Leighton Town 1 AFC Dunstable 0

Leighton Town 1-0 AFC Dunstable

Saturday 8th March 2025

A battle of a game in front of Leightons biggest attendance of the season saw AFC succumb to a late

goal from one of our old players – disappointing but Leighton were the better team on the day.

Not very much to report from the first half hour or so other than a Leighton shot from a free kick

that was well hit but comfortably dealt with by Sam and Kwad having to be replaced when he was

injured with barely 20 minutes gone. Leighton slowly but surely took control of the game and put us

under pressure as the half wore on. Leighton created a number of chances but decent defending and

fine goalkeeping kept them at bay. 0-0 at half time.

The second half started much the same as the first half had ended – pressure from Leighton, but AFC

came in to game more and started to push forward a bit more and created a few half chances. Of

particular note were a shot from Tali on 67 minutes that the keeper just managed to get down to

and push wide and a Sean lob 11 minutes later that looked as though it was going in from our angle

but it went just past the post. We also hit the woodwork on two occasions – a mis-hit cross from

Stan that bounced off the top of the bar and then a decent effort from Harry who ran on to a

through ball that he scooped over the keeper but again it bounced off the top of the bar.

Leighton got the winner with 4 minutes to go following some good play in midfield – the ball ending

up with Charlie Pattison who struck the ball low and hard in to the corner of the net. None of the

“not celebrating against your old team” for Charlie – he milked the acclaim of the relieved crowd and

fair play to him for doing so.

Man of the match (as decided by the AFC committee) was Kyle Brooks but a special mention for Sam

in goal.

Team line up (subs in brackets) ; Sam Carman, Stan Georgiou, Kwad Bugyei-Kyei (Russell Berko 23

(George Joyce 89)), Kyle Lynch, Harry Riley, Shawn Joseph (Ben Lynch 78), Simone Troso (Bruce

Ovbiye-Nsang HT), Charlie Davis, Sean Duodu, Joel Anker (Tali Jallow 61), Kyle Brooks