Dorking's U18 side made it a great night for the club with this exciting win over local rivals Leatherhead on Wednesday, the result coming on the same day as the first team won comprehensively at Croydon 4-1.
Dorking are affiliated to Brockham Badgers FC and Badgers are a feeder side for Dorking U18s who are managed by Brockham Badgers U15A manager, Simon Coffey, assisted by Gordon Walker, the Brockham Badgers Girls U16 manager and a previous manager of both the Dorking U18 side and Badgers boys side.
Dorking's U18s now sit in 4th place in the division, seven points behind league leaders Leatherhead, but with 4 games in hand, although to be fair Croydon Athletic look the team likely to power on and win the league as they have won all their games to date but only have played 6 league matches due to continued involvement in cup competitions.
Dorking are affiliated to Brockham Badgers FC and Badgers are a feeder side for Dorking U18s who are managed by Brockham Badgers U15A manager, Simon Coffey, assisted by Gordon Walker, the Brockham Badgers Girls U16 manager and a previous manager of both the Dorking U18 side and Badgers boys side.
Dorking's U18s now sit in 4th place in the division, seven points behind league leaders Leatherhead, but with 4 games in hand, although to be fair Croydon Athletic look the team likely to power on and win the league as they have won all their games to date but only have played 6 league matches due to continued involvement in cup competitions.
The win was particularly sweet for Simon Coffey's team as they had suffered a rare heavy defeat to Leatherhead several weeks before when seemingly every shot Leatherhead hit sped into the net from distance giving the Dorking keeper no chance in what otherwise had been a fairly even game.
Yet again, this encounter proved a competitive, fairly even affair, this time Dorking shading the match to return to winning ways. Dorking had a good start, James Baker sweeping Chicks in front early on after man of the match and captain Harry Lynn had put Baker in on goal. Dorking spurned several chances in the next 15 minutes, and gradually Leatherhead came back into the game. Just before half time, Dorking keeper Henry Warne was adjudged somewhat harshly to have fouled a Leatherhead striker in the box, but Warne made immediate amends by pulling off a great save from the spot kick to keep Dorking in front.
Leatherhead deservedly equalised early in the second period, but with 15 minutes to go sub Mitchell Ward was involved in a good move which saw James Back play the ball on to Will Davis who fire the ball home and put Dorking U18s back in front. Both sides had chances to score in the final minutes, Lynn doing superbly well to keep Leatherhead's dangerous strikers in check, but neither side could add to the scoring leaving Chicks with revenge for their defeat several weeks ago in the away fixture.
Squad: Henry Warne, Marcus Legg, Ashley Smith, Harry Lynn (c), Ryan Butler, Lewis Armstrong (Will Davis), Tom Coffey, Jack Murrell, James Baker, Ryan Stewart (Mitchell Ward), Nathan Crosbie.
Unused subs: Connor Mitchell, Isaac Philpott
Unused subs: Connor Mitchell, Isaac Philpott
Report by Bryan Bletso
