AVDFC 1ST XI
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Tue 06 Aug 2019  ·  Premier
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
AVDFC 1ST XI
A Khan (61'), B Brito (84' Pen)
2
0
Crawley Green
AVDFC 2 Crawley Green 0

AVDFC 2 Crawley Green 0

Mike Farquharson8 Aug 2019 - 05:08
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AVDFC make it two wins from two in the league

Report by Dan Legg

The Dynamos’ goal lived a charmed life, but they picked up their first home victory of the season nonetheless with a 2-0 victory against a Crawley Green side who will come away from Haywood Way disappointed.

Paul Bonham was forced into a defensive change following Lewis Strafford’s foot injury against Leighton Town with Roy Bryan slotting in at centre-half, whilst James Weatherill returned in goal and Abu Khan started on the right-hand side. The game had a very open feel to it early on, with plenty of attacking play at both ends of the pitch. Abu Khan almost opened the scoring for the Dynamos, grazing the post with a header from Bruno Brito’s cross.

Dominic Lawless was inches away from the putting Crawley Green ahead on two separate occasions soon after, but Aylesbury were saved by the width of the crossbar in both cases. Bruno Brito and Abu Khan were making life difficult for the Crawley Green back line all evening, and the latter latched onto a superbly weighted ball in the penalty area late on in the first period. Khan showed great composure to round the onrushing Lobjoit in the visiting goal but could only crash the ball against the post of the open net.

The teams went in goalless at the break, but there was no chance that the match was going to finish that way.

The breakthrough came just past the hour mark, following a managerial masterstroke from Paul Bonham. Alex Woodfine left the field of play with Abu Khan moving from the left wing to operating through the middle. Carl Tappin played a tremendous through ball which dissected the visiting side’s defence for the pacey youngster to run onto. He showed the defenders a clean pair of heels, before rounding Lobjoit and making no mistake this time around - calmly rolling the ball into the unguarded goal.

Dominic Lawless – by far Crawley Green’s most dangerous player on the night, must have thought that the third time was his charm, but unbelievably saw an effort from around 6 yards out rattle against James Weatherill’s crossbar once more, following a corner which wasn’t dealt with by the Dynamo’s defence.

The hosts all but sealed the three points with seven minutes to play – another masterful ball from Bruno Brito this time fed in Keith Mupfururirwa who collected the ball in the penalty area before being upended by Lobjoit who was late to react to the danger. The referee had no hesitation in pointing to the spot and booking the guilty party. Bruno Brito stepped up himself and made no mistake from 12 yards – smashing home straight down the middle of the goal, making it two goals in two games for the Portuguese maestro, and more importantly meant maximum points for AVDFC.

Starting XI – James Weatherill, Joe Fitzgerald, Roy Bryon, Dan Wilson, Dan McAteer, Alfi Touceda, Carl Tappin, Alfie Gaspar (Troughton-Smith 78’), Abu Khan, Bruno Brito, Alex Woodfine (Mupfururirwa 59’)

Next Up – Royal Wotton Bassett (FA Cup, A) – 10th August 15:00 K.O.

Match details

Match date

Tue 06 Aug 2019

Kickoff

19:45

Location

Attendance

77

Competition

Premier

League position

3
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
19
Crawley Green
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