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12th October 2006 Faversham Town 2 Deal Town 1 by Tony Gray Photos courtesy of www.jasondoddphotography.com Goalkeeper Tim Holmes' return to first team action in this Kent Premier League Cup fixture, in front a home crowd of 103, saw him turn in an outstanding performance helping Faversham Town to their second cup victory over Deal in eight days. Both sides started brightly with Holmes and his counterpart Danny Twyman doing well in the early encounters. It was the home side who broke the deadlock when, on 14 minutes, a long ball from midfield was sent in for Andy Martin to chase. Martin was second to the ball but luck was on his side as keeper Twyman cleared the ball only to clip a defender and send the ball goalwards back into the path of the Town striker. Running the ball out to the right Martin fired a low cross into the goalmouth which was met with a fine finish from Steve Aslett netting his first goal for the Lilywhites. Town could have doubled their lead two minutes later when skipper James Holder collected the ball deep in his own half and embarked on a solo run up the pitch passing several Deal players in the process, his shot from the edge of the area was on target but easily taken by the Deal keeper. Deal continued to look dangerous and should have made more of a set piece on 20 minutes firing the free kick into the Salters Lane car park. Minutes later Deal captain Dave Bathgate slipped his marker and unleashed a shot from the edge of the box, Tim Holmes' save being more than equal to it. Andy Martin went close for Town on the half hour with an attempted acrobatic volley whilst Deal were unlucky not to end the half on level terms when a 44th minute corner found it's way into the six-yard box - the close range strike from Danny Smith denied only by another fine save from Holmes. The second half started in controversial fashion when Kris Parker shrugged off the Deal defence to go clean through with only the keeper to beat; as he lined up his shot a late tackle appeared to make contact only with Parker's ankle knocking him off balance. Parker looked up in disbelief as Referee Robert Baker, yards from the incident, calmly waved play on. A Julian Beal corner on 52 minutes helped on by Andy Martin fell to Wes Hammond who made no mistake as he smashed the ball home to bag his first goal for the team and to give Town a 2 - 0 lead.
WES HAMMOND.....Fired Town into a two goal lead. Adam Hewitson replaced Graham Taylor on 63 minutes sending in a fine cross from the right with Andy Martin's header narrowly missing the target. Deal keeper Twyman came out unchallenged to collect a loose ball on 70 minutes clearly controlling the ball with his right hand some 20 yards outside his box, as before Referee Baker being the only person inside Salters Lane not to witness the infringement. His resulting clearance found Dave Bathgate inside the Town area, a Gary Stock tackle appeared to win the ball fairly although Mr.Baker had a different opinion of the incident - the "aggrieved" Bathgate confidently converting the spot kick. The unlucky Stock fell foul of the referee three minutes later when, amidst some confusion, he received two yellow cards the first for dissent quickly followed by another for time wasting.
SENT OFF.....Town defender Gary Stock received his marching orders Down to ten men and it was all hands to the pump as Deal pushed hard for the equaliser. Andy Martin made way for Junior Farrell and Richard Gamble replaced Michael Seager for the final ten minutes. Despite their concerted efforts Town defended well with Tim Holmes saving every effort that came his way. On a night when another white shirted team displaying the three Lions came unstuck in Croatia Terry Cordice's men could hold their heads high following this solid performance. Town's Top Man: Tim Holmes - impressive and confident display. Tim Holmes 8, Julian Beal 6, Michael Seager 6, Wes Hammond 7, James Holder 6, Gary Stock 6, Mark Smith 6, Steve Aslett 7, Andy Martin 7, Kris Parker 7, Graham Taylor 6. Substitutes: Hewitson (for Taylor) 6, Farrell (for Martin 78) 6, Richard Gamble (for Seager, 83) 6. Not used: Paul Copley, Terry Cordice
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