Fisher produced a rousing display of passing, attacking football to end the season with a bang, beating Sevenoaks 4-0.
This performance was Fisher back to their best, with the side controlling possession and putting together a number of fluid passing moves. The game started a little slowly, with both sides misplacing passes in difficult conditions, although the Champion Hill pitch held up remarkably well considering the abysmal weather.
Aaron Jeffery produced the first save of the match from Sevenoaks keeper Ashley Bourne. Fisher were doing most of the attacking and a good move saw a Ken Jarrett-Elliott cross just evade Danny Hunt after quarter of an hour.
Fisher took the lead shortly afterwards. Jeffery floated in a free kick from the left and Theo Larbie out-jumped the Oaks defence and keeper. With the ball heading over the line, Richie Monan nipped in to make absolutely sure and claim the goal that put the Fish deservedly 1-0 up.
Shortly afterwards former Fisher player George Savage was forced off injured for the Oaks. Fisher nearly added a second, Jeffery crossing from the byline and as Hunt dummied the ball was whacked clear by a defender. It was two shortly afterwards though, this time Jeffery looping an incredible finish over the keeper which left him on the floor and the ball in the net.
Sevenoaks forced a save from Danny Firkins as a goalmouth scramble followed a corner, Firkins getting something in the way of a fierce deflected shot to preserve his clean sheet. Jeffery was soon involved again at the other end, his cross looking for Hunt who just couldn’t reach the ball with the goal at his mercy.
That was the last chance of the first half, and it was Sevenoaks who started brightly in the second period. But Fisher put the game to bed with a third goal on 56 minutes, this time a flowing move that started in the Fisher box. Larbie, stepping into midfield, sent a perfect ball to Jeffery who flicked a backheel to the overlapping Stefan Dixon. Dixon’s cross picked out an unmarked Ope Aromona and his low shot beat Bourne at the near post.
Fisher now started to play keep-ball, content to hold on to possession while waiting for space to open up. Aromona could and should have had another goal from a Monan cross but his shot was cleared off the line and the follow-up blocked by a flying save from Bourne.
But it was four on 76 minutes, another flowing move started by a strong run through midfield by man-of-the-match Jeffery who beat two men as he took the ball forward. He found Monan on the left who checked back on to his right foot and picked out Hunt at the far post with a lovely ball that Hunt side-footed home. It was a fantastic team goal and had the fans at Champion Hill purring as Fisher were putting on the sort of display that had been commonplace at the start of the season.
A comfortable win for the Fish, and though this was the final game of the season it left the fans looking forward to the start of the next campaign.
Fisher’s end of season awards followed on Saturday evening, and the supporters’ Player of the Year was Ken Jarrett-Elliott. The players voted for Richie Monan as their player of the year, and Billy Hensman took home Young Player of the Year. The epic 5-2 win at Canterbury City won the award for team display of the season. Look out for a full report and pictures on this site later this week.
Our thanks to Fisher photographer Jacopo Maino who leaves us after this game to pursue what is set to be a fine career. You can see Jacopo’s snaps from this game and others on our Facebook page.
And of course thank you to all our fans who turned up home and away this season through good times and bad. We are very lucky to have the most loyal and passionate fans in the league.
Fisher: Firkins, Dixon, Jarrett-Elliott, Wilson-Joseph (Walton 71), Larbie, Warren, Jeffery (Taylor 81), Monan, Chattey (Wadmore 60), Hunt, Aromona. Unused Subs: Holley, Bruniges
Attendance: 107
