Saturday 25thApril 2015 @3pm
Ryman League Premier Division
VCD ATHLETIC 2-0 BILLERICAY TOWN
Oakwood, Old Road, Crayford, Dartford.
Admission: Pay what You Want (£2)
Programme: £2
Attendance: 363
Refreshments: Guinness £2.80 (can), Bacon Cheeseburger £3.
With no new venues attracting my interest, it was a revisit
to Oakwood to see this last Ryman league game of the season with VCD needing a
point to ensure survival. Also the special admission offer was too good to turn
down.
30 or so Billericay fans had made the trip and they were on
the bar before kick-off and most of them were in the food queue inside the ground
when I entered through the turnstile at 2.55.
The ground hasn’t changed much since my last visit in October 2008. They
have recently added a 3rd turnstile entrance and extended the Main Stand to comply with staying at Step 3 next season.
The match wasn’t a good watch for the neutral with everyone
rushing and the game was strewn with errors from both sides. In the stand was local ex-footballer Jimmy
Bullard but he had enough of the game just before half time. The game was rescued in the dying minutes
with 2 VCD goals cementing their stay in the Ryman Premier next season. The first on 88 minutes was a shot from the
left side of the area which beat the keeper and ended up in the right hand bottom
corner credited to James Buckworth, who was substituted immediately
afterwards. This was inspired as
substitute Azeez collected the long ball in injury time and dribbled around the
keeper to pass the ball into the empty net.
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