Charlie Henry's route to goal is blocked
DORCHESTER TOWN
1	Darren Behcet
2	Jamie Cumming		70
3	Jake Smeaton		85
4	Wes Fogden
5	Alex Browne
6	Nathan Peprah Annan
7	Charlie Henry
8	Jamie Gleeson
9	Jones Awuah
10	Dani Rodrigues
11	Mark Jermyn
Substitutes
12	Ivan Forbes		70
14	James Rowe		85
15	Gary Bowles
16	Mark Robinson
17	Simon Evans
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HAMPTON & RICHMOND
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Referee
S. Robbins
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Saturday 17th November 2007
		Dorchester Town	0
		Hampton & Richmond Borough	1
		Yaku 55

Magpies punished by Beaver Yaku

by Ky Capel

Dorchester's winless run continues after a 1-0 defeat at home to Hampton & Richmond, a game the Magpies could, and should have won.

When you are down at the bottom things invariably go against you and Dorchester paid the price for missed opportunities when the Beavers' leading goalscorer Lawrence Yaku netted 10 minutes into the second half.

The Magpies had much the better of the first half, seeing several chances go begging.

Dani Rodrigues, making his third appearance in the black and white shirt, found himself clean through inside five minutes but was denied by the assistant's flag.

Good build up play involving Wes Fogden and Charlie Henry, who made his return after a two-match ban, saw Rodrigues lay the ball off to strike partner Jones Awuah, but his effort from 20 yards went just wide.

The first sniff at goal for the visitors came when Mark Jermyn almost diverted Elliott Godfrey's cross past his own keeper Darren Behcet, luckily for the Magpies his touch lacked the power to beat Behcet.

A breakaway by the hosts in the 24th minute saw Henry burst forward and find Rodrigues, the Portuguese forward then played a great return to his team-mate but, with his first touch taking him slightly away from goal, his shot was blocked by Hampton stopper Matt Lovett. The rebound fell Awuah's way, however, the bounce prevented him directing his header below the crossbar.

And the Ghanaian had the best chance of the opening period on 34 minutes when his diving header flashed past the near post from Henry's free-kick on the right side.

The Beavers almost opened the scoring three minutes before the break with their best opportunity, but, for the second home game running, Nathan Peprah-Annan cleared off the line from a looping header, this time Shaun McAuley was the player thwarted. McAuley being the man who bagged a hat-trick in Tuesday night's Setanta Shield tie between the two sides.

After dominating the opening period, Dorchester found the going tougher at the start of the second. Godfrey's 49th minute drive, after Alex Browne's poor clearance, was thwarted by the fingertips of Behcet, and six minutes later the away side were ahead. Skipper Browne, making his 200th appearance for the club, carried the ball forward from the back until Rob Paris sent him crashing. Referee Robbins waved away Browne's protests and Alan Inns picked up the loose ball before hitting a lofted pass over the top.

And with Browne absent from his position Yaku beat Peprah-Annan and Jermyn for pace and fired a low shot past Behcet on the bounce to bag his eighth of the campaign.

The Magpies then began to take control once more, and on 68 minutes Rodrigues played a clever ball to Awuah on the right side of the area, but rather than cross to Henry he tried a shot which was comfortably saved by Lovett.

Jamie Gleeson went even closer when he drew an excellent stop from Lovett minutes later, following good work by substitute Ivan Forbes down the right.

Rodrigues was the next to try his luck but the 27-year-old's shot on the turn, after Awuah's dummy, lacked the sufficient power to trouble the visiting keeper.

In the remaining minutes Hampton frustrated their opponents and began to slow down the pace of the game, but in injury time the best chance of the match saw the Magpies agonisingly miss out on a share of the spoils.

James Rowe, who came on with 10 minutes to go, picked up the ball on the right hand side and checked back onto his left before delivering a deep cross into the Hampton box.

Browne rose highest and nodded his header back across goal where Awuah was unmarked, unfortu- nately Dorchester's joint top scorer could only find a post with his header when it seemed easier to score.