Aveley (A) - 1st October 2022

By Josh Cole

The ‘Gate travel to Parkside to take on the Millers, Aveley FC in matchday eight of the 2022/23 season.

Last time out: Margate comfortably beat Faversham Town 5-0 to progress to round two of the Kent Senior Cup. Margate took the lead through Korrey Henry in the 32nd minute after great linkup down the left channel between Dsane and Greenhalgh before Greenhalgh crossed into the box which found Henry to strike home. Margate doubled their advantage right on half time through Korrey Henry grabbing his second of the game. Margate carried on from the dominant first half performance and scored straight after the whistle for the second half through a third goal from Korrey Henry. The lead was extended to four in the 53rd minute as Eddie Dsane grabbed his first goal in Margate colours in his debut after Faversham struggled to get rid of the ball in their box. It was five in the 67th minute as Eddie Dsane grabbed his second after being played through one-on-one with the keeper and he slotted the ball into the bottom corner. Three goals from Hat Trick Hero Henry and two goals on his debut from Eddie Dsane saw Margate cruise to victory.

Manager Andy Drury had high praise for his team after the game and was happy to see his team bounce back from Saturday, here’s how he summed up the game. “I thought the boys done really well tonight, done everything that I asked them to before the game, we moved the ball quickly, kept the ball and tired them out and then we always knew we were going to score goals with Korrey and Eddie both getting our goals, both done well and got vital minutes needed to catch up as they’ve not played much football but I think they’ll be great assets for us over the season”.

Margate will be without Taylor Fisher (Ankle) and Troy Howard (Ankle) for the trip to Parkfield.

Aveley currently sit in 4th position in the league with five wins, one draw and two losses, equating to 16 points, The ‘Gate have a game in hand on the opponents today but sit eight points adrift from Aveley and in 16th place.

LAST FIVE – AVELEY

D – Vs Potters Bar Town (1-1) FA Cup

L – @ Potters Bar Town (2-1) FA Cup Replay

W – Vs Potters Bar Town (3-1) League

L – @ Bishop’s Stortford (2-0) League

D – Vs Herne Bay (1-1) League

LAST FIVE – MARGATE

W – @ Aylesbury United (0-1) FA Cup

W – Vs Herne Bay (4-0) League

L – @ Dulwich Hamlet (2-1) FA Cup

L – Vs Enfield Town (2-5) League

W – @ Faversham Town (0-5) Kent Senior Cup

Stadium Address

Parkside Stadium,

Belhus, Park Ln,

Aveley

RM 15 4PX

Kick-off at Parkside is 3pm, but as always if you can’t be there then you can stay right up to date on our Twitter feed from 2:30pm.

'Gate Defeated By 10 Man Aveley

Margate put in a dismal first half performance at Parkside on Saturday afternoon as they were beaten by 10 man Aveley in the Isthmian Premier Division.

Lewis Knight partnered Harry Hudson at centre-half, whilst Peter Ojemen started left-back in place of the injured Taylor Fisher, whilst the Blues went for a front three of Ben Greenhalgh, Korrey Henry and Eddie Dsane.

Horrific travel chaos from Kent meant the ‘Gate had a battle on their hands even before kick-off, and that was added to in the 9th minute as Kenny Aileru put the hosts ahead.

The ‘Gate started poorly, but were handed a lifeline as Blaise Riley-Snow was shown a second yellow card in quick succession as the hosts were reduced the ten men with less than 20 minutes on the clock.

The sending off only appeared to lift the spirits of the hosts as they broke away in the 23rd minute leading to George Sykes doubling their lead and adding to the ‘Gate’s miserable afternoon.

A couple of free-kicks from Greenhalgh was as exciting as it got for the travelling Blues fans, whose misery was compounded in the 35th minute as Brendon Shabani made it 3-0.

The ‘Gate restored some hope in the dying seconds of the first half as Cameron Brodie snatched his fourth goal since joining on loan from Dartford, and the visitors went in two goals down, but still a man advantage and 45 minutes to play.

The second half started with Margate showing more attacking intent, however there was no real early chances that could have given the Blues a bit more belief going into the final 30 minutes.

Dsane showed some quick feet and trickery down the left before cutting inside but seeing his weak effort saved as the time continued to ebb away.

The introduction of James Bessey-Saldanha offered the Blues a bit more fresh pace up top, however the ‘Gate were unable to create any clear cut chances as they headed to their second defeat in a row in the league.

The Blues return to action on Tuesday evening as they welcome Haringey Borough to Hartsdown Park with kick-off scheduled for 7:45pm.

MARGATE: Tangara, Hatfull, Brodie (Bessey-Saldanha 55’), Knight, Hudson, Blackman, Greenhalgh, Ojemen (Barton 71’), Henry, Dsane (Rogers 79’), Cole

Subs not used: Kallmeier, Deslandes

Margate Goal scorer

Cameron Brodie 45’

Attendance

331