Kent Football League

Fisher stretched their unbeaten run to four games with this smash and grab victory over high flying Beckenham Town. Beckenham were made to pay for wayward finishing as league top scorer Elstrom Die notched his ninth of the season thirteen minutes from time. Nicky Blue could only push out Steve O’Donnell’s drive from the edge of the area straight to Die who netted the rebound to the delight of the sizable away following.
Fisher were without winger Tasser Hassan who pulled up with a slight groin strain prior to kick off and struggled for creativity in a tight first half of few chances for either side.
In the second period events livened up as Fisher enjoyed their best spell of the game but were unable to make their superior possession count. Beckenham looked dangerous from set pieces but found keeper Adam Lisney in solid form. Former Fisher player Charlie Hearn turned out for the home side but had a relatively quiet game not looking match fit. The set piece specialist had one opportunity from a free kick on the edge of the area on 70 minutes but Lisney was relieved to see the effort sail over the bar. That was as close as Beckenham came before Die settled things with a fox in the box finish.
A delighted Fisher Manager Gary Lisney said after the game; ‘The players gave me everything and they all chipped in today. I’m really pleased with our development and it was a great response after a very poor performance away to Sporting Bengal last weekend. Against Sporting Bengal I was disappointed we didn’t win as we were 3-2 up with five minutes left but football has a funny way of balancing out over the course of a season. Was a draw a fair result today, probably, but we’ll take the win.’ Looking ahead to Tuesday’s game at home to Sevenoaks the gaffer said; ‘The key now is to make sure we’re at the races in every game we play. It’s no good turning over the top sides and then if we let our level drop against the teams in and around us we get turned over on our own patch. We must guard against complacency and I expect another excellent performance from the team on Tuesday.’