Valley at the summit
Valley at the summit
Valley at the summit
Valley Sports came back from the dead to roar to the top of the Beazer Homes League Premier Division on Saturday.
With just 14 minutes left, VS trailed 3-1 but in a thrilling finale they drove home three goals in the final nine minutes to secure a draw.
It was always going to be a tight race — but VS had recovered well and always gone to the top of the league.
Robert Smith made his mark from the bench after recovering, having come on as a substitute in the final stages — they had trailed 3-1 but a thrilling cameo appearance had seen them go forward finally through Simon Quaile and then through Rosegreen.
VS Rugby 3 Dartford 3
Valley at this stage were ten minutes before the break when Mark Rosegreen scored another goal.
Valley's leading scorer raced ahead and a low ground shot gave an unlucky Dartford keeper no chance.
When the deficit reduced to a single goal, VS came out in the second half as wave after wave after wave of attack on the Dartford goal followed.
But the visitors' safety-first approach in their own half saw the ball settle to form a fine corner.
Andrew Fisk cleared the VS defence and Shearer was on hand to seemingly seal the game.
But as Dartford relaxed, Shearer came into his own and had only been on the field seven minutes when he cut in.
Graham Reed threaded the ball to Rosegreen who in turn set up Smith, who scored a fine comeback goal in the 81st minute.
Afterwards the free kick into the heart of the area found the stretched leg of Nigel Niblett to reach Rosegreen.