Greenwich Borough 1-2 Thamesmead Town
THAMESMEAD Town cemented their position as Kent League champions on the final day of the season by notching up their 15th consecutive league victory.
Even though neither side had anything to gain from this fixture but pride, Greenwich Borough tore into Thamesmead from the kick-off.
Mead also had to cope with a slightly reshaped side, without regulars Coburn and Cable, so took some time to settle on a rather bumpy pitch.
Borough were in Thamesmead's faces and both sides had difficulty controlling and keeping possession.
Greenwich enjoyed most of it and had four or five players making threatening forward runs, but the visitors held firm to the pressure and despite their attacks, no real chances fell Borough's way.
Thamesmead started to find their feet and gained some control as Borough seemed to tire in the heat.
On 32 minutes, a jinking run from midfielder Mulholland found him advancing into the Borough penalty area, but he seemingly lost control as he reached the goal line and just collapsed.
Unfortunately for Greenwich, one of their defenders had put in a block tackle to prevent a last gasp cross from Mulholland and the referee adjudged him to have fouled.
A penalty was awarded and up stepped striker Richard Dimmock to put the ball away for the first goal.
The second half saw better football from both sides as more space appeared across the pitch.
Greenwich's attacks were continually being broken up by Kearly and Watts in the Thamesmead defence, with Baker and Williams making telling runs on the flanks.
Thamesmead forced a corner on 75 minutes and a fine delivery to the back post was met by Junior Baker, who doubled the advantage.
This did not have the desired effect of settling the game down, as Greenwich roused themselves and found new energy.
The game became very stretched and Thamesmead were guilty of missing a couple of more chances.
A loose ball was latched onto by Greenwich Borough's Smith in the final minute and he hit a lovely shot into the top right hand corner of the net.
Thamesmead held on and were presented with their championship after the final whistle.
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