Ayuk Tarh’s second-half strike was cancelled out by Bobson Bawling as both sides picked up a point

After a forgettable first half, all the fireworks came in the second 45 at Coles Park, where Dulwich faced bottom of the table Haringey Borough.

Dulwich failed to fashion a single shot on target in the opening 45 minutes, with Ayuk Tarh’s miscued header in the 11th minute the closest they came to troubling Dillon Barnes in the Haringey goal. That’s not to say Dulwich didn’t create openings, it’s just the final ball was lacking, most notably when Luke Wanadio freed Ayuk and he miscued his attempted cross out for a goal kick.

Fortunately for Dulwich, the home side didn’t manage to muster much more in the attacking third. A long-range effort from Matt Young in the 16th minute was comfortable enough for Will Lakin and Young shot wide a minute later when a pass to Bobson Bawling would’ve put the latter through on goal.

The home side's best chance of the first half came in the 36th minute. A crossfield ball evaded Dwight Pascal at the back post, but Alphanso Kennedy’s first touch was poor and it gave Lakin time to rush out and smother the chance.

Despite the lack of chances in the first half, neither side made a change at the break and Dulwich began to take a grip on the game. Our chief threat was Anthony Jeffrey, who was making his first start since returning from injury. His blistering pace was causing Borough problems down their right-hand side. Their first warning came in the 49th minute. Jeffrey skinned his marker and cut the ball back to the penalty spot where Mills collected. Hamlet’s centre-forward spun his man, but his shot was well blocked by Barnes and Krasniqi side-footed the rebound over the bar.

It was a warning that Borough didn’t heed. Just eight minutes later, in a move that was almost a carbon copy of the previous attack, Jeffrey’s cross was met by the onrushing Ayuk and he calmly smashed the ball into the corner of the net to give Hamlet the lead.

In a game of so few clear-cut chances, and against a side who had scored just nine times in their opening 11 games, the traveling support must’ve felt confident that Dulwich could see this one out and claim a vital three points on the road. But, within 10 minutes, the home side were level. Mekhi McLeod’s low cross from the right was turned in by Bawling, via a touch by Lakin.

Dulwich had 25 minutes to find a winner, Mills had a goal-bound shot blocked and Binnom-Williams fired just over with a free-kick from 20 yards, but Hamlet will be disappointed not to have forced Barnes to make a meaningful save after being pegged back and a draw, in the end, was a fair result.

Dulwich Hamlet Line-Up:

1 Will Lakin, 2 Dwight Pascal, 5 Michael Chambers, 7 Luke Wanadio (19 Josh Shonibare 76’), 8 Ryley Scott, 9 Danny Mills (14 Adrian Clifton 76’), 10 Anthony Jeffrey (3 Craig Braham-Barrett 88’), 15 Kreshnic Krasniqi 16 Akwo Ayuk, 18 Jerome Binnom-Williams, 20 Manny Parry

Unused Substitutes:4 Mark Ricketts, 11 Alfie Allen

Goalscorers: Ayuk Tarh 57’

Haringey Borough Line-Up:

1 Dillon Barnes, 2 Ebenezer Addo Kufuor (12 Mekhi Leacock – McLeod 64’), 3 Michael O'Donoghue, 4 Dexter Peter, 5 Jorge Djassi -Sambu, 6 Khalifa Jabbie, 7 Alfred Bobson Bawling, 8 Georgios Aresti, 9 Nadum Melvin-Lambert, 10 Matthew Young, 11 Alphanso Kennedy (14 Kasim Aidoo 88’)

Unused Substitutes: 13 Alex Zamani, 15 Oli Fusiek, 16 Ruben Tavares-Baptista

Goalscorers: Bobson Bawling 66’

Yellow Cards: Khalifa Jabbie 78’, Dexter Peter 82’

In a game of few clear-cut chances, the visitors took theirs to progress to the second round of the FA Trophy, defeating Dulwich in front of a crowd of 2,745.

Lewes opened the scoring in the 11th minute. A corner was delivered to the back post, which ex-Hamlet man Ronnie Vint nodded back across the goal. Preston Edwards – making his first appearance in his second spell at Dulwich – produced a fantastic save to deny Tommy Wood, but the rebound fell to Bradley Pritchard, who made no mistake from six yards out.

Seven minutes before half-time the away side doubled their lead. Good work from Deon Moore freed Harvey Hughes down the left flank. The full-back had the freedom of Champion Hill and picked out Wood with his cross. The number nine took a touch to steady himself, before firing high and hard into the roof of the net, giving Edwards no chance.

All of Dulwich’s best chances in the first half fell to the impressive Luke Wanadio, who had a fine game and was a constant threat. In the 26th minute, Hamlet patiently worked the ball down the right. Krasniqi and Wanadio combined on the edge of the box, Wanadio spun his marker, before unleashing a shot that cannoned off the crossbar.

Then, in the 43rd minute, Clifton showed good strength to outmuscle his marker in the left-hand corner of the penalty area. The striker got his head up and rolled the ball across the box to Wanadio. He met it first time but his side-footed finish from 12 yards flashed agonisingly wide.

Whilst the visitors had been the better side in the first half, with chances also falling to Deon Moore, Ola Ogunwamide and Chris Whelpdale, a two-goal lead did slightly flatter them.

Unlike in the last home game against Kingstonian, there were no half-time changes from Hakan Hayrettin. Before the hour he had seen enough though and called for reinforcements from the bench, bringing on Mills and Jeffrey for Bonnett-Johnson and Clifton. It was still Wanadio who was looking most likely to do something for Dulwich and in the 59th minute an attacking thrust from the winger was ended with a foul in a good position.

Jerome Binnom-Williams was the man who stood over the ball, 25-yards out near the middle of the D. His effort was a beauty. Nathan Harvey was nowhere near it, but the post denied Dulwich a route back into the match.

The next 15 minutes were dominated by Lewes with Moore, who was giving Scarlett a torrid time, heading just wide and firing in a fierce drive, which Edwards tipped over the bar. In the final 15 minutes, the tide once again turned in the Hamlet’s favour. Jeffrey fired two shots off target, Ayuk was denied by a brilliant block and Mills rose highest to meet a cross but could only head wide. In the end, Dulwich simply ran out of time, and it’s Lewes who progress to the second round.

Dulwich are next in action on Wednesday, when we travel to Tooting to face Kingstonian in the League Cup and we return to league action on Saturday 4th November with a trip to Haringey.

Dulwich Hamlet Line-Up:

1 Preston Edwards, 2 Miquel Scarlett (Craig Braham-Barrett 80’), 5 Michael Chambers, 7 Luke Wanadio, 8 Ryley Scott, 12 Sean Bonnett-Johnson (Anthony Jeffrey 58’), 14 Adrian Clifton (Danny Mills 58’), 15 Kreshnic Krasniqi, 16 Ayuk Tarh, 18 Jerome Binnom-Williams, 20 Manny Parry

Unused Substitutes:, Mark Ricketts, Alfie Allen, Will Lakin, Elliott Romain

Yellow Cards: Binnom-Williams (48’), Luke Wanadio (65’)

Lewes Line-Up

1 Nathan Harvey, 2 Jake Elliott, 3 Harvey Hughes, 4 Archie Tamplin, 5 Ronnie Vint, 6 Arthur Penney, 9 Tommy Wood, 10 Ola Ogunwamide (Kalvin Kalala 71’), 11 Chris Whelpdale, 14 Deon Moore, 18 Bradley Pritchard (Alfie Egan 90’)

Unused Substitutes: 16 Archie Panyi, 17 Deshane Dalling, 20 Will Salmon

Goalscorers: Bradley Pritchard (11'), Tommy Wood (38')

Yellow Cards: Ola Ogunwamide (54’), Ronnie Vint (74’)

Dulwich picked up a valuable point on the road as we visited Whitehawk.

In everchanging weather conditions Dulwich visited a Whitehawk side that hadn’t lost at Home in 20 fixtures.

The visitors almost took the lead after just 8 minutes as Ryley Scott and Danny Mills went close only for their shots to be blocked well by the Whitehawk defence.

Mills would link up with Scott just 5 minutes later as he squared a ball to Scott only for his shot to be blocked on the line.

Top scorer Luke Wanadio then launched his own one-man Counter-attack after a failed Whitehawk corner. Despite stumbling under pressure, Wanadio stumbled but managed to get a low drilled shot away only for it to be saved by the hosts Goalkeeper.

Despite controlling the majority of the 1^st half, the Hamlet went in at half-time level.

It would take 15 minutes for the 2^nd half to really kick into life, this time Captain Jerome Binnom-Williams struck a shot from range, but his shot ended up going just over the bar.

Wanadio would go close again after 63 minutes as he cut inside and unleashed a shot only for it to go just wide of the far post.

With 10 minutes to go Dulwich finally turned their constant pressure into a goal as centre half Michael Chambers headed home from the corner to fire the Hamlet into the lead.

Chambers turned from Goal scorer into defensive master as he blocked a shot destined for the bottom corner sending it out for a corner.

As we entered stoppage time however, the hosts late pressure found a way back into the game as they levelled it with 5 minutes left to play.

The Hamlet’s afternoon completely turned on its head 3 minutes from time as Ade Shokunbi was given a straight Red Card following a late lunge on the Half-Way line.

Despite dominating 89 minutes of the game, the Hamlet left the Sussex coast with just a point heading into Tuesday Nights tie away to Wingate & Finchley.

In what was very much a game of two halves, all five goals came in the second stanza as Dulwich Hamlet edged to a narrow 3-2 win and picked up a vital three points in this early season basement battle.

At a near sold-out Champion Hill, 3,191 fans witnessed a forgettable first half. During the opening 45 minutes there were just two shots on target and both were for the away team. Calling them shots on target is generous, as both efforts came from outside the box and picked up deflections on their way to the goal meaning neither keeper was forced into a save during the first half.

As fans filed away to the bars and food outlets during the break, they can have been forgiven for wondering if they had anywhere else to be, but those caught in the half-time queues would’ve missed the opening goal.

A Danny Mills header just forty seconds after the restart gave Dulwich the lead, with half-time substitute Anthony Jeffrey making an instant impact by laying on the goal. It was Dulwich’s first effort on target. It was a typical Mills goal, Jeffrey crossed from the left to the back post and Mills rose above his maker and powered a headed past Rob Tolfrey in the Kingstonian goal.

Jeffrey was one of two Hamlet half-time subs with Jeffrey and Ryley Scott coming on for Mark Ricketts and Sean Bonnett-Johnson. It was a bold attacking move by Hakan Hayrettin, and it wouldn’t take long for Dulwich to double their lead.

In the 55th minute, Jerome Binnom-Williams picked up the ball just inside the opposition have and strode forward. The left-back played a line-breaking pass to the feet of Mills on the edge of the box. The Hamlet number nine rolled his marker and found Akwo Ayuk. He showed neat footwork to dribble past his man before firing high and hard into the top right-hand corner.

Hamlet’s third arrived in the 67th minute. The away side failed to clear a Binnom-Williams corner and Luke Wanadio reacted quickest. He first won a header on the edge of the box and collected it himself. He took one touch to steady himself before firing hard and low. It arrowed away from the despairing dive of Tolfrey and found the side netting by the left-hand post. It was a sumptuous strike and gave Dulwich what would surely be an unassailable lead.

Kingstonian were down but not out. At 2-0 their top scorer Eddie Dsane had missed a guilt edged chance, firing wide when clean through, although credit must go to Will Lakin for closing the angle. In the 73rd minute, they would grab one back with Mark Waters arrowing a low shot past Lakin, who dived to his left but couldn’t keep it out. One goal can change a game and it was Kingstonian who were now on top. Tom Collins, who had come on for Dsane, lobbed Lakin, but his shot hit the bar and bounced over. Just a minute later Collins had another good chance but could only drag his shot wide.

Dulwich were looking edgy and nervy and in the 90th minute the fans were feeling that way too as Kingstonian reduced the deficit to one. From a free-kick on the right-hand side Niran Butler was left unmarked and he headed home from just six-yards out.

Dulwich advanced to the next round of the 23/24 Isuzu FA Trophy thanks to victory at Theobalds Lane

A disastrous opening ten minutes ultimately gave The Hamlet too much to do as they slipped to a single goal defeat.

An even contest turned on the sending off of Concord’s Joe Halsey, with Romain’s first goal for the club setting Hamlet on their way to three points.

Dulwich are out of this season’s FA Cup after defeat to Haringey Borough in First Round Qualifying replay

Hamlet fell to a third successive defeat in the league following a rampant second half display from our bank holiday visitors, Chatham Town. Dulwich were perhaps unlucky to finish a fairly uneventful, but even, first half a goal down after Jamie Yila headed the Chats into the lead on the stroke of half time. However, there was no doubting which team had the better of the second 45, with a hat-trick from Chatham skipper Jack Evans and another goal for Yila sealing the three points for the away side, despite goals from Craig Braham-Barrett and Danny Mills.

Our visitors came to us riding high, with their 100% record so far this season already marking them out as contenders for a third successive promotion. Our fortunes had been mixed coming into this one – back-to-back defeats in our last two tarnishing promising performances in our opening two games of the season.

For the second away game in succession Dulwich conceded an injury time goal to drop points on the road. Daniel Ajakaiye’s 95th minute winner proved the difference between the two teams and earned Horsham a 3-2 victory, much to the delight of the vociferous home support. Of the two late goals, it’s likely this one from the Hornets that will sting more, given Dulwich had led 2-1 with fewer than 10 minutes to play.

It was the home team who began the brighter at The Camping World Community Stadium, with Dulwich slow to get going on the artificial surface. Horsham were rewarded for their early endeavour in the sixth minute. A bouncing ball was hooked hopefully on by Tom Richards towards Jack Mazzone. The Horsham number nine managed to get goal side of Manny Parry and the Dulwich defender tripped him inside the area, leaving the referee with no option but to point to the spot.

And it was Mazzone who would convert from 12-yards, hitting it hard and low to Ruddy’s left and sending the keeper the wrong way. Hak must’ve hoped this goal would awaken his slumbering side and it did. Dulwich began to dominate possession, albeit with more probing than penetrating attacks. In fact Hamlet’s best chances in the opening half hour came for set pieces, where our aerial advantage was evident. In the 12th minute, from a Jerome Binnom-Williams delivery, Danny Mills connected with a dangerous downward header, which Lewis Carey in the Horsham goal did well to punch away.

Fifteen minutes later Mills again had the better of his marker from a corner, this time he nodded it back across goal and Michael Chambers was close to connecting, but once more Horsham managed to clear their lines.

From open play it was Sanchez Ming and Luke Wanadio who were looking most threatening for the Hamlet. Dulwich were finding success with left to right diagonal balls that freed the marauding Ming down the wing. From one of those surges he found Wanadio, but his shot was more high, than handsome. It would be the first of three Wanadio efforts in quick succession, with the last the best of the lot, forcing a sprawling diving save from Carey. It would be Dulwich’s best, and last, effort of the opening 45 and they headed down the tunnel one goal behind.

Whatever Hak said at half-time clearly had the desired effect as Dulwich noticeably upped their intensity from the off. Within the opening five minutes Richard Pingling, Wanadio and Mills had all threatened, the latter with a trademark header that he couldn’t quite keep down. The game was being played in the Horsham half and the pressure was building.

The dominance would pay dividends in the 62nd minute. Mills was proving a handful and from a cross from the left towards him at the back post, Horsham would handle and the referee, after a pregnant pause, awarded a spot-kick to the pink and blue.

The responsibility would fall to Ming and he was more than equal to it, confidently stroking the ball down the middle of the goal, with the keeper diving to Ming’s left. At this stage Hamlet were purring and it felt a matter of when not if they would score a second. In one attack Wanadio and Miils both had half chances, Dulwich recycled the ball, and a cross found Ming free at the far stick, his rasping shot was goal bound and only a fine stop from Carey denied the Dulwich defender a quickfire double.