Charlie Henry missed a penalty for the Magpies
DORCHESTER TOWN
1	Darren Behcet
2	Nathan Peprah Annan
3	Mark Jermyn
4	Mark Robinson
5	Alex Browne
6	Roy O'Brien		40
7	Ivan Forbes
8	Brian Dutton
9	Jones Awuah		78
10	Jon Docker
11	Hardy Pinto-Moreira		46
Substitutes
12	Elliot Bent		78
14	Tom Mitchell
15	Charlie Henry		46
16	Gary Bowles		40
17	Simon Evans
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BASINGSTOKE TOWN
1	Jonty Venter
2	Tyrone Smith
3	Robert Watkins
4	Jason Bristow
5	Jamie Whisken
6	Steve Laidler
7	Ben Wells
8	Ben Surrey
9	Scott Fitzgerald
10	Michael Charles
11	Matthew Warner
Substitutes
12	Ben Wright
14	Joe Dolan
15	Piotr Zygier
16	David Tarpey
17	Max Aneke
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Referee
Carl Berry (Surrey)
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Tuesday 18th September 2007
		Basingstoke Town	1
		Whisken 30
		Dorchester Town	0

Magpies' Whisken woe

by Terry Spracklen

Former Dorchester trialist Jamie Whisken scored the only goal as Basingstoke ended Magpies' unbeaten Blue Square South away record.

Whisken pounced on the edge of the penalty area to loop a header past keeper Darren Behcet after a right-wing corner on the half hour from Ben Wells had been headed back across goal by Jason Bristow.

Territorially, the Magpies dominated large parts of the match and created more attempts on goal than their hosts.

But the hard working 'Stoke defence proved resilient and even an 81st minute penalty awarded for a foul on substitute Charlie Henry by keeper Jonty Venter was saved to deny Dorchester a share of the spoils.

The Magpies were then reduced to 10 men after substitute Gary Bowles, who had replaced the injured Roy O'Brien just before half-time, was sent off for a second bookable offence.

The only notable incident in the first 10 minutes was an injury sustained by O'Brien in an accidental collision with Behcet which eventually resulted in the defender's substitution.

The match burst in to life in the 13th minute when Ivan Forbes won two corners in quick succession and from the second, taken by Jon Docker, a glanced header from Alex Browne required a clearance off the line by Steve Laidler.

This let off then sparked the Hampshire side on to the offensive and Matt Warner's through ball looked inch-perfect but as Behcet came off his line, Michael Charles pulled his low shot wide of the far post.

At the other end, Hardy Pinto-Moreira rounded Venter but was forced wide and his shot deflected for a corner which was also taken by Docker and met again by Browne, who this time headed on to the top of the crossbar. Then, played through by Mark Robinson, Pinto-Moreira turned quickly on the edge of the box but fired over before Docker sent a 20-yard drive wide.

There was a scare for Dorchester when Scott Fitzgerald's cross was dropped under pressure by Behcet but in the absence of the referee's whistle, relief for the travelling Dorchester fans came when Warner lashed the loose ball wide.

Fitzgerald and Wells both went close as Basingstoke enjoyed their best spell of sustained pressure and on the half hour they grabbed the only goal of the game as Whisken's looping header found the far corner.

The Magpies tried to hit back straight away but Mark Jermyn's cross-cum-shot to the near post was well read by Venter. Then set up by debutant Brian Dutton, an 18-yard shot from Docker deflected wide.

Dorchester boss Shaun Brooks introduced Henry for Pinto-Moreira at the start of the second half but it was Browne who again went close for Dorchester with a powerful header wide following a free-kick from Docker awarded for a foul on Dutton by Fitzgerald.

One of the Magpies' best chances fell to Jones Awuah who fired wide from six yards after Henry's header from an Ivan Forbes' cross rebounded to him off a defender.

And then Dutton won the ball from Ben Surey with a superb tackle near the right touchline and quickly found Awuah who picked out Forbes but the Portugese winger fired high over the bar.

A surging left wing run by Forbes was abruptly ended by Jason Bristow, who surprisingly escaped punishment other than the award of a free-kick which initially came to nothing, although as 'Stoke failed to clear their lines, a looping header from Nathan Peprah-Annan was saved on his line by Venter.

But Basingstoke looked increasingly dangerous as Dorchester committed more men to the attack.

Wells sent a low angled shot fizzing past the far post while Browne cleared an awkward cross from Fitzgerald behind for a corner. Then from Warner's cross, Charles aimed a free header straight at Behcet while Warner turned Bowles before drilling a shot into the side-netting.

Suddenly Dorchester were thrown a lifeline only seconds after they had appeals for a penalty waved aside when Elliot Bent appeared to be tripped.

Browne's ball was aimed at Henry who went down under pressure from Venter. Referee Carl Berry pointed to the spot this time but took no further action against Venter who had the last laugh by diving to his right to smother Henry's penalty kick.

There was then further woe for Dorchester when Bowles was shown a late red card for his second bookable offence as Basingstoke comfortably held on to claim maximum points.