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A fourth Tuesday night match in a row sees us face bogey team Tonbridge Angels at Meadowbank tomorrow night. The Angels sit in 10th place on 44 points with 1 win and 2 draws from their last 5 games. The Tonbridge side also features former Wanderers man, Harry Ottaway.
Marc's update earlier revealed that Milsom and Camp were back in training today but are not guaranteed to be involved tomorrow. Marc also announced that Briggs is likely to miss the game.
Predictions
Dorking 1-0 Tonbridge Angels (Prior)
1,102 att.
Foulkes
Brooking Craig Milsom
Muitt J.Taylor Williams Norville-Williams
Carter
Prior Rutherford
Subs: Gallagher, B.Taylor, McManus, Young, Murphy
That would be the strongest team for a while and should be good enough to get the win hopefully, if work rate stays the same as last few games.
2-0 (Muitt, Prior)
Should be an interesting night with a full programme on. On a roll at the moment so I’ll say home win 2-0. Alfie and Charlie
There will be a minute's applause in the 26th minute tonight in memory of former Tonbridge player Devonte Aransibia
"Why would I leave to join a League Two club? We're going there anyway!" - Marc White
3-1 win for the Wanderers tonight- a real purple patch now for the lads and will stay top.
Alfie 2, Prior 1
Well that was a hard watch tonight. I’m more than happy to win ugly like that to keep the promotion push going. Onto Welling on Saturday now
I'll have a Guinness
Yep. It was another dominant performance just lacking clear cut chances. The best one was missed after 3 minutes by JNW, who otherwise had another great game.
Brilliant to be on the right end of a last minute goal, especially with so many mad results going our way.
And also really encouraging to see Camp and Brooking back. And Murphy on the pitch for a good stint. He always looks dangerous. Should be pretty much full strength for Welling 💪
Agree with all of that. As a fan watching it, it was a slog, so pleased they found a way to get the goal at the death.
Imagine being a Tonbridge fan and watching that all night in the hope of a point!
I thought Marc's post match comments were spot on. Yes, we won, but we should be winning that with the budget we have spent. Only talking of the play offs, so psychologically not even mentioning the thought of winning it yet, or the 3 points clear in the table, or other teams around us and what they are doing. He is a master of doing this.
Crowd looked in the high 900's again - felt really cold, blankets aplenty in the Stonegate Stand. Thank goodness the team haven't got a game midweek next week, they could all benefit from a rest.
3 points clear (thank you Torquay for the late equaliser, meaning Torquay and Worthing both dropped 2pts)
Welling away next, theatre of mud! Going to be memorable, I hope as many fans as possible make the trip, it's very accessible and the ground is on a High Street packed with places to eat and drink. The ground itself is a real timewarp, a non league classic - lets hope they have put a lightbulb in the toilets by now!!
Oh and by the way, last night was JP9's 200th appearance for Dorking!
"Why would I leave to join a League Two club? We're going there anyway!" - Marc White
I said to my daughter at around 85 mins - "we've not had any late winners for AGES (only late goals for the opposition)" - it was said more in blind hope than anything else. Glad my tempting of fate worked! Could be such a crucial 2 points gained at the end of the season.
It all seemed to happen in the same minute, the Torquay equaliser plus our winner!
The actual 3 point gap we currently enjoy isn't as important as Worthing (and Torquay) dropping 2 points apiece, which feels massive.
As Marc said, we gave everyone a head start this season. We now have a quality squad capable of beating anyone I reckon.
"Why would I leave to join a League Two club? We're going there anyway!" - Marc White
@matthewpont Our first 90th+ minute winner since December 2022!
And from watching it back, I think Murphy was just offside too! 😂
@baggy Haha yea I thought that. Marginal perhaps. God knows we've had enough refereeing decisions go against us this season - including last night at least one clear pen.