Thamesmead Town (0) 1 Vines 51
Corinthian Casuals (0) 1 Ottaway 78
Corinthian Casuals won 5-3 on penalties
At Dartford FC
|Attendance: 56
Entrance: £5 Senior
Programme: £2
Mileage: 62/4,773
A draw at the end of 90 minutes was probably about right and the meagre crowd of 56 on a night a bit milder than recently were not asked to endure extra-time.
It looked like traffic congestion was going to mean that I would miss the kick-off but Doris the Direction lady steered me down a couple of alternative routes to arrive in the car park with five minutes to spare, only to find that the start had been delayed by a quarter-hour!
Ex-Angels boss Tommy Warrilow does not appear to have aged a single day since his departure from Tonbridge four years ago and his skipper, Scott Kinch, for the most part was influential in midfield.
The best of the first half chances fell one per side. After 27 minutes, a punt forward saw Thamesmead’s goalkeeper, Max Ovenden, head clear from the edge of his penalty area to the feet of Josh Uzun whose lob towards the empty net drifted wide.
Thamesmead’s best chance of the half came a couple of minutes before the break when Paul Vines headed into the path of Bode Anidugbe who also pulled his shot wide.
In first half time added, the host's Tom O’Connor had a shooting opportunity but fired over.
Thamesmead went in front after 51 minutes when O’Connor found Vines at the left hand angle of the box and an audacious lob over the slightly advanced Danny Bracken found the far corner.
Ovenden made a fine save to make-up for some hesitancy that allowed Gabriel Odunaike a lobbed attempt after 73 minutes, but he had no chance five minutes later when a corner from the right was met with a powerful header from Harry Ottaway.
Casuals thought they had won the game when Odunaike had the ball in the net with two minutes remaining but it was ruled out by a linesman’s flag for offside.
The destiny of the penalty shoot-out was set with the very first kick. Ottaway’s effort was saved by Ovenden but the ball squirmed out of his hands to cross the line. Thamesmead’s opening penalty from Raphael Duyile was wide leaving Corinthian Casuals to safely dispatch each one of their remaining kicks to make their way into the Quarter-Finals.
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