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Report: Sittingbourne 1-4 AFC Whyteleafe.<\/p>\n
Isthmian League South East, 28\/03\/2026.<\/p>\n
AFC Whyteleafe left the Staxson Stadium with all three points in the Playoff six-pointer; however, the Brickies stay in the Playoff positions.<\/p>\n
Two quick-fire goals from Palace Francis within the opening 11 minutes gave Prestedge\u2019s Brickies a hill to climb, a Mitchell May goal ten minutes before half-time gave the Sittingbourne faithful hope, however two late strikes on the counter put the result beyond doubt.<\/p>\n
Daniel Bennett\u2019s pass between the right-back and centre-half left Palace Francis with just the goalkeeper to beat, and he calmly slotted past the on-rushing goalkeeper Rex Porter, as Ben Swift couldn\u2019t quite keep the ball out despite his sliding effort on the line.<\/p>\n
Francis was involved again just four minutes later when Ryan Gondoh was given enough time to turn on the ball and play in an inch perfect pass for his team-mate Francis whose shot went through a crowd of players and beyond the unsighted Porter in goal.<\/p>\n
As the Brickies looked to build momentum and get back into the game, Darren Foxley cut inside and found room to shoot, however his shot was straight at Slav Huk in the Whyteleafe goal.<\/p>\n
Jack Steventon\u2019s ball forward to Harvey Smith was headed just over in the 30th minute, and the referee gave his first warning to the goalkeeper for blatant timewasting.<\/p>\n
A 36-minute Ben Swift ball played forward was headed on by Harvey Smith to Darren Foxley who played the ball out wide to Mitchell May on the lefthand side, and the big man had only one thought in mind as took the ball in his stride and fired home just inside the box for his second goal in as many games.<\/p>\n
That goal gave Prestidge\u2019s side and the Sittingbourne faithful hope, who from that minute on were arguably the better side and almost went in level at halftime. On the 42nd minute a Bagasan Graham freekick was headed back by Smith and Luke Woodward dragged his effort just wide. Then, on the stroke of halftime, the industrious Henry Sinai won the ball out wide from Braham-Barrett who was caught trying to shield the ball out for a goal-kick, and when the ball came back in from Gavin Hoyte, it was Sinai\u2019s header that was blocked by the back of Braham-Bennett who made up for his mistake.<\/p>\n
Coming into the second half, the Brickies had the lion share of the chances despite the gamesmanship and timewasting from the away side.<\/p>\n
Derek Asamoah came on, and his experience and liveliness gave the Leafe defenders a different challenge to deal with, and within seconds of coming on Henry Sinai found himself through on goal. A big Rex Porter goal-kick was headed on by Mitchell May for Henry Sinai and Derek Asamoah. Sinai got there first, however his chest-down didn\u2019t quite fall for him in time to shoot as the backtracking Helge Orome was there to save the day.<\/p>\n
On the 70th minute an indirect freekick on the edge of the box was given for a high boot on D\u2019sean Theobalds was brought down on the edge of the box as he looked to be in behind the back four. The ball was laid off for Bagasan Graham, but his vicious shot was fired at the onrushing Leafe wall and cleared from danger.<\/p>\n
Despite Sittingbourne\u2019s attempts to score the equaliser, Whyteleafe would score the all-important next goal as the Brickies lost possession in midfield after Ben Swift\u2019s wayward pass gifted the away side the ball, Jean-Baptiste Fischer was there to the rescue, however from the resulting corner Helge Orome sealed the win when headed home from close range.<\/p>\n
The action wasn\u2019t over there though, just five minutes later the Brickies were caught try to play out from the back again when Jack Steventon\u2019s pass was blocked and Moses Emmanuel\u2019s blocked shot trickled into the net to make it 4-1.<\/p>\n
Despite the loss and dropping to 5th, Prestedge\u2019s Brickies stay in the Playoffs ahead of a Bank Holiday double header when they will travel to East Grinstead Town on Saturday before hosting Merstham on Bank Holiday Monday.<\/p>\n
Report: Jacob Waller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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