Aveley (0) 0
Dulwich Hamlet (2) 5 Dumaka 21,44,51 (pen), Tomlin 53 (pen), Yiadom 88
Estimated attendance: 300
New Ground: 314
Entrance: £6 Senior
Programme: £1
Mileage: 68/889
Match Report
On arrival a place in a 195-place car park was easily found, a vast improvement on the narrow lane leading to the old Mill Field ground, with a huge illuminated Aveley FC sign leaving no doubt as to where you have parked.
Once inside, the place is so newly finished that you can still feel the crunch of builder's sand underfoot, but your eyes are immediately drawn to the main stand that houses a large bar with an upstairs ,viewing area that is easy to imagine its earning potential from local community. If I was picky, I would be inclined to say that for a large structure the amount of actual seating is on the low side.
The purists, I guess, will point to the stand of the opposite side of the ground that looked to hold more spectators than the main and the two covered terrace enclosures that are strangely positioned either side of the goal, as Atcost structures. Quite why the enclosures behind the goal could not be joined up is hard to understand.
The 3G pitch played very well, to the point where an elderly lady seated a couple of seats away mistook the rubber pellets lifting from the surface as the pitch "cutting up" until she was informed by her son that the pitch was not grass!
Dulwich spoilt the party but gave the Bostik Premier hope that Billericay might be given a chasing after all.
Dumebi Dumaka opened the scoring after 21 minutes with a tap-in at the far post following a cross by Nathan Green. The striker doubled his and Dulwich's tally with a strike into the bottom corner from the left hand angle of the 18 yard box. He went on to complete his hat-trick five minutes into the second period when he converted from the penalty spot after the referee gave the award for a push on him.
Two minutes later Dulwich were awarded another penalty, this time for a trip on Nyren Clunis. Dumaka stepped to one side, to allow Gavin Tomlin to strike from the spot.
Dulwich completed their nap hand when Nana Boakye-Yiadom drove the ball high into the net from close range a couple of minutes from the end.
A good night was completed with an easy retreat from the car park, after fearing that the single gate entrance might be a bit of a bottleneck. Barring the result, Aveley can be rightly proud of their opening night.
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