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Dartford pulled themselves together
and finally got their first shot in, soon to be
followed by a powerful strike that King could only
parry. As the pressure mounted Aaron Goode
took more than a stroll down memory lane with a spot
of top notch defending.
Tooting broke the five minute
siege through another breakaway, lead by Paul Vines
whose shot earned a corner when, had he spotted
Parker in space, a tap in would have been on the
cards. From the set piece Joe Vines thundered
his header against the bar. The last few
minutes of the half were nervous ones, with King
again having to tip over and York heading one off
the line.
Half Time: Terrors
1-0 Dartford
Clearly reacting to a half time
roasting Dartford returned with all guns blazing.
This included repeatedly roughing up Dave King, for
which they were lucky to escape with just a single
booking (Bradbrook) for their serial assaults.
Typically Kingo was not to be distracted by bully
boy tactics and responded with a great tip over from
Hayles.
Memories of the Darts comeback in
the Novembers encounter at Pride Park must have
surfaced as a series of corners lead to a couple of
penalty area scrambles and a string of corners.
It was backs to the wall stuff for long periods, but
eventually Tooting started to hit back, with Parker
and Vines inevitably involved. First Simon put
Charlie through, bringing Young into the game for
the first time in the half with a low save.
Ten minutes from the end Vines picked up a cleared
corner via Sam Clayton and this time made no
mistake. A minute later and a communications
breakdown in the visitors defence was enough let
Vines in to claim his fifth goal in four games.
A polished performance was very
nearly gilded as well when Parker embarked on
another of his magic runs. This time, though,
cutting back from the goal line inside the six yard
box did not give him the space to curl one round the
keeper, so he had to settle for a corner.
Deep into stoppage time and Darts
tapped in a consolation, but by then to stand behind
them was deserted and Terrors had secured their
revenge on the conference bound opponents. |
