AVDFC 4-1 Crawley Green

Team: Dan McAteer; Dan Ball, Luke Nugent, Dan Wilson, Terry Griffiths; Paolo Bagatti, Archie Clarke, Matty Chew, Jake Baldwin, Callum Shortt; Montel Brown

Subs: Dan Boateng, Joe Mistretta, Chris Shennan, Tom McElroy, Will Salmon

After a disappointing start to the season, Aylesbury were again forced into making changes as Alfi Touceda (Groin), Charlie Ogle (Hamstring), Dave Brown (Ankle) and Davide Pobbe (Heel) all out injured and Ben Gill and Dan Lambeth still unavailable. Therefore, new signing Montel Brown was straight into the starting eleven and Archie Clarke stepping up from the Development team also starting.

An early chance saw Jake Baldwin collect a long ball out from Dan McAteer and he hit a shot wide of the target. On 10 minutes Jake Baldwin was again involved as he collected Matty Chew’s pass and beat his man, crossing well and forcing the defence to clear for a corner. Callum Shortt took the corner which was cleared.

14 minutes and Archie Clarke won a foul and the resulting free kick was sent in by Dan Ball, it found Callum Shortt who found space to hit a shot which beat the keeper to give The Dynamos a deserved lead. 1-0 Dynamos. A few minutes later Matty Chew won the ball in the middle and sent Callum Shortt through but his shot was wide. Crawley then went straight up to the home end and a ball into the middle was somehow missed by the Crawley attacker…close call…! Crawley were having a good spell and this was helped when Archie Clarke’s loose pass was collected by their attacker and he hit a decent shot which Dan McAteer saved well.

26 minutes and Crawley had another attack, this time an attacker sidestepped a challenge and hit a shot which hit the upright and was cleared by Dan Wilson. Crawley were getting closer. Aylesbury though were also creating chances and Montel Brown created the next one sending Jake Baldwin down the left and his cross just eluded Matty Chew at the back post, Aylesbury did have the ball in the net on 35 minutes as a Callum Shortt free kick found Terry Griffiths who headed home, but linesman gave him offside. Crawley then had a penalty claim turned down as their player tangled with Luke Nugent, who won the ball fairly.

40 minutes and a ball over the top from Archie Clarke caused confusion in the Crawley defence as their defender headed over the keeper and Montel Brown was there to stroke the ball home into an empty net. 2-0 Dynamos. With a minute left before half time Jake Baldwin and a Crawley player tangled and both players received a yellow card for their troubles.

Half time: Dynamos 2-0 Crawley Green

An early corner for Crawley in the second half saw Terry Griffiths win a header and then follow up with a great tackle.
Both Jake Baldwin and Montel Brown had early chances to increase the lead further with Montel racing through but only a great stop by the keeper denying him another goal. Matty Chew then set up Montel Brown on 57 minutes and then Brown was involved again as he hit a fierce drive from 30 yards out which the keeper just managed to palm away for a corner as The Dynamos pressurised the Crawley goal.

71 minutes and a ball from Paolo Bagatti found Jake Baldwin and he skipped past a challenge and hit a screamer of a shot which rattled the cross bar and cleared. On 73 minutes Terry Griffiths was closed down and the ball fell to Crawley player who hit a powerful shot past Dan McAteer. 2-1 Dynamos. With a couple of minutes Dynamos regained their 2 goal advantage as Montel Brown pounced upon a loose pass and ran through to score easily past the keeper making it 3-1 Dynamos.

78 minutes and Dan Boateng replaced debutant, Montel Brown, who had certainly made a superb impact in his first game for the club. A few minutes later Joe Mistretta was introduced, replacing Jake Baldwin. Crawley looked defeated but a great chance for them saw their player beat Dan McAteer but the ball hit the post and fell to Luke Nugent who cleared his lines. Chris Shennan came on as the final sub, coming on for Callum Shortt. A couple of minutes later, Dan Boateng beat his man and raced into the box, pulling the ball back for Chris Shennan who happily smashed the ball home for his first goal and the teams fourth of the match.

Final score: Dynamos 4-1 Crawley Green