Tilbury Continue Good Run (Photo Smith Scoring from the Spot)
Tilbury 2 Mildenhall Town 0 (Att 103) (Photos to be credited to Milly Mercer
Tilbury's recent good run saw goals either side of half time to see the Dockers move up the league and win there first Saturday game of the season and also finish off a good week, picking up 7 points out of 9 with 3 clean sheets.
Dockers manager Marc Harrison made a single change from Tuesday's win, Oli Spooner replaced Joe Burgess.
Both sides had early chances, Kris Newby for the home side, before Evans Kouassi hit just over Rhys Madden's cross-bar. It was Tilbury who took the lead on 27 when Lewis Smith was brought down in the box after he beat 2 men. The referee did not hesitate to point to the spot, Smith stepped up to score.
Just before the half time whistle blew, Mildenhall should have got themselves level when the dangerous Tom Debenham some how headed over the top from 5 yards after a corner caused problems.
Early in the second half Mitchell Gilbey got down the right before crossing to George Sykes who dragged back in a tight space and smashed home past the helpless Horton.
The tempo of the game heightened on 66 when Mitchell Gilbey was scythed down when he was through on goal, but the referee did not take the necessary action and players jostled, as the referee was pushed and a coming together of players. The referee took little action with the incident. A few minutes later, Tilbury were down to 10 men when Darren Phillips received his second yellow for a foul.
Tilbury made a number of substitutions in a short space of time and saw the game out, making it a good first week for the management team.
Tilbury moved up 3 places to 15th and closed the gap with sides above them. The Dockers are back in action on Saturday, when they travel to Great Wakering Rovers 3pm kick off.
Tilbury: Madden, Boswell, Norman (Carlile 74), Newby, Phillips, Salami, Gilbey, Barton, Sykes, Spooner (Anderson 79) and Smith (Jaggs 71)
Subs unused Burgess and Paxman
Star Player
Ryan Boswell
Assist
Lewis Smith
Assist
Mitchell GilbeyKey moments
Highlights
As it happened
- Tilbury
- Mildenhall Town
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Lewis Smith Assist 27:00'
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Lewis Smith Scored Penalty 27:00'
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Mitchell Gilbey Assist 49:00'
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George Sykes Goal 49:00'
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Darren Phillips Yellow Card 66:00'
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Darren Phillips Red Card 69:00'
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Lewis Jaggs Sub On 71:00'
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Lewis Smith Sub Off 71:00'
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Lewis Jaggs Yellow Card 74:00'
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Jack Carlile Sub On 74:00'
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Harry Norman Sub Off 74:00'
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Tom Anderson Sub On 79:00'
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Oli Spooner Sub Off 79:00'
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Madden, Rhys
Boswell , Ryan
Norman, Harry
Sykes, George
Newby, Kris
Phillips, Darren
Salami, Abdus
Barton, Tommy
Spooner, Oli
Smith, Lewis
Gilbey, Mitchell
League round up
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Standings
| # | Team | Pl | Pts |
| 9. | Canvey Island | 38 | 51 |
| 10. | Felixstowe & Walton United | 38 | 50 |
| 11. | Tilbury | 38 | 49 |
| 12. | Barking | 38 | 47 |
| 13. | Brentwood Town | 38 | 45 |
| 14. | Dereham Town | 38 | 44 |
| 15. | Great Wakering Rovers | 38 | 41 |
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