After some much needed torrential rain during the week, Dragons Green kissed goodbye to the dusty yellow grass and welcomed the luscious green turf on soft terra firma. The new team of ASC Brighton Rangers is an amalgamation of ASC Strikers and St Francis Rangers, they’ve had a mediocre start to their season and were well beaten in this fixture.

In the first half, the August Team of the Month TD Shipley had a number of chances but were unable to pull ahead. The Dragons brilliant keeper Fox kept out a couple of shots from the Rangers but it wasn’t until the second half when the Dragons took the lead on the 46th minute. 

The Dragons worked it out to the right and the ball was zipped dangerously into the box. Shane Redley bravely dived and headed the ball into the goal whilst getting kicked from a defender and made the game 1-0. It took a few minutes for the game to restart after some medical attention, and Redley was able to continue. 

The Rangers did their best to get back into the game, but the Dragons doubled the lead on the hour after the keeper bundled the ball into the path of the excellent, Connor Smith, who slid in to score,2-0. 

The game ended with a fifth win in a row for the Dragons which puts them five points clear of the SCFL Division Two. Next up they are at home in the Sussex Intermediate Challenge Cup against Worthing Town this coming Saturday.