REPORT | Kingstonian 2 Dulwich Hamlet 1
- Date: Wed 20th Mar 24
- Venue: Imperial Fields
- Attendance: 323
First-half goals from Eddie Dsane and Nasim Regragui were just about enough to earn rock-bottom Kingstonian all three points and halt Hamlet’s hopes of claiming a playoff spot. Although we pulled one back in the second half, through the outstanding Luke Wanadio, the same player missed a golden opportunity to equalise in the 87th minute when he skied a spot kick over the bar.
We were slow to get started at Imperial Fields, and were duly punished after 18 minutes. When well outside his area R'avan Constable took one touch too many. His clearance was charged down by Ks top scorer Eddie Dsane and he was left with the simple task of guiding the ball into an empty net to score his sixteenth goal of the season.
In the 35th minute Hamlet almost fashioned an equaliser, all three midfielders were involved in some slick build-up play, which ended with a fierce drive from Ryley Scott, which Rob Tolfrey pushed away. Just five minutes later though we’d find ourselves two down. Again Dsane was the architect, he evaded Hatfull and Ricketts before hitting a fierce shot from the angle. Although it was blocked on the line, the ball fell to Regragui who fired home from inside the six-yard box.
We looked far sharper in the second half and just before the hour mark we halved the deficit. Midway inside the Ks half, Ricketts won a 50-50 and the ball bounced to Wanadio. He drove forward, before shooting low and hard into the bottom corner from 25 yards out.
It was now very much attack versus defence, although Constable would redeem himself with more than one fine stop when the home side did counter-attack. Mills struck a half-volley just over the bar, and in the 71st minute, Wanadio was inches away from finding the same bottom corner with a strike from range.
In the 86th minute Ks defender Essa Janneh, who had already been booked, was penalised for handball for blocking an Alfie Allen header. Hamlet’s top scorer, and best player on the night, took the responsibility for the spot kick, but Wanadio blasted it over the bar. Despite that miss, Dulwich had two more chances to claim a point, but Rob Tolfrey made sharp stops to deny Wanadio and Parry.
You can hear what Hak had to say post match right here.
- Dulwich Hamlet Line Up: Dulwich Hamlet Line-up 13 R'avan Constable, 3 Roarie Deacon, 4 Mark Ricketts (Alfie Allen 72’) 5 Michael Chambers, 2 Harrison Hatfull, 7 Luke Wanadio, 8 Ryley Scott, 9 Danny Mills 10 Anthony Jeffrey (Ayuk Tarh 81’) 15 Kreshnic Krasniqi (Josh Shonibare 51’), 20 Manny Parry Unused Substitutes: 16 Ademola Shokunbi, 19 Sean Bonnett-Johnson
- Opposition Line Up : Kingstonian Line-up 1 Rob Tolfrey, 2 Essa Janneh, 3 Jude Mason, 4 Matt Drage, 5 Sam German, 6 Johnathon Kamara, 7 Nasim Regragui (Ben Parkinson 65’), 8 Jack Lillie (Ahmed Belgarne 65’), 9 Eddie Dsane, 10 Ta'Shae Andall-Gibbons (Callum Corbin 65’), 11 Hani Berchiche Unused Substitutes: 14 Alfie Burton, 15 Kester Djoko Goalscorers: Eddie Dsaen (18’), Nasim Regragui (40’)
