REPORT | Hamlet Bounce Back

Goals from Danny Mills, Luke Wanadio and Lorenzo fired Dulwich Hamlet to a 3-1 win over Potters Bar Town, although with the third arriving deep into stoppage time it was a closer contest than the score line suggests.

 

Perhaps that’s no surprise given the two sides were only separated by goal difference at the start of play. It was a cagey opening and, despite injury hit Hamlet having more of the ball, it was the away side who had the better early chances. Brandon Adams hit the outside of the post and then fired over when well placed.

 

It looked as if the first half would end goalless, but as the fourth official held up the board to indicate two minutes of added time, we made the breakthrough.

 

Danny Mills met a Luke Wanadio corner with a powerful near post header, and although Laurie Shala got two hands to his effort, he could only push it up and into the net.

 

We started the second half the brighter, Jerome Binnom-Williams and Anthony Jeffrey had good efforts blocked before the latter turned provider. Potters Bar tried to play out from the back and Jeffrey intercepted the ball. Wanadio overlapped on his left, Jeffrey played him in and The Hamlet’s top scorer chopped inside onto his right foot before bending a powerful shot into the far corner of the net.

 

The two-goal advantage lasted just three minutes, on the hour mark Town captain Ronnie Henry headed home a cross to halve the deficit.  

 

With 20 minutes to go, there was an altercation on the sidelines involving players and coaches, which ended with both managers being sent off.  

 

The game became stretched and Adams thought he had equalised in the 83rd minute, his deflected effort looked destined for the net, only for Jameson Horlick to readjust his body and somehow tip it over the bar.

 

Deep into stoppage time, we had the ball just where they wanted it as they won a corner. The smart money was on them running down the clock but Wanadio had other ideas. He drove into the box and crossed to Lorenzo, whose flicked finish found the bottom corner. “I’m delighted with the result, it was good to bounce back against a decent side,” said Hamlet assistant manager Terry Harris after the final whistle. “We were light on players today due to injury, so to get the result we did and move into the playoffs is excellent.”

 

The Hamlet are back at Champion Hill on Saturday 23rd November as we host Hashtag United. You can get your tickets here.

 

Dulwich Hamlet (3)

 

Danny Mills (45)

Luke Wanadio (57)

Lorenzo (90+8)

 

Potter Bar Town (1)

 

Ronnie Henry (60)

 

Dulwich Hamlet:

 

1 Jameson Horlick, 5 Michael Chambers, 6 Sam German, 7 Luke Wanadio, 9 Danny Mills, 10 Anthony Jeffrey, 11 Mark Marshall (Lorenzo 84’), 16 Sean Bonnett-Johnson, 17 Ralfi Hand, 18 Jerome Binnom-Williams (C), 19 Hassan Ibrahiym

 

Yellow Cards: Sean Bonnett-Johnson (18’)

 

Unused Substitutes:

2 Chris Petrou

12 Kaya Hansson

13 Arber Grosha

14 George Porter

 

Potters Bar Town

 

1 Laurie Shala, 2 Isaac Currie, 3 Prosper Keto, 4 Joe Re, 5 Rickie Hayles (Nana Kyei 51’), 6 Ronnie Henry (C), 7 Ben Ward-Cochrane (Tom Lethbridge 76’), 8 Harry Brant, 9 Brandon Adams (Chaynie Face-Burgin 90’), 10 Steve Cawley, 11 David Hicks

 

Unused Substitutes:

15 Jamie Dicks

17 Ryan Hervel