London Senior Cup Second Round

Corinthian Casuals 1 - 2 Fisher
Tuesday 30 September 2025 - 19:45

Corinthian Casuals 1-2 Fisher 
Tuesday 30th September
London Senior Cup Second Round

Attn: 120
Scorers: Jake Lovell (53 mins), Chris Ojemen (75 mins)

Fisher edged into the third round of the London Senior Cup, courtesy of a fine second-half performance, giving them a 2-1 win against Corinthian Casuals, despite having trailed at the break. Fisher rested a number of players from the game with Festos Kamara, Ange Djadja, Jack Gibbons and Flavio Jumo all missing from Saturday’s lineup, however there was a return for Donald Macaulay, after he completed all the concussion protocols from his injury last month and a first start for Blake Loyza at centre forward. Fisher also featured two debutants on the bench, with former Millwall youth team player Chris Ojemen joining Fisher’s own youth product Sonny Thwaytes Tylee.
The game started at a lively pace with both sides benefiting from the excellent surface at the King George ground in Tolworth. It was Fisher who carved out the game’s first chance, when a quickly taken free kick saw Tom Jones slip Jake Lovell in down the right at his low cross was turned just wide of the near post by Don Macaulay. Blake Loyza and Jake Lovell then both saw efforts cleared off the line following a scramble in the box after a free kick was delivered from the right. Lovell also created another chance when escaping down the right and lifting a cross into the area which saw Tyron Mbuenimo’s thunderous header just go wide of the far post with the keeper beaten.
Casuals main early threat seemed to come from set plays and just before the half hour mark they made one of several deliveries into the box pay, as a deep cross from a free kick on the right was powerfully headed home at the back post by Clayton Afonso. Casuals could have doubled their lead a minute later when a low through ball saw Andre Coker race clear, but Tommy Taylor did enough to force him wide in the one on one stand off and the resulting shot hit the side netting. The home side had their tails up and started linking up play well in the final third with Taylor having to make a fine save to push over a blistering shot from the right.
A goal down at the break Fisher emerged for the second half with renewed intent and took the game back to their hosts, with the exceptional pressing of the Casuals back line seeing the front line win plenty of good possession in the home half and force some wayward clearances from the home defenders. Eight minutes after the restart the pressing paid off, as skipper for the night, Conor Darwish picked off a pass and slipped in Omari Williams down the left and his fine run and cross-come-shot deflected goalwards off a defender and could only be parried by the keeper, allowing Jake Lovell to tap home from five yards out, for a leveller with his first goal of the season.
With some heavy tackles going in both Loyza and Lovell were withdrawn with Chirs Ojemen and Kelvin Bakare coming on. Ojemen, on his debut, was to make an instant impact. His pace down the left saw several good runs and crosses, and on seventy five minutes he was on hand to fire home from close range at the second attempt, after another fine run and shot, this time from the right, by Omari Willaims was flicked on by Tom Jones at the near post with the keeper again only parrying into Ojemen’s path. Fisher could have made the game safe with a third, the ever impressive Lorenzo Duncan saw a curling effort curl just wide and a powerful header from Adejola Lahan was well saved with Ojemen’s follow up effort blocked on the line. Without a two goal cushion Fisher faced a nervy last ten minutes and indeed could easily have been taken to penalties, as midway through the six added minutes Coker again outpaced the back line but advancing on Taylor fired over the bar and then in what proved to be the last attack of the match a combination of Stephan Richard Kingson and Taylor threw themselves at the back post to deny Casuals substitute from forcing a low cross home. Fisher had done enough though and now have a home tie in the third round when Metropolitan Police or Wingate & Finchley will visit St Pauls.

Keep up-to-date with all Fisher FC activities:

  • SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FAN-OWNED FOOTBALL CLUB

Categories