Real Bedford Beat Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Away From Home
Real Bedford continued their fine form on the road with a hard-fought victory at Aylesbury Vale Dynamos.
Under the Tuesday night lights, The Pirates won again to remain unbeaten in the league with a 4-1 victory over a tricky Aylesbury Vale Dynamos.
Real Bedford started the game with a big scare, as a back pass from Eddie Corbit to Tyler McGregor wasn’t dealt with by either Real Bedford player. Despite making an admirable save, McGregor could not defend a lobed follow-up effort from Sam Olawale, which found its way into the back of the net, only for the linesman to raise his flag, ruling out the goal for offside.
A few minutes later, the home team were causing more trouble for The Pirates. Abu Kahn dispossessed Ben Stevens, and the midfielder set up Lewis Workman for a one-on-one. However, the Aylesbury striker failed to get his shot on target.
Real Bedford looked to take control of the game after that and, at the 30-minute mark, got the breakthrough they were looking for. A well-timed through ball from Charlie Smith found Archie Jones in the box before he was brought down by Aylesbury’s Antonio Ianelli, leaving the referee to point to the spot. Luke Knight stepped up and slotted it past the keeper to get Bedford off the mark and give the captain his second goal from 12 yards in as many games.
Ten minutes later and after continued possession from Bedford, they found themselves in on goal. Once again playing provider, Charlie Smith beamed a pass upfield to Ben Stevens, who applied a delicate touch to put through Archie Jones. Despite being under considerable pressure from the Aylesbury defence, Jones got enough of a touch to poke the ball past the keeper and into the back of the net to double Real Bedford’s lead.
However, the deficit wasn’t long-lived, as Aylesbury got one back in the dying moments of the first half. A counterattack sparked by Fabian Garcia allowed Abu Khan to play a looped cross towards the back post. With most Real Bedford players tracking back from the previous corner, an unmarked Jake Baldwin found space and could nudge it home, bringing the home side back into the game at the halftime oranges.
Second Half
The Pirates continued their composure on the ball in the second half, looking to protect their lead, and soon restored their two-goal cushion after the break. Lee Watkins found Josh Setchell in space out wide, and the winger accelerated forward into the box before being brought down by Dino Bonwick, giving the referee little option but to call for another penalty. Luke Knight once again dispatched the spot kick similarly to extend Bedford’s lead again.
To make matters worse for the home side, Aylesbury had a player sent to the sin bin just before the penalty, leaving them a man down for 10 minutes. Bedford took advantage of the extra man. Firstly, a long-range shot from Archie Jones fired just wide preceded a teasing effort from Josh Setchell, which rattled off the crossbar.
The final goal did eventually arrive. Good counterattacking play from Real gave Charlie Smith the ball in the midfield, who delivered the ball to Joey Evans, who held up play and put Mo Ahmed through with a tempting pass. The substitute used his speed to get to the ball ahead of the keeper before chipping it over Charlie Jones and into the back of the net providing Rob Sinclair’s men with the perfect conclusion to a testing game.
Bedford return to McMullen Park this weekend to play 2nd place St. Panteleimon in a bid to leapfrog them in the league table. Tickets are available here.
RBFC: McGregor, Corbit, Burgess, Wood, Knight (c), Smith, Stevens (Ahmed 74), Watkins, Evans, Jones (Gordon 87’), Setchell
Unused Subs: J.Ducket, Clifford, Bozward
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 1 - 4 Real Bedford
12th September, 2023
Kick-off: 7.45pm
Location: The Green Fleets Stadium
