THOSE WERE THE DAYS
8th February 2020
National (Vanarama) League; South
Dartford 1 (Wanadio 6’) HRBFC 2 (Orsi-Dadomo 25’, Hill 42’) Att; 1,263
Dartford;-
Alhaji Sesay; Sanchez Ming, Craig Braham-Barrett, Tom Bonner, Billy Crook, Josh Hill, Giovanni McGregor, Tyrique Hyde, Elliott Romain, Darren McQueen, Luke Wanadio.
Subs; Ronnie Vint, Liam Nash, Nick Arnold, Lee Noble, Charlie Sheringham.
HRBFC;-
Dion-Curtis Henry; Sam Cox, Kyron Farrell, Dean Inman, Charlie Wassmer, Jake Gray, Ryan Hill (Ruaridh Donaldson, 80’), Wadah Ahmidi (Tyrell Miller-Rodney, 71’), Danilo Orso-Dadomo (Shaun McAuley, 87’), Niko Muir, Sam Deadfield.
Unused Subs; Mo Ouladi-Laarbi (Gk), Luke Ruddick.
Dartford had won seven games on the spin and got off to a really fast start scoring in the 6th minute. Darren McQueen got into a good position and crossed for ex-Beaver Luke Wanadio to head the ball past Henry. Wanadio was causing all sorts of problems for the Beavers and it was looking like a long afternoon for them. Gradually Hampton took the game to the Darts. Ahmidi and Deadfield both shot narrowly wide. A Gray reverse pass found Orsi-Damodo who tucked the ball away for an equaliser in the 25th minute. Wassmer almost got himself sent off, but with the home fans chanting ‘off, off’ he only received a yellow. Minutes before half-time Hill surged past a defender, and from the narrowest of angles fired the ball past Alhaji Sesay for a remarkable turnaround. Dartford threatened in the second half however Hampton’s problems were eased somewhat, when Dartford’s main dangerman, Elliott Romain, was sent for a second yellow card. At the time, no one realised that the season would be brought to a premature end just five matches later.
The Old Historian
