Dover Christ Church (0) 1 62'
Hugh Christie (5) 7 Lazell 11,15 Fleming 26 Barden 38,78 de Cauwer 38 Devlin 64
Headcount: 20
Admission: Free
Programme: None
Mileage: 114/3,370
The Academy’s Development squad progressed in the Kent Schools League Cup with a comfortable win at Dover Christ Church Academy.
They took some time to find their feet on a very sticky pitch that necessitated skipper Billy Robbins needing a quick change of boots but once the first goal had been scored, after 11 minutes, it was pretty much plain sailing.
Jack Lazell had the first chance of the game when after eight minutes he rounded the goalkeeper but forced wide he could only find the side netting. But, three minutes later, in a repeat act, this time he slotted home after going past the stranded goalkeeper.
Lazell added his second after a quarter of an hour when the ball dropped on the edge of the box and he made no mistake with a shot through the crowded penalty area.
Once the Angels noses were in front the first half became ridiculously one-sided. By half-time they had moved into a 5-0 lead and, in all honesty, it could and should have been double that.
After 26 minutes a left-sided corner found its way to the right hand side of the box from where Harry Fleming fired home.
A corner routine saw Isaac Barden finish from 10 yards and, after 38 minutes, a dreadful goal kick from the Christ Church goalkeeper landed at the feet of Arne de Cauwer who lobbed it back into the unguarded goal.
Dom Welsh’s team talk at half-time amounted to keeping concentration and maintaining the standards expected in the Academy.
To be fair, Christ Church did improve in the second half and found a competitive edge that had been completely missing in the first half and they were rewarded when a corner was converted with a header to make it 5-1 after 62 minutes.
Ryan Devlin made it 6-1 two minutes later and the scoring was completed after 78 minutes when Isaac Barden lobbed the goalkeeper.
It was a long journey down to Dover but at least the Angels lads returned with a quarter final place in the competition.
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