Burnham 3-0 AVDFC

Team: Arvy Kacinkevicius; Paolo Bagatti, Jack Hodgins, Terry Griffiths; Dave Brown, Alfi Touceda, Gael Muyonge, Callum Shortt, Charlie Ogle, Jake Badwin; Montel Brown

Subs: Luke Nugent, Dan Boateng, Ollie Lemon, Dan Ball, Jude Guest-Brainch, Matty Chew

The Dynamos were away at Burnham in the FA Vase, on the new 3G pitch and Phil went with 3 central defenders with Charlie Ogle and Jake Badwin operating as wing backs. Burnham had the first chance of the match with a good first time effort well saved by Arvy Kacinkevicius, who started in goal as Dan McAteer sustained an injury in the warm up.

10 minutes gone and Dynamos had their first half chance. Montel Brown collected a pass from Dave Brown and set up Callum Shortt who skipped past a challenge and hit a shot but was cleared by a defender.Montel Brown was then sent through by Dave Brown, but was caught inches offside. On 16 minutes Burnham has another sighter of goal, but the shot went over the bar. However, Burnham were having more of the ball, and started to look threatening. In fact it was Burnham who got the vital first goal as they beat the offside trap and their striker ran through and side footed past Arvy in goal. Burnham leading 1-0.

25 minutes and it was handbags at dawn as both sets of players converged in the middle of the pitch and exchanged pushing and name calling…referee kept his cards in his pocket somehow. Burnham created another chance within a few minutes but their shot whistled past the far post. 32 minutes and there were a few more late tackles, one from Gael Muyonge was picked out by the referee and a Yellow Card given. Within 30 seconds, Phil Granville subbed Gael, bringing on Ollie Lemon in the middle.

A few minutes later a Burnham corner was cleared by Paolo Bagatti and the ball fell to Charlie Ogle who went on a great run, playing in Montel Brown, however his shot went wide of the mark. 37 minutes and Burnham won a free kick. The ball was played into the middle and no one seemed to be marking their player who scored with a header at the back post. 2-0 Burnham. 43 minutes and almost a carbon copy of the second goal as a cross to the back post was headed over by Burnham as they finished the half well.

Half Time Burnham 2-0 AVDFC

The Dynamos certainly came out looking lively and Montel Brown and Callum Shortt combined well with the latter having a shot which the keeper saved. At the other end another Burnham attack was dealt with well by Jack Hodgins, winning an important header in the box.
Burnham were happy to keep the ball and Dynamos didn’t really look like scoring when they were in possession. Ollie Lemon was 30 yards out and hit a speculative shot wide of the goal and Montel Brown has a decent chance which was well blocked by Burnham defender. 75 minutes and more Dynamos pressure saw Jake Baldwin win a corner. Ollie Lemon swung the ball in and Terry Griffiths rose the highest but header over the bar.

Down the other end Burnham should have made it 3 but their shot went inches over the bar when sent through. The referee did not let the game flow at all and blew his whistle at every single moment. 86 minutes and Burnham sealed the victory as the sliced through the Dynamos defence and slotted the ball home past Arvy to make it 3-0 to Burnham.