Hamlet v Potters Bar (Isthmian League) Saturday 9th November 2024

[Pink Panther]

Our fifth successive Saturday at Champion Hill. Match preview from the club website:

PREVIEW | Dulwich Hamlet vs Potters Bar Town | 10/11/24

The Hamlet complete a busy 7 days tomorrow afternoon when they host play-off chasing Potters Bar Town at Champion Hill. The Hamlet came from...

dulwichhamletfc.co.uk

East Dulwich Station has the standard 4 trains per hour, but the Caterham and Tattenham Corner service via East Croydon is running to an amended timetable, bizarrely calling at East Dulwich only 3 minutes after the Beckenham Junction via Crystal Palace service followed by a long gap with no southbound train. Services in the other direction towards London Bridge are running at the normal regular 15 minute intervals.

 

[Nivag]

 

[Pink Panther]

Today's XI. Looking a bit thin on the bench, and a rare selection of a substitute keeper.

 

[Pink Panther]

A pretty decent 3-1 win. Millsy put us ahead on the stroke of half time, with a near post header from a Wanadio corner. The Wizard doubled the lead just before the hour, receiving wide on the left from a crossfield passing move, then cutting inside to beat the keeper with a peach of a shot that curled into the far corner of the net. Bar quickly reduced the arrears following a corner, having offered little attacking threat since the break. We blew a 2-0 lead in this fixture 12 months ago, one of many matches in the first half of last season when points were surrendered from winning positions, and it briefly felt like another Desmond was on the cards. However, this season's Hamlet are a bit more resilient, at least at Champion Hill. We always looked capable of adding more goals, and deep into stoppage time Lorenzo flicked a pass beyond the keeper from close range after The Wizard had dribbled along the byline following a short corner.

 

[lwrs79]

For a patched up team I thought we did pretty well. They had a little spell at 2-1, but overall definitely deserved the 3 points. Back 4 solid, front 4 looked dangerous all game. Final ball not great in the 1st half but loads better 2nd half.

Our keeper made a brilliant stop I think at 2-1 which was so important.

Anyone see what went off with the managers?

 

[Pink Panther]

For a patched up team I thought we did pretty well. They had a little spell at 2-1, but overall definitely deserved the 3 points. Back 4 solid, front 4 looked dangerous all game. Final ball not great in the 1st half but loads better 2nd half.

Our keeper made a brilliant stop I think at 2-1 which was so important.

Anyone see what went off with the managers?

It seemed like a silly flash point after one of our players got in the way of them taking a quick throw right in front of the benches. There was barely a foul of note in 90 minutes. I think SBJ got a yellow card in the first half, and their #4 should have had one for a tactical foul but was let off with a talking to. The Wizard got a scandalous card for winning the ball at chest height with his foot, but was nowhere near touching his opponent. I think that was it for the players, but reds for (apparently) Hak and their assistant.

Horlick made a great save from a header at 0-0.

Once again an away team turned up in a stupid away kit that didn't give a sufficient contrast with ours. Our own kit this season is too dark and plain, and Cray and Binfield have both turned up in blue shirts despite their regular colours being amber & black and red & white respectively. Today Potters Bar wore all dark grey (they normally play in maroon & white) and on an overcast day with sunset well before the final whistle I found it challenging to tell the teams apart at times. I wish someone would put a stop to this nonsense. Getting more use out of an away kit is one thing, but when it creates a clash it's just senseless.

 

[Taper]

Agree absolutely on the kit point.

Good game I thought. I like this Hamlet team. Seem to feed off the crowd rather than take fright.

 

[Alex W]

It seemed like a silly flash point after one of our players got in the way of them taking a quick throw right in front of the benches. There was barely a foul of note in 90 minutes. I think SBJ got a yellow card in the first half, and their #4 should have had one for a tactical foul but was let off with a talking to. The Wizard got a scandalous card for winning the ball at chest height with his foot, but was nowhere near touching his opponent. I think that was it for the players, but reds for (apparently) Hak and their assistant.

Horlick made a great save from a header at 0-0.

Once again an away team turned up in a stupid away kit that didn't give a sufficient contrast with ours. Our own kit this season is too dark and plain, and Cray and Binfield have both turned up in blue shirts despite their regular colours being amber & black and red & white respectively. Today Potters Bar wore all dark grey (they normally play in maroon & white) and on an overcast day with sunset well before the final whistle I found it challenging to tell the teams apart at times. I wish someone would put a stop to this nonsense. Getting more use out of an away kit is one thing, but when it creates a clash it's just senseless.

On the dust-up - their manager seemed to have a bit of an exchange with Danny Mills a couple of minutes earlier over what he seemed to perceive as a high foot as Danny and one of their players went for a 50/50 ball, so it was possibly related to that.

And I also found the kits hard to differentiate at the end. I got very excited thinking we were in on goal at one point, before realise that it wasn't our player, if was their centre-back.

 

[editor]

Max pics!

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet push past Potters Bar to go fifth in the league, Sat 9th November 2024

A solid 3-1 victory over Potters Bar on Saturday saw Dulwich Hamlet move into fifth place in the league. Max was there to photograph some of the scenes:

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[Paula_G]

Once again an away team turned up in a stupid away kit that didn't give a sufficient contrast with ours. Our own kit this season is too dark and plain, and Cray and Binfield have both turned up in blue shirts despite their regular colours being amber & black and red & white respectively. Today Potters Bar wore all dark grey (they normally play in maroon & white) and on an overcast day with sunset well before the final whistle I found it challenging to tell the teams apart at times. I wish someone would put a stop to this nonsense. Getting more use out of an away kit is one thing, but when it creates a clash it's just senseless.

In this day and age I see no reason not to submit pictures of the kit in advance of the season starting for the handbook, even those are just the draft designs from the kit manufacturers. With so much digital these days teams could even upload pictures once the kit has been produced.

 

[The Balance]

Re: the bench clearing…

From what I understand this is what happened.

The ball went out for a throw in near our dugout. AJ thought it was a Hamlet throw-in, it wasn’t.

Instead of just dropping the ball or throwing it away, he threw it to Alex (our GK coach) in our technical area, who caught the ball (as you would if you were a GK coach).

The Potters Bar player nearest to the incident thought we were wasting time and encroached into our technical area to retrieve the ball, pushing and shoving Alex as he attempted to do so.

That’s how it started.