By Nico Blakemore

Dulwich Hamlet fight back from behind twice to snatch a point on the South coast.

Heading into the fixture between 11th and 6th in the league both teams had got themselves wins in their last respective league fixtures, Hamlet made 2 changes to the starting team which secured all 3 points against Hashtag United the previous weekend. Those 2 changes being Binnom-Williams returning to the starting side in place of Harrison Hatfull and Alfie Egan replacing the injured Alfie Allen who suffered concussion.

At a cold crisp Continental Pilot Field Hamlet were looking to close the gap to Hastings down to 3 points with a win. In the opening exchanges of this match neither side managed to dominate the game, Hastings with a clear game plan to play the ball out the back and work round the Hamlet press. In the 22nd minute the hosts took the lead as Tom Chalmers picked the ball up on the edge of the area and smashed low into the bottom corner to strike first.

Their were not many clear chances for either side for the majority of this half up until the 45th minute when a dangerous corner was whipped in by Anthony Jeffrey and a Tommy Penfold touch saw the ball nestle in his own net to give Hamlet the equaliser on the brink of Half-Time.

As the Second Half got underway both teams were looking for a more dominant display then the first 45, in the 51st minute Hastings United regained the lead as Tom Chalmers again slotted home after getting in behind and placing the ball underneath the oncoming Will Lakin.

This was then followed by a series of substitutions from Hak bringing on Shokunbi, Mills and Shobinare who replaced Ricketts, Clifton and Egan, Shonibare would be looking to replicate the impact which he had in the match against Hashatag United after scoring 2 minutes after being brought onto the pitch.

As Hamlet continued to build pressure onto the Hastings defence in the 84th minute the breakthrough came and Hamlet had come back from being behind once again. As another dangerous delivery from Anthony Jeffrey wasn’t dealt with by the defence and on the turn Michael Chambers smashed the ball into the left side of the net to grab himself his 6th goal of the season.

The pressure didn’t stop their as Hamlet kept coming onto the Hastings defence and minutes later Danny Mills rising highest out of everyone got his head on the ball and narrowly headed wide of the left post. Meaning the points were shared between the two sides on the South coast.

Hamlet’s next fixture is against Potters Bar Town away who sit 15th in the league and will be looking to take all 3 points back to Champion Hill and improve on the result between these 2 sides earlier in the season which ended 2 a piece.