The Avenue Stadium
DORCHESTER TOWN
1	Simon Evans
2	Kyle Critchell
3	Neil Martin
4	Mark Jermyn
5	Nathan Walker
6	Nathan Peprah-Annan		72
7	Nick Crittenden		59
8	Ashley Nicholls
9	Ryan Moss		77
10	Chris Flood
11	Steve Devlin
Substitutes
12	Ryan Dovell		77
14	Jamie Symes
15	Ben Dickenson		59
16	Harrison Bell		72
17	Alan Walker-Harris
EASTBOURNE BOROUGH
1	Rikki Banks
2	Darren Baker
3	Eddie Hutchinson
4	Matt Smart
5	Ollie Rowe
6	Gary Elphick		84
7	Steve Brinkhurst		87
8	Simon Johnson
9	Ben Watson		76
10	Sam Cole
11	Matt Crabb
Substitutes
12	Ian Pulman		76
14	Ethan Strevett		84
15	Billy Medlock		87
REFEREE
Paul Rees (Portishead)

Saturday 20th August 2011
		Dorchester Town	0
		Eastbourne Borough	3
		Rowe 21, Watson 31, Brinkhurst 64

Jekyll and Hyde Magpies

by Ky Capel

It was very much a case of after the Lord Mayor's Show as Dorchester Town went from the highs of Tuesday night to the lows of Saturday’s poor display against Eastbourne.

The Magpies entered the Blue Square Bet South encounter in high spirits after a 4-0 thrashing of Maidenhead United – in which the county town outfit played the majority of the match with only 10 men.

However, the mood is a very different one ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Hampton & Richmond as goals from Ollie Rowe, Ben Watson and Steve Brinkhurst did the damage at the Avenue Stadium.

And boss Ashley Vickers, who had called for consistency prior to the game, was left baffled by the vast contrast in performance levels.

He said: “It’s Jekyll and Hyde. All we’re looking for is continuity of performances. I say it a lot but that’s what we’re after.

“We don’t have the ability to pull in 29 to 30-year-old players who have been there and done it, and who know the game so well, so we have to work with the lads.

“They want to learn and they do want to be coached but it’s so important that we carry out instructions as effectively as possible.

“We got found out by the big man (Eddie Hutchinson). He’s very strong in the air, we asked for him to be screened and then the lads at centre-half to come and win the ball a bit easier.

“We didn’t carry that out but by the same token we didn’t set up around that. We started the game well but we got pushed back and that meant our midfielders couldn’t get close to our strikers.

“We also had our defenders in a zig-zag line with one 10 yards behind the others, and that can’t happen.

“I’m not going to point the finger at anyone because as a back four you all have to take responsibility.

“We asked the boys to have a go in the second half and they did, but the third goal effectively killed the game – and it was a poor, poor goal in every way.

“We need to try and put it to bed as it was a poor performance. No one likes to get beat 3-0 at home. It wounds people, including myself.”

With Rico Wilson beginning a three-match ban, following a pre-season sending off, the only change from Tuesday’s victory saw Jamie Symes replace the former on the home bench.

Buoyed by their midweek triumph, the Magpies came out all guns blazing in the early exchanges, creating the first real opening after just two minutes.

However, despite rising highest at a Steve Devlin corner, Ryan Moss was unable to direct his header goalwards.

Borough responded and only a decent save from Simon Evans denied Watson, with Brinkhurst failing to profit on the rebound.

Watson found himself clean through once again in the 19th minute after Eddie Hutchinson, who dominated the aerial battles, had flicked on Rikki Banks’ goal kick. But the visiting forward could only stab his effort into the arms of a grateful Evans.

The Magpies were on the back foot and fell behind two minutes later as Rowe’s head connected with Matt Crabb’s set-piece.

The goal failed to spark much of a reaction from the hosts and it was 2-0 just past the half-hour – Watson finally getting the better of Evans after nodding home a low centre from Brinkhurst.

It should have been three on the stroke of half-time but with the Magpies’ defence carved open, and only Evans to beat, Watson blazed high and wide from a matter of yards.

The shot count told its own story with the visitors racking up 10 attempts at goal to Dorchester’s three.

The county town outfit began to improve on that tally as the second period got underway with Chris Flood heading wide from a Devlin centre and the same man seeing a free-kick, right on the edge of the Borough box, cleared by Darren Baker in front of his own keeper.

But just as the home side were beginning to find a foothold in the game, slack defending allowed Eastbourne to put the result beyond all doubt.

Nathan Peprah-Annan committed a foul on the right side, picking up a yellow card for the third game in succession, and the subsequent set-piece was cleared by Kyle Crit- chell, but only as far as Brinkhurst.

And Sports’ winger, under no pressure whatsoever, took a touch before finding the inside of Evans’ near post.

Borough thought they had grabbed a fourth 15 minutes from the end but the linesman’s flag denied Watson a second goal of the game.

Seconds after entering the fray, substitute Ryan Dovell won a free-kick 20 yards from goal, but this time Flood was off target.

Nathan Walker was then unable to generate sufficient power when a loose ball broke his way inside the visitors’ penalty area before a wild effort from Flood, in added time, just about encapsulated a dismal afternoon for the home side.

And to compound the Magpies’ misery, match sponsors Hearn Roofing, run by chairman Shaun Hearn, declared it impossible to pick a Dorchester man of the match.

	MATCH STATS
9	TOTAL ATTEMPTS	11
2	ATTEMPTS ON TARGET	5
7	ATTEMPTS OFF TARGET	6
0	HIT WOODWORK	0
11	CORNERS	3
3	OFFSIDES	5
15	FREE-KICKS CONCEDED	9