gallagher continually    on 71 mins. With Redhill players des-
      found Brad Sweeney, cleverly watching  threatening the Redhill goal.                perately chasing and the visiting keeper
      to stay on-side in his run on the oppo-  The referee showing him the red card       nowhere to be seen Davies took the ball
      site wing, just inside the Redhill area.  After the break Redhill brought on their   as close as he dared without being felled
      Sweeney slotted low past the on-rush-  new signing, centre-forward Billy Mur-       and slotted the ball into the empty net at
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