AFC Dunstable 0 Thame United 0

AFC Dunstable 0-0 Thame United

Tuesday 25th March 2025

Just like London buses, along comes another 0-0 draw exactly a week after reporting our first one of

the season. Much like the one last week, this was another decent game with plenty of chances for

both teams.

Thame arrived at Creasey Park in the last play off place and were desperate for the points to

maintain their push – unsurprisingly they started the brighter and attacked from the off creating a

couple of good chances – one clearance off the line early on indicative of their intention. AFC came

back in to game and started to create chances of their own but unfortunately could not convert any

of them. Sean, Charlie and George all saw efforts hit just wide in a 12 minute spell. With 33 on the

clock we should have taken the lead but an excellent header from Sean was cleared off the line by a

Thame defender. The game got a bit scrappy with Thame’s eagerness to win the ball becoming

desperate at times and two of their players picked up bookings for over zealous tackles. The half

ended with another AFC shot being hit just past the post – this time by Ollie.

The second half started with Thame once again getting the upper hand. An early speculative cross in

from the right saw the ball bounce off the top of the crossbar and away to safety. Thame continued

to attack and had a decent chance just before the hour but a great last ditch block by Stan denied

them a goal, quickly followed up by a shot just over the bar and another shot blocked by Kyle Brooks

– the visitors definitely on top at this stage.

The ODs were still in the game and following some impressive build up play on 68 minutes, the ball

was played in to the box and a bout of pinball followed but unfortunately the ball would not drop for

anyone to get a clear shot off. The chances continued to be created and missed at both ends –

Thame had a decent shot well saved by Sam on 75 and Bruce had another shot blocked on 83.

Thame then had a header cleared off the line with 3 minutes to go before Tali had a bit of a wild shot

that flew well over the crossbar.

Into 4 minutes of added on time and Thame had a great chance from a breakaway but Sam read it

well and made a superb sliding save to the thwart the effort. Just before the end we won a free kick

on the edge of the box – it was well hit but unfortunately it struck the wall and the final whistle

sounded shortly after that.

Man of the match (as decided by the AFC committee) was Kyle Lynch.

Team line up (subs in brackets) ; Sam Carman, George Joyce (Harry Riley 67), Kyle Brooks, Kyle Lynch

(Russell Berko 85), Stan Georgiou, Shawn Joseph, Simone Troso (Abel Damoah-Kyeremeh 76), Charlie

Davis, Sean Duodu (Tali Jallow 76), Joel Anker (Bruce Ovbiye-Nsang 81), Ollie Spicer.