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Hill hailed by Vickers
Vickers’ side looked to be heading for their first Blue Square South defeat at the Avenue Stadium in more than three months when Nathaniel Pinney put Woking in front with only seven minutes to go. However, Hill popped up in the 88th minute with a 30-yard screamer to extend the Magpies’ recent run to just one loss in their last nine outings – both home and away. And Vickers was delighted with Hill’s crucial contribution. He said: “I know his capabilities at set-pieces, their keeper had taken a knock earlier in the game and I thought if we could get the free-kick near him we might get a lucky ricochet. “But to see it fly in the way it did was superb and myself and Phil Simkin went mad on the touchline in celebration. “Ryan has had to be patient as Gary Bowles has been doing ever so well but Gary was ill on Saturday and Ryan took his chance, and I would still be saying that even if he hadn’t scored the goal. “At set-pieces he’s a real asset to the club and on top of that he’s become a very good defender. He’s worked hard on his fitness and it’s not easy to be out of the side and then come back in and play that well. So he deserves special praise.” Reflecting on the game as a whole, Vickers felt a draw was the least Dorchester deserved. He added: “I think it was a fair result and it would’ve been terribly harsh on the lads not to have taken something from the game. “I’ve never been more pleased for a group of people than I was on Saturday when that equaliser went in. I can’t remember being that overjoyed, even when I was playing. “It was just reward for the lads’ endeavours. I felt we dominated the first half while Woking just shaded the second, but we definitely deserved something from the game and the spirit in the team is incredible. “I would have loved three points and if we had nicked a goal in the first half we may have gone from there but it wasn’t to be, and to come back the way we did was fantastic. “I keep talking about trying to get that extra one or two per cent out of the lads and Saturday was a fine example.” As well as Gary Bowles, the Magpies were missing striker Jules Emati-Emati for the visit of Woking while fellow forward Ryan Moss was only fit enough for a spot on the bench. Vickers said: “Mossy was being sick from 3am until 9am on Saturday and looked so pale when he came in that I thought he was an apparition. He wanted to start but he’s an honest lad. “Jules took a kick to his ankle against Bishop’s Stortford the previous week and it’s heavily bruised.” Dorchester’s next action sees them travel to St Albans City tomorrow night. And Vickers added: “We need to rest up and make sure we’re ready for it as we will have to be on our mettle once again.”
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