Match Report: Dunstable Town U18’s 1-4 Newport Pagnell Town U18’s
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Report by James Smith
Photos by George Lewington
Dunstable Town U18’s unavailable list continues to hit the squad hard with approximately ten players out through injury & illness and one suspended.
It’s been a difficult time since Christmas due the aforementioned after such a great start but the team never gave up against a good Newport Pagnell side and still have incentives to keep pushing for a positive end to the season and a challenge for the league still possible.
The match itself wasn’t a spectacle as high winds and rain caused havoc throughout that both teams did well to try and play in.
Photo: Swirling high winds and rain at Creasey Park.
The opening 25 minutes brought little action mainly due to the conditions but the visitors had an effort go high over the bar on 24 minutes then another shot wide minutes later.
Newport took the lead in the 31st minute when Dunstable switched off and allowed a free kick to be taken quickly. The diagonal ball that followed found an attacking player who finished well.
Two minutes later Dunstable’s Luis Ribeiro-Nso’s shot was easily saved by the keeper.
Newport doubled their lead four minutes before half time when a breakaway led to a good finish past Mikey Dobbs in the Dunstable goal.
Four minutes into the second half it was three nil when a shot from the edge of the box took an unfortunate deflection off Jaden Fraser and gave Dobbs no time to adjust to make a save.
Photo: Luis Ribeiro-Nso in action.
Alfie Young did well to break into the Newport area and shoot but was denied by a fine save.
In the 66th minute Newport scored a fourth with a low, driven free kick. Dobbs then made a great save tipping an effort round the post.
With five minutes left Owen Russell was denied by another fine save by the visitors’ keeper.
Young pulled a goal back for Dunstable when a free kick out wide on the left was swung in and flew into the top corner a minute later.
Team: M Dobbs; Fraser; Chambers; Odugbemi; Ribeiro-Nso; Boon; Abang; Babalola; Young; Russell; Kinkadi.
Subs: Gunning.
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