Tring's good run of form
continued with another win last night, for which
they have to thank an outstanding display of
goalkeeping from Lee Turney and a wonder goal
from Kevin Chakaodza.
The pattern of the game was established in the
opening minute when Dorking's Adam Broomhead hit
a shot just wide of the post. Tring struggled to
get a foothold on the game and Dorking piled on
the pressure. Turney made his first impressive
save on 6 minutes to turn Steve Lunn's shot round
the post, and saw two other efforts in the
opening ten minutes just miss the target.
Tring seemed to have weathered the storm as they
had a short spell of pressure, but only created
one chance, on 20 minutes when Chakaodza turned
and shot just wide from the edge of the six yard
box, and the relentless Dorking pressure soon
continued. Turney parried a shot from Gani Ahmet
on 24 minutes and two minutes later tipped over a
shot from Craig Duffell with his fingertips. The
first half ended with Alex Kinsley firing a free
kick just wide, which was only Tring's second
attempt on goal against nine from Dorking,
although they had nothing to show for it.
Little changed in the second half, as Tring
continued to defend deep and were unable to keep
the ball out of their own half for too long.
Turney continued to impress, denying Lunn from
point blank range on 53 minutes after Duffell's
long run had set the chance up, and having a huge
stroke of luck ten minutes later when Stuart
White's angled shot hit the post and bounced back
into his arms.
Dorking's frustration grew as chance after chance
slipped by, and on 83 minutes came the moment of
inspiration that turned the match in Tring's
favour. Chakaodza was fully 40 yards out when he
received Dave Watson's pass. Spotting the keeper
out of position, he lofted a wickedly swerving
shot that curled out of the keeper's reach and
back inside the post for a goal that stunned
everyone inside the ground.
Even then Turney had to produce another couple of
saves over the closing minutes, but Tring held on
for their unlikely victory, showing that pressure
and chances mean nothing if they are not
converted into goals. |
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| Dorking:
1. Stewart Vaughan, 2. Paul Abbot, 3. Steve
Coyle, 4. Steve Lunn, 5. Adam Broomhead, 6. Gani Ahmet,
7. Kevin Burgess, 8. Ricky Lunn, 9. Stuart White, 10.
Peter Maynard, 11. Craig Duffell. Subs: 12. Chris Bain,
14. Leroy Hyett (for White 85 mins), 15. B.Aldridge, 16.
Nick Torpey, 17. T.Fitzgibbon. Tring
Town: 1. Lee Turney, 2. Luke Reid, 3. Jack
Copson, 4. Adam Dale, 5. Brian Johnson, 6. Gary
Donaldson, 7. Dennis Fenemore, 8. Kevin Chakaodza, 9.
Dave Butler, 10. Alex Kinsley, 11. Wayne Barber. Subs:
12. Steve Groves, 14. Dave Watson (for Copson 55 mins),
15. Jay Marshall, 16. Dean Hutchinson (for Fenemore 88
mins), 17. Anthony Smith.
Bookings:
None
Referee:
Stephen Child
Attendance:
55
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