Saturday 3^rd November 2007

Kent County Intermediate Challenge Shield

Lydd Town 0-4 Holmesdale

Attendance 32

Scorers:

Lydd Town:

Holmesdale: Broome (35) McDiarmid (70, 80 & 89)

The Dalers had a day off from Kent League Duties and travelled down to the far side of Kent, to the home of Lydd Town, a ground that with a few additions would not go amiss in the Kent League, the pitch was as good and if not better than some we have played on this season (including our own).

The Dalers are starting to get a more settled squad, but with still 10 players out injured there is still more room for improvement.

To keep things brief, in the first half the Dalers dominated the play creating numerous chances to score, but had to wait until the 35^th minute for Broome to head home from a McDiarmid cross, a move that started from the back playing short passes through the Lydd formation that ended with an excellent finish by Broome.

1-0             at half time, it should have really been 5 or 6, poor finishing, and good defending kept the score line down.

The second half started very much the same with the Dalers controlling the play, but again they had to wait until the 70^th min for McDiarmid to finish off a great run into the box with a low drive into the right hand corner.

The Dalers kept up the pressure and McDiarmid scored two more in the 80^th and 89^th minute, the latter a cool chip from an acute angle to finish the game off.

4-0 was probably a score line that did not reflect the game, but the positives were that the Dalers played some good creative football that lacked the final finish, I wonder what they will be doing in training this week!!!!

The Dalers can look forward to a home tie against Oakwood or Tudor Sports on the 1^st December in the next round.

Holmesdale: