Defeat at Dynamo

Andrew Delaney8 Sep – 16:40

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It was a damp and miserable day all round for Sutton as they conceded five goals away at Saffron Dynamo.

Sutton made a disastrous start as they went behind in the third minute when Jack Blanksby headed in a free kick for the hosts.

Saffron went on to dominate the first half, with Mack Armstrong denied by Connor Byrne and a great chance for Jake Woolley at the back post who could only hit the woodwork.

United had their moments, as Joe Gildea’s dangerous cross was cleared by Blanksby ahead of Hayden Froggatt, and when Jake Murrell picked out Gildea in the penalty box, his shot was well saved by keeper Louis Harris.

The hosts doubled their lead just before the break, when an excellent through ball had Woolley in behind United’s back line and his cross was then sliced into his own net by Sutton defender Murrell.

Sutton made four substitutions for the restart alongside a change in shape that saw them have the better of the next thirty minutes. Sam Jeeves came close with an effort from the edge of the penalty box, and Matt Bishop’s low shot from 20 yards was gathered by Harris, after a good interchange on the left between Murrell and Jack Whelan.

Then in the 64th minute, Saffron countered from a Sutton corner kick and Tion Pearce sprinted from one box to the other, to make the final clearance that denied the hosts a third goal.

United came close again when Jeeves saw his header saved by Harris after good work from Tom Massey to drive into the box and cross towards the back post.

However, Sutton couldn’t find a way through a well organised Dynamo defence and when Jude Coates netted a third goal for the hosts in the 74th minute, that effectively put the match out of Suttons reach.

Dynamo went on to finish strongly, with substitute Billy Harrison finding the net in the 83rd minute after Armstrong’s cut back at the byline.

Saffron then added a fifth with the last kick of the match when a long ball over the top was picked up by Coates on the halfway line and with Byrne charging out of his area, the substitute guided the ball into an open net.

Sutton return home for their next match on Tuesday 10th September when they host Stapenhill with a 7.45pm kick off.

Team: Saffron Dynamo
1. Louis Harris
2. Ben White – 84’ Philip Bilson
3. Jack Scott
4. Tom French – 80’ James Paterson
5. Jack Blanksby
6. Lee Cranstone (c)
7. Taylor Shilcock – 75’ Billy Harrison
8. Matty Brown
9. Jake Woolley – 62’ Jude Coates
10. Mack Armstrong
11. Jurelle Phillip – 69’ Kyran Taylor

Management/Assistants:
Jacob Straw
Matt Coates
Ben Tye
Jack Faulkner

Team: Sutton United
1. Connor Byrne
2. Jake Murrell
3. Aaron Cameron – 46’ Jack Whelan
4. Matt Bishop
5. Tion Pearce
6. Sam Simmonds – 46’ Jon Grigg
7. Abdul Touaiti – 46’ Kye Billingham-Belle
8. Sam Jeeves
9. Joe Gildea – 46’ Ronan Sheehan
10. Tom Massey (c)
11. Hayden Froggatt – 65’ Sef Semlali

Management/Assistants:
Richard Heath
Liam Burke
Adam Watson
Derek Culling

Match Officials: Jonathan Albutt, Daniel Hill, Charlie Head

Saffron Dynamo	Statistics	Sutton United
5	Goals	0
11	Attempts	12
9	Attempts on Target	7
53%	Possession	47%
4	Corners	6
9	Fouls Committed	9
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0

Player	Appearances	Goals	Assists	Opp MOTM
Hayden Froggatt	11	4	3	0
Joe Gildea	10	4	3	1
Ronan Sheehan	8	2	3	1
George Ray	9	2	1	0
Jack Whelan	9	2	0	2
Sam Jeeves	10	1	1	1
Aaron Cameron	6	1	1	0
Tom Massey	11	1	0	0
Sef Semlali	7	1	0	0
Abdul Touaiti	11	0	1	1
Kye Billingham-Belle	11	0	1	0
Leyton Hines	5	0	1	1
Tion Pearce	11	0	0	0
Jon Grigg	8	0	0	0
Robbie Brown	8	0	0	0
Connor Byrne	7	0	0	1
Matt Bishop	7	0	0	1
Scott Hardy	5	0	0	1
Jake Murrell	4	0	0	0
Sam Simmonds	4	0	0	0
Louis Malin	3	0	0	0
Charlie Woodroofe	2	0	0	0
Gabe Newey	2	0	0	0
Aidan Jeynes	1	0	0	0
Charlie Busst	1	0	0	0
Chris Ward	1	0	0	0
Zach Binns	1	0	0	0
Total		18	15