The Dart(s) Board

Top Cat wrote: ↑Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:58 pm

rick wrote: ↑Sat Jan 07, 2023 4:52 pm Att: 619
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Considering the awful weather today I believe that was their highest attendance of the season so far ?
Over 100 more than when our rich neighbours visited

Highest so far:
https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/cheshunt/attendances

A good 3 hard earned points today in terrible conditions. The pitch was heavy after so much rain and if you put the ball in the air you had the wind to deal with .
So it was not a great watch for the first 35 minutes until a fortunate break through . Liburd the Cheshunt number 9 planted a fantastic header past his own keeper .
We took control after that and scored again early into the second half , Coulson slipped the ball through the keepers legs after riding several attempts to chop him down .
The 3rd followed soon after , a lovely in-swinging free kick was meet by Tom Bonner who’s powerful header beat the Cheshunt keeper
Cheshunt to their credit never gave up and probably played their best football once they had nothing left to lose .

Enjoy the goals

Liburd scores an own goal to give Dartford the lead v Cheshunt

Coulson scores Dartford’s 2nd v Cheshunt

Tom Bonner scores Dartford’s 3rd v Cheshunt

This game was won by the Darts as being the better TEAM on the day and full credit to them get stuck in and non bemoaning the pitch/conditions as our " prima donna neighbours " did a couple of weeks ago - thats the difference !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A Cheshunt fan[ in the know ] told me that Ebbsfleet wanted to send a delegation down to Cheshunt to check out facilities etc [ for their little darlings ] but were told to politely f...k of !!!!!

Not the best game I have ever seen but loved the spirit and hated the weather !!

Another Great Win. Think Chelmsford could be an assist in the run in, they are not going to catch us, they are sitting in 4th, lost today, have beaten us and we play them again at Home. Havant have to play them and Ebbsfleet have to play them twice, plus Havant have to play Ebbsfleet.
Dare I say that our run in looks a little more comfortable than the other 2, we have 8 Teams in the Top 12 to play, Havant play 9 and Ebbsfleet play 11 in the Top 12. I know that these figures mean nothing at this stage but all is looking very rosy at this moment in time and the main thing is we are playing our best Football of the Season COYD

A very good result today as this had all the makings of a difficult game so to come away with three points was very pleasing.

First half was a bit scrappy as Cheshunt worked really hard and we didn't really get going, conditions also made it difficult for both teams.

Second half was much better from us as we came out with more purpose and got two quick goals to secure a deserved victory.

MOTM for me Luke Coulson, he's being playing well for a while now and showed again today what a quality player he is.

Blimey, that's quick:-

An important 3 points, well done Darts. First half we were up against it a bit, felt they were more likely to score (well they did in the end, theoreticaly). Second half we stepped up an scored twice to put the game to bed. However when they got 1 they pushed for a second, but we held firm and took a deserved, ground out win.

Great to see Bonner get one, looked like a good finish from the angle. Coulson again superb.

My first trip to the ground, looks like a work in progress, with 3g pitches for other games, nice big bars and covered area. Sat with my boy in the stand far side, not sure why it's so far from the pitch, very strange as it's so far from the pitch, you cant see much. A welcoming place which I'm sure 250-300 darts enjoyed the trip out.

Rose to the challenge this fixture was always going to pose - job done!

My first trip to Cheshunt - good can experience though ground facilities (pitch side) basic! I’m sure they know where they’re at!!

Agree with the many comments about Luke’s performance and he gets my MotM vote. His experience will be important to us in the run in!

Every games a big game now. All we need do is concentrate on winning our games and the rest will sort itself out. COYD.

A good win for the lads in poor weather. Good to see Luke and Samir working hard together in midfield. Not to forget Kristian and Max playing very well for the team. Good all round performance, Let's hope we keep it up. Superb run by Kristian leading up to the first goal and a MOTM performance from Luke.
COYD's

Another great day out. The most basic of grounds and quite a trek for facilities after a two-hour sesh before kick off and with a broken seal! Decent bunch of locals even if they are Spuds fans at heart!
( c’mon, fess up, who gave Wally MOTM ? )

Sleightly Deceptive wrote: ↑Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:31 pm Another great day out. The most basic of grounds and quite a trek for facilities after a two-hour sesh before kick off and with a broken seal! Decent bunch of locals even if they are Spuds fans at heart!
( c’mon, fess up, who gave Wally MOTM ? )

That would be me!

Ashamed to admit this was my first away game of the season. Nice club, with good facilities for the fans. Tricky pitch and wind conditions, but our team had exactly the right approach and produced an excellent result in the circumstances. Cheshunt played with spirit and I think that they may escape relegation this season.

I get the impression that refs have given up trying to assess who is fouling who when centre forward and centre halves tangle. The amount of holding that I have witnessed in our last two matches is becoming ridiculous. It is getting more like American Football, with the ball being irrelevant to the majority of the players. It certainly helps to have central defenders come forward to attack the box on set pieces as the defending team struggle to know who to grab hold of.

Looking forward to watching the remainder of this season unfold.

As others have said, the first half was a bit scrappy and the conditions were pretty awful for playing football. Lots of honest endeavour from both teams and it looked like Darts were going to have to work hard to grind out a result. Cheshunt are not a bad side and I'll be surprised if they don't stay up. However, once Darts got in front, I felt we began to take control and the home team's resistance gradually fell away. It was a strange own goal by Liburd as it looked for all the world as though he'd done it on purpose, rising beautifully and connecting perfectly to plant the ball firmly in the net.

Darts were significantly better in the second half and our energy levels and intensity seemed to increase as the game went on. I think fitness levels are excellent so credit to Dowse and the coaching team for that. Alex Wall is looking much more like his old self and I think keeping him fit is going to be so important to what has now become a title challenge. Injuries have always plagued Alex but at his best, he's one of the best strikers I've ever seen in a Dartford shirt and will always get goals. His physical presence is intimidating for our opponents and it doesn't hurt to have a scary monster in the side.
He took a bit of stick from a handful of supporters earlier this season, but I think a fit Alex Wall could be the key to a successful season.

Having said that, the outstanding player on the pitch yesterday was undoubtedly Luke Coulson. This guy is really doing the business now and was surely nailed on MOTM yesterday.

It may have been a cold, wet and miserable day weather wise, but Darts fans didn't seem to mind.

So that result was a potential banana skin overcome!
From the commentary, excellent again, I don't think anybody would enjoy playing in those conditions, so perhaps not surprising perhaps that the first half seemed mostly like a non event, where we didn't perhaps rise to recent levels. However, once we did score, there seemed to be no stopping the Darts. So, well played the Team, let's keep the run going, and a round of applause to those who travelled to the game.

COYD

Looking at KST's vid's, that was a hell of a goal by Liburd.