Hornets thrash Prospect in seven-goal rout
By Derek Dechabert
Dandy Town 7
Prospect 0
Ten man Dandy Town made light work of Prospect United at St John’s Field yesterday to advance to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
Braces from Damon Ming and Angelo Simmons and solo strikes from Dashun Butterfield, Raymond Beach and Lyn Tucker helped the side breeze through the match against their First Division opponents.
Defender Anthony Rocker was sent off in the 72nd for a second bookable offence.
It was the first time in three years that Town hadn’t faced Premier Division opponents in the first round of the Cup, which Ming believed had worked to his side’s advantage.
“We played very well as a team in the first half, got the goals and seemed to become complacent in the second, but in the end the are moving on with this result,” said Ming.
“It was good to have lesser opponent in the FA Cup, we usually get the bigger clubs in this competition but it’s a good result for us nonetheless.
Simmons got the ball rolling with his first in the 13th minute, finishing off a neat play down the flank, before Ming popped up nine minutes later to double the lead.
Town’s prolific striker Beach got his name on the scoresheet with one of his trademark finishes in 30th, and Ming grabbed his second seven minutes later.
Simmons scored his second in the 42nd minute, leaving Hornets coach Jomar Wilkinson the pleasure of bringing off the heavy artillery at the break and handing a few fringe players a chance to shine.
Substitutions at the interval, including Simmons and Beach, didn’t stop the onslaught, however, as Butterfield scored in the 50th, while Tucker ended the scoring with his well slotted effort.
It could have been worse for the visitors, who had plenty of fight until the end, but wasteful finishing and over thinking on the ball by Town players made sure the score didn’t hit double figures.
“We took our foot off the pedal in the second half and should have got more goals but given this is a one off game in a cup competition, we can take the positives and negatives out of the performance,” added Ming.
“We got the clean sheet and took our chances early which is always a good thing for any team.”
Dandy Town: T Gibbons, A Rocker, G Dyer, K Tucker, A Lowe, B Minors (H Wolfe, 75), S Darrell, L Tucker, D Ming, R Beach (D Butterfield, 45), A Simmons (A Zuill, 45)
Substitutes not used: D Chambers, D Zuill, W Place
Yellow cards: A Rocker
Red card: A Rocker
Goals: A Simmons, 13, 42, D Ming, 22,37, R Beach, 30, D Butterfield, 50, L Tucker, 65
Prospect: D Joell, D Berkeley, J Law, S Swan, Q Francis, A Matthews, T Scarlett (B Harris, 62), T Caisey (R Bell, 56), K Bennett, K Saltus (M Young, 45)
Substitutes not used: J Hunt, K Desilva
Yellow cards: A Matthews
Referee: R Cann
Man of the Match: S Darrell (Hornets)
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