a nother four-tune as t he m enace bag points

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk

peCKhAM TOwN hit four goals for the second successive Kent County league premier division game as they won 4-2 at Otford United last weekend.

Goals from Jacob Kemp and Adam Carrick before the break and Camilo Andres Nieva and David Gabor in the second half gave Mary Phillip’s side a thrilling win.

The Menace fell behind in the twelfth minute but recovered to put their opponents under pressure and they made it 1-1 in the 23rd minute when captain Nicky Meta set up Kemp who brilliantly fired home from 20 yards.

Peckham deservedly went in front six minutes later and Meta was again the provider, this time lifting a free-kick into the area that was missed by the home defence allowing Carrick to finish at the back post.

The visitors, though, were pegged back in the 31st minute as the sides went into the break level after the injured Carrick had been replaced with Fareid Yassein. Phillip obviously found the right words at half-time as Peckham raced out of the traps in the second period and went in front again in the 56th minute. Festus

Ogunlana forced the opposition to play the ball towards their own goal, Gabor won possession and crossed to the edge of the box where winger Andres Nieva controlled with his left foot before shooting home with his right for another excellent goal in a season of them.

Mindful of how they let the lead slip in the first half, the visitors pushed for a two-goal cushion. There were warnings however when Menace goalkeeper George Legg was twice called into action to make saves, after the second of which Otford hit the crossbar before Elton Romaku cleared.

Those near-misses spurred Peckham on again and they got their fourth on 69 minutes. Substitute Tidi Barry won the ball in midfield before finding Kemp who shifted it out to Andres Nieva on the left. Andres Nieva ran into the area and after being tackled the ball landed at the feet of peckham Town FC: 4-2-3-1: George Legg; Festus Ogunlana, Charlie Egleton, Adam Carrick, Elton Romaku; David Gabor, Jacob Kemp; Camilo Andres Nieva, Nicky Meta (c), Kieran Dowding; Hamid Bangura.

Kieran Dowding who played it to Yassein. The left-back then cleverly returned it to Andres Nieva who evaded a tackle before crossing for Gabor and he struck his effort first-time from eighteen yards into the bottom-right corner.

Peckham are tenth in the sixteen-team table, with 28 points from 19 games.

It’s knockout action next, with Ide Hill visiting The Menace Arena this Saturday in the Bill Manklow Inter-Regional Challenge Cup. Kick-off is 2.15pm.

Substitutes: Faried Yassein (on for Adam Carrick), Tidi Barry (on for Nicky Meta), Nicky Meta (back on for Hamid Bangura), Peter Tarrant (on for Festus Ogunlana) & Hamid Bangura (back on for Camilo Andres Nieva).