AVDFC 3-1 Bristol Manor Farm

Team: Liam Studley; Jake Baldwin, Will Mullarkey, Jack Hodgins, Terry Griffiths; Dave Brown, Jamie Fulton, Prince Nimoh, Abu Khan, Harry Loakes; Chris Stapleton

Subs: Sam Wood, Ollie Lawford, Joe Chott, Harvey Matthews, Tom Kennard, Luke Nugent, George Zammit

It was FA Cup day at the Greenfleets Stadium as the Dynamos took on Step 4 team, Bristol Manor Farm in the Preliminary Round.
Dwyer and East brought Prince and Stapleton back into the squad and moved Loakes into a more forward role.

The first chance of the match saw Brown control a ball out from Griffiths and making a darting run through the Bristol defence. His shot was decent but the keeper saved well.
Less than 10 minutes played and Bristol managed their first real chance as a ball through the middle split the Dynamos defence, but Studley came out to gather at the feet of the attacker.

13 minutes and the best chance of the match fell to a Bristol player as he fired over from 8 yards out. A real let off for Dynamos. However a couple of minutes later Hodgins and their attacker both went for a ball in the box and somehow the referee gave a penalty? The assistant referee and the crowd were all confused, but their No.9 slotted the ball past Studley and they took the lead. 0-1 Bristol Manor Farm.
Decisions were not going with the Dynamos and there was immense frustration from players, management and Dynamos fans.
24 minutes and a decent effort from Bristol, deflected off Mullarkey, but Studley was able to adjust and make a good save.

Half an hour gone and Dynamos were looking the better team. Abu Khan was getting some joy on the left and he swung a decent cross over, but no-one there to convert. On the other wing Prince was also enjoying a decent game and his trickery was causing Bristol problems.
Fulton, who was running the midfield for Dynamos, won a free kick 25 yards out and Loakes stepped up, hitting his free kick low to the keepers right but he managed to scramble over and tip it wide for a corner.

Harry Loakes swung the corner in, Stapleton jumped highest and headed towards goal but it was blocked but Griffiths was there to smash it home. Deserved equaliser. 1-1.

Just before half time Fulton squeezed a delightful ball through to Stapleton who managed to turn it on into the path of Prince. He raced clear but his shot was wide of the mark.

Half Time: Dynamos 1-1 Bristol Manor Farm.

Dynamos came out of the blocks well in the second half and immediately took control of the game. Some good interchanges between Fulton and Brownie saw the latter spread the call to Baldwin. He raced clear of his marker, beat another defender and slotted the ball under the keeper to score an excellent goal. 2-1 Dynamos.
54 minutes and a rare attack from Bristol saw them hit a shot wide of Studley’s goal. A minute later Stapleton was subbed off and Ollie Lawford entered the field of play.

59 minutes and Dynamos were 2 goals clear. Lovely build up play from the back involving Griffiths and then Mullarkey. He moved forward and passed inside to Brownie and he played the ball out wide to Prince. He took a player on, didn’t make the obvious cross, cut inside, raced into the box and curled a lovely effort past the keeper. What a fantastic goal that was. Dynamos 3-1 up.

65 minutes and Harry Loakes was replaced by Sam Wood in the middle of the park.
Prince was now having great joy on the right and Bristol were struggling to get any foothold in the match.
A slight knock to Prince saw him subbed off and Joe Chott came on with 18 minutes remaining.

The last 10 minutes saw Dynamos pepper the Bristol goal. First up Hodgins headed a Baldwin corner inches over the bar and then another great team move ended with Brown setting Fulton up who smashed his low shot against the post and Bristol cleared.
Bristol did rally in injury time and a Griffiths block followed by another decent stop from Studley kept the score as it was.

Final score: Dynamos 3-1 Bristol Manor Farm