Whyteleafe 1-0 Corinthian-Casuals
Ryman League Division One South
Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Att: 116
Report by Darren Pasley
Pics: Stuart Tree (can be seen here)
A goal deep into stoppage time from Sam Clayton gave hosts Whyteleafe a possible kick-start to their stuttering campaign and saw James Bracken's side defeated at the last knockings at Church Road.
It was particularly cruel on Casuals who had controlled the majority of the second period but also denied a first clean sheet in September. Niall Wright replaced the suspended Josh Uzun in the only change to the winning line up at Guernsey.
Whyteleafe, who by the standards set last season have started the campaign poorly, made a bright start and Rob Kember had an early shot wide of the goal as his side looked to end a run of 7 games without a win.
Casuals should have opened the scoring in the 8th minute when Juevan Spencer fresh from a blistering performance on the island jigged past 3 defenders before unleashing a shot Sheikh Ceesay could only parry. Cherno Mendy was on hand to reach the ball first but blasted well over from 6 yards out of the gaping goal.
Sam Clayton went even closer to drawing first blood as he beat the offside trap and rounded Bracken but his goal-bound effort was superbly deflected onto the post by the covering Warren Morgan and away to safety.
Clayton continued to be a threat and after Kember was brought down his 25 yard free kick was saved by Bracken and Jason Henry’s effort blocked on the line as the Leafe piled on the pressure. Clayton again going close moments later after swivelling on the edge of the area and firing just over.
Spencer and Emmanuel Akokhia continued to link well going forward and the latter was sent through by Casuals number 11 and despite beating Ceesay to the ball, his shot was nicked off the line and once again cleared out the danger zone in the 37th minute.
Both sides had further chances as the half drew to a close; first, Dan Moody firing just past Bracken's far post before Akokhia had another glorious opportunity through one on one after Osa Obamwonyi’s mis-weighted back-pass but Ceesay stood tall to block with his legs.
The second half saw a more determined and dominating visiting side with plenty more bite. Juevan Spencer going close on two occasions, firstly with a hooked shot and then a blistering volley after the ball came to him from a cleared corner that whistled inches wide of the upright.
For all their promise and territorial advantage, Casuals perhaps didn't feel they tested Ceesay enough as they would have liked, what with the home rear-guard defending well on the edge of their own box. Indeed the introduction of Rosco D’Sane for the hosts gave them a threat when countering and the visitors were grateful for the covering Danny Dudley in the 79th minute as he cut out Henry’s low cross with D’Sane waiting to tap home unmarked.
Another substitute , Stef Joseph fired an effort just wide after creating the opportunity himself for Bracken's side before Casuals were furious as Cherno Mendy appeared to be clipped in the box but was booked for diving with 9 minutes remaining.
As the game entered injury time Mendy on the opposite flank crossed for Akokhia to head over when well placed from 8 yards out. It proved to be pivotal as with seconds renaming the home side stole an unlikely victory. D’Sane again instrumental sliding in Clayton and although Bracken did well to block his initial effort the ball fell invitingly to the striker and he flicked the rebound home to waken the Whyteleafe choir and earn his side all 3 points.
Casuals boss James Bracken spoke after the match.
“These things happen. It happened tonight and it’ll happen again in the future. Sometimes you play well and you deserve to win and make all the running in the game. However, someone scuffs a shot – the worst shot I’ve seen in the whole game – straight into the path of someone who has no right to be there and not only that, he doesn’t even tap it in… he gets a lucky rebound. Danny makes a great save that he probably has no right to make and the rebound could’ve gone anywhere but falls straight back to the same player. So, there’s two bits of bad luck in a row.
“But on the flipside, they’re down near the bottom of the table and maybe they’ve not been having the luck lately but got two pieces of luck and three points tonight.
“It’s a case that for some games we’ve had purple patches for fifteen minutes where we’ve been outstanding and yet not scored and we’ve spoken about that to the players. But tonight, it was the whole of the second half, where we’ve controlled the game, the pace, the possession and everything we’d want to do. But we haven’t created many clear cut chances as we would like and that’s led on to us having promising situations where we’ve rushed it or the shot’s not been of the right quality.”
“From where I stood, I thought it was a penalty. Just previous to that, they felt they had a foul on the edge of our box and their bench has erupted when it wasn't given. We've gone up the other end and it's happened. The penalty wasn’t given because it was almost an even up process where the referee thought ‘well, I didn’t give them that one, so I’m not going to give this one’ and when he doesn’t give the penalty he has to book Cherno for diving. But it did look like a pen to me.
“We don’t treat anyone lightly; we didn’t take Whyteleafe lightly tonight and we won’t take Chipstead lightly on Saturday. We’re not in a position to do that – we need to be at our best whoever we play and be as good as we can be.”
Ryman League Division One South
Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Att: 116
Report by Darren Pasley
Pics: Stuart Tree (can be seen here)
A goal deep into stoppage time from Sam Clayton gave hosts Whyteleafe a possible kick-start to their stuttering campaign and saw James Bracken's side defeated at the last knockings at Church Road.
It was particularly cruel on Casuals who had controlled the majority of the second period but also denied a first clean sheet in September. Niall Wright replaced the suspended Josh Uzun in the only change to the winning line up at Guernsey.
Whyteleafe, who by the standards set last season have started the campaign poorly, made a bright start and Rob Kember had an early shot wide of the goal as his side looked to end a run of 7 games without a win.
Casuals should have opened the scoring in the 8th minute when Juevan Spencer fresh from a blistering performance on the island jigged past 3 defenders before unleashing a shot Sheikh Ceesay could only parry. Cherno Mendy was on hand to reach the ball first but blasted well over from 6 yards out of the gaping goal.
Sam Clayton went even closer to drawing first blood as he beat the offside trap and rounded Bracken but his goal-bound effort was superbly deflected onto the post by the covering Warren Morgan and away to safety.
Clayton continued to be a threat and after Kember was brought down his 25 yard free kick was saved by Bracken and Jason Henry’s effort blocked on the line as the Leafe piled on the pressure. Clayton again going close moments later after swivelling on the edge of the area and firing just over.
Spencer and Emmanuel Akokhia continued to link well going forward and the latter was sent through by Casuals number 11 and despite beating Ceesay to the ball, his shot was nicked off the line and once again cleared out the danger zone in the 37th minute.
Both sides had further chances as the half drew to a close; first, Dan Moody firing just past Bracken's far post before Akokhia had another glorious opportunity through one on one after Osa Obamwonyi’s mis-weighted back-pass but Ceesay stood tall to block with his legs.
The second half saw a more determined and dominating visiting side with plenty more bite. Juevan Spencer going close on two occasions, firstly with a hooked shot and then a blistering volley after the ball came to him from a cleared corner that whistled inches wide of the upright.
For all their promise and territorial advantage, Casuals perhaps didn't feel they tested Ceesay enough as they would have liked, what with the home rear-guard defending well on the edge of their own box. Indeed the introduction of Rosco D’Sane for the hosts gave them a threat when countering and the visitors were grateful for the covering Danny Dudley in the 79th minute as he cut out Henry’s low cross with D’Sane waiting to tap home unmarked.
Another substitute , Stef Joseph fired an effort just wide after creating the opportunity himself for Bracken's side before Casuals were furious as Cherno Mendy appeared to be clipped in the box but was booked for diving with 9 minutes remaining.
As the game entered injury time Mendy on the opposite flank crossed for Akokhia to head over when well placed from 8 yards out. It proved to be pivotal as with seconds renaming the home side stole an unlikely victory. D’Sane again instrumental sliding in Clayton and although Bracken did well to block his initial effort the ball fell invitingly to the striker and he flicked the rebound home to waken the Whyteleafe choir and earn his side all 3 points.
Casuals boss James Bracken spoke after the match.
“These things happen. It happened tonight and it’ll happen again in the future. Sometimes you play well and you deserve to win and make all the running in the game. However, someone scuffs a shot – the worst shot I’ve seen in the whole game – straight into the path of someone who has no right to be there and not only that, he doesn’t even tap it in… he gets a lucky rebound. Danny makes a great save that he probably has no right to make and the rebound could’ve gone anywhere but falls straight back to the same player. So, there’s two bits of bad luck in a row.
“But on the flipside, they’re down near the bottom of the table and maybe they’ve not been having the luck lately but got two pieces of luck and three points tonight.
“It’s a case that for some games we’ve had purple patches for fifteen minutes where we’ve been outstanding and yet not scored and we’ve spoken about that to the players. But tonight, it was the whole of the second half, where we’ve controlled the game, the pace, the possession and everything we’d want to do. But we haven’t created many clear cut chances as we would like and that’s led on to us having promising situations where we’ve rushed it or the shot’s not been of the right quality.”
“From where I stood, I thought it was a penalty. Just previous to that, they felt they had a foul on the edge of our box and their bench has erupted when it wasn't given. We've gone up the other end and it's happened. The penalty wasn’t given because it was almost an even up process where the referee thought ‘well, I didn’t give them that one, so I’m not going to give this one’ and when he doesn’t give the penalty he has to book Cherno for diving. But it did look like a pen to me.
“We don’t treat anyone lightly; we didn’t take Whyteleafe lightly tonight and we won’t take Chipstead lightly on Saturday. We’re not in a position to do that – we need to be at our best whoever we play and be as good as we can be.”
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