Ide Hill 2-1 Halls Athletic Reserves - I never blame anyone else, it's always been myself that's let it down and I was never one to work hard and I kind of let myself go but I have no regrets, says Ide Hill striker Sidney Sollis

Ide Hill 2 – 1 Halls Athletic
Location	Star Meadow, Darland Avenue, Gillingham, Kent ME7 3AN
Kickoff	12/05/2026 19:45

IDE HILL  2-1  HALLS ATHLETIC RESERVES
Invitation Charity Cup Junior Final
Tuesday 12 May 2026
Stephen McCartney reports from Darland Avenue

SIDNEY SOLLIS says he has no regrets wasting his talent and being more interested in his social life after his two moments of brilliance helped Ide Hill celebrate winning the Kent County League Invitation Charity Junior Cup for the very first time.

The 26-year-old striker began his career with Tonbridge Angels, scoring twice on his debut at the age of 17 in an Isthmian League Cup tie against Needham Market in January 2017.

He also impressed on his Margate debut, scoring in a pre-season friendly win at Deal Town in July 2017, which lead to now Faversham Town manager Steven Watt offering him a deal, giving him eight sub appearances for the then Isthmian League Premier Division outfit.

Sollis went on to play for Hythe Town, Ashford United, East Grinstead Town, Sevenoaks Town, Canterbury City, Sittingbourne and Rusthall.

Sollis now finds himself playing outside the National League System, playing 'with his mates' for minnows Ide Hill in the 12^th tier of English football, the NRG Gyms Kent County League Division One West, where the club finished their campaign in sixth-place in the table, having picked up 43 points (13 wins, four draws and nine defeats).

Sollis gave Ide Hill the lead – against the run of play – against Halls Athletic Reserves, a side that finished in third-place in the Division Two Central, having picked up 43 points (13 wins, four draws and three defeats), finishing behind promoted pair Tunbridge Wells Foresters (44) and Sevenoaks Town Reserves (45).

Sollis scored his 17^th goal of the season – the Goal of the Season – with a sublime, high-quality finish, before Halls Athletic pulled a goal back through winger-turned-striker David Akinui.

Tonight should be a wake-up call for Sollis – who is way too good to be playing at this level of football.  He needs to knuckle down in the summer, do the hard yards pounding the streets to get fit – forget about his social life and get back to the levels that he should be playing at - the ninth-tier Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division – which should be the lowest level that he should be displaying his technical ability.

Ide Hill have defeated Rotherhithe (3-0), Dulwich Village (6-1), Larkfield & New Hythe Reserves (5-1) and Langley Sports (4-1) to reach the Final.

Halls Athletic Reserves, meanwhile, have beaten Sittingbourne Valley (4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw), Agenda (1-0) and FC Greenwich (2-1).

Ide Hill manager Jamie McCloy, 24, reflected on winning his first trophy at the end of his first season in management.

“Mate, to be honest, it’s absolutely amazing! The boys have worked so hard, as well as the management team. I can’t thank all of them enough for their efforts this year as a group.

“We’ve worked so hard for this moment and I’m just so happy the boys got to experience it with their friends and family.  We had a lot of people here supporting us tonight and that doesn’t go unnoticed.

“Do you know what, they gave everything and going down to 10 with a sin bin towards the end, it was a bit squeaky-bum time but I can’t knock their efforts and their character and stuff. How well they performed for us on the pitch, we just hope that carries on to next season.”

Halls Athletic Reserves manager Taiwo Pereira, 30, added: “Gut-wrenching. There were moments in the game but early on, first 20 minutes or so we weren’t ourselves in terms of being brave on the ball. We were making a lot of unforced errors and I think that cost us a lot in terms of our rhythm and I think it kind of unsettled us a little bit in the first half.

“Eventually, we started to grow ourselves into the game but coming out for the second half 1-0 down we had a game plan but conceding that early goal sort of twisted everything.

“I think they had two moments of brilliance. They tested us on the transition a little bit but I think ultimately looking at the players playing a division above us, we done more than enough all over the park, we just didn’t score.”

Ide Hill created the game’s first chance when central midfielder Zak Wolvey’s free-kick from the right was met by a near-post header from striker Ben Hermitage, which only just cleared the top of the near-post inside the opening three minutes.

“One thing we always say about Zak’s delivery, it’s always on the money, so we know we’re going to be a threat from those set-plays,” said McCloy.

“Hermo is so good in the air.  We can’t knock him at what he does. He’s so good for us. He’s been present every single game this season and he’s half the reason why we’re here.

“The early chance, we would’ve liked for it to settle the nerves a little bit.  We like to think we’re a team that likes to start fast. We didn’t get that early goal but we grew into the game a little bit.

“I didn’t think we started as well as we wanted to but at the end of the day we got the job done.”

Halls Athletic were guilty of a glaring miss, with five minutes and 34 seconds on the clock.

The impressive Akinuli put in a great cross from the left wing, the ball was flicked on at the near-post by a ghosting in Jude Wallace and 15-goal striker Abdulahmed Oladimeji stretched to crash his right-footed half-volley against the underside of the crossbar from inside the six-yard box.

Pereira said: “Those are players you want the ball to fall to in those areas. David is one of the most devastating players. Since we’ve signed him just before the March deadline, he’s contributed to a lot of goals over the last month or so.

“The ball he’s put in, that’s exactly what we want. That was our game plan. Once the ball goes out wide, we ask him to deliver and Jude and Ahmed are two players that have scored a lot of goals for us this season, especially in crucial moments.

“They were a little bit unlucky with making contact just after it bounced. Usually, he scores those but I think that could’ve helped us to push on and continue to create chances but we didn’t create any more chances.”

McCloy admitted: “It was a bit of a wake-up call for us to be honest. One thing we’ll say is we’re really good at set-pieces and we work really hard in training, on defending them.

“At the start of the season we probably conceded a lot more than we wanted to from set-plays but towards the end of the season we’ve really improved our defensive set-piece work, so yet again all the credit goes to the boys for their hard work in training and stuff.”

Halls Athletic’s left-back Ollie Martin-Wall drilled in a cross into the Ide Hill penalty area where Wallace’s run towards the near-post went untracked again and the right-winger steered his free-header over the crossbar.

The impressive Hermitage charged down the right and put in a cross into the D where Snodland Town midfielder Harry Hudson lacked quality and rolled his left-footed shot, which was comfortably gathered by Oliver Deville.

Ide Hill grabbed the lead – with 27 minutes and 24 seconds on the clock – following a well-worked move and quality finish from Sollis.

Central defender Jason Barton’s left-footed pass fed Sollis, who worked the ball to Hudson, who rolled the ball back to Wolvey, who clipped a right-footed ball up to Sollis, who brought the ball under control with his chest before cracking a right-footed half-volley into the bottom left-hand corner from 18-yards with a clinical finish.

“We know what he gives us. We’ll say he won’t run much but he always scores you a goal and he’s probably the reason why we’ve been so successful this year,” said McCloy.

“He’s had a long time out of playing at a decent level and I had to graft a little bit to get him in but he’s come in and he’s given us absolutely everything and I think his quality was the reason why we’ve won tonight. I don’t think without him, we would've won.”

Pereira was disappointed that his centre-half Liam Hutchings opened the gate and allowed Sollis to open the scoring with evidence that he shouldn't be in the depths of English football.

“Do you know what, he’s a top player. I’ve heard about him but I’ve never seen him play but you could tell kind of from the first minute what their game plan was in terms of him dropping a little bit deeper to receive the ball and everyone else was running beyond him,” said Pereira.

“I think earlier on we had a bit of, it should’ve been a wake-up call but we didn’t switch on to it because when he receives the ball, the last thing you want him to do is turn.  We had a little bit of a waning sign a couple of minutes before that but a defender just got there late and it was a good finish.  He scuffed it a bit but good goalscorers just know how to find the back of the net!”

Halls Athletic missed a glorious chance to restore parity just 58 seconds later, a chance that needs to be taken if you are to play in the tenth-tier Southern Counties East Football League First Division next season.

Martin-Wall floated the corner in from the right, the ball was knocked down at the back post by Halls’ centre-half Liam Hutchings and Oladimeji somehow knocked his towering header over the crossbar from literally underneath the crossbar within a crowd of players in the centre of the goal.

Pereira admitted: “That’s a good chance that you’ve got to score! I think when you’re that close, I think their keeper was a good, talented young keeper but I think anything in and around his six-yard box, with some of the height in our team, we should be able to score from those chances.”

Akinuli should be knocking on George Michaelas’ door for first-team football next season as another cross was put into the Ide Hill box and attacking midfielder Frankie White – who has made 10 first-team appearances this season – got in behind and his shot was hit straight at Ide Hill goalkeeper Ben Hobbs, who made a comfortable save.

“I mean there was one, it was contentious where Frankie got beyond one of their players and he’s had his shirt pulled, so he can’t really make the contact he wants and their keeper’s managed to pull off a save there.  All I can ask is that they continue to test the keeper,” added Pereira, who’s side proved exactly why they’re reserve team and not first-team footballers here in Gillingham tonight.

Wolvey and left-back Reece Anderson-Wordon linked up down the left before Wolvey cut inside and on to his right-foot and his angled drive from 25-yards was comfortably gathered by Deville.

Halls Athletic produced a sweeping move inside the final third when Wallace played the ball along the deck into Oladimeji, whose lay off put White through on goal but once again he lacked the killer instinct and he brought another comfortable save from an untroubled Hobbs (46:53).

“With Ben, it’s a real confidence thing. He’s an unbelievable keeper and towards the start of the season we had a lot of rotation in the net and since Ben’s come in he’s been a credit to the club and credit to the group,” said McCloy.

“He’s only 17, some people say his height affects him but to be honest we think everything he does is a real attribute to our team. He’s really calm with his feet, we trust him with possession with the ball. We trust him making point-blank saves. Yes, he’s been really good for us and we can’t think him enough.”

Both manager’s were asked their thoughts at the interval.

McCloy said: “To be honest, it wasn’t positive.  We went in at half-time and we basically said ‘we just need to understand how we were going to play’ and how we’re going to press out of our shape. We knew it was going to be one of those games where once we got that goal, we would sit in a bit of a lower block and try to frustrate them a little bit.

“Credit to Jake Blackwell, he stepped forward and done all the shape work and basically said how we’re going to step out and press against them and how we’re going to deal with their long balls.

“Their centre-half (Alec Munday) kept stepping in with the ball onto the half-way line and putting it onto our back line. Although we didn’t really lose too much in the air on the back line, at some point that was going to be a little bit of a threat to us, so the message was simple. ‘Basically, keep a clean sheet, you win the game’ and if we can frustrate them with our low block and if we can get our press right, then they wouldn’t be able to stop us.”

Pereira added: “Be braver on the ball. I asked them to just be braver, that’s all I asked them. I asked them to be brave. We had a bit of a game plan with Sid Sollis, bravery in terms of possession and out of possession in terms of stepping in and wanting to make contact with him, so he couldn’t do what he usually does and then when we have the ball at the back, because there were moments where we’re just recycling it and then just getting rid of it. I wanted us to find our midfield, so we could actually hurt them through the middle of the pitch.”

Ide Hill doubled their lead with Goal of the Season, timed at four minutes and 46 seconds on the clock.

Right-back Lennon Minihane played the ball out of defence to release Hudson down the line, who cut into the right-hand side of the Halls Athletic box.

Hudson then took the ball outside the penalty area before putting in a precise cross with his left-foot towards the unmarked Sollis, who controlled the ball with his large chest before smacking a sublime left-footed volley across and over the keeper to find the top far corner of the net from 18-yards.

“Again, man of the moment, as I say. I mean, anything that drops to him between probably the goal-line and 30-yards out and he’s got a clean through at goal, we know he’s either going to score, or trouble the keeper,” said McCloy.

“So fantastic from Len to get the ball down the line. Hudson, unbelievable work to get a cross into the box and the rest is left over to Sid.”

Sollis was the best player out on the pitch by miles – scored goals that no other player on this pitch could score in a million years and it’s so sad to see such a quality player waste his talent in the way that he has. 

There is still time for Sollis to resuscitate his career – but only if he wants to – otherwise if will be a case of ‘if only’ and ‘the one that got away.’

McCloy said: “He’s got a bit of a derby on him but listen he’s played the levels, he’s experienced. He’s helped us win this trophy tonight. He’s helped us do as well as we have in the League and his more of a mate thing.   We’ve been good friends for a long time and I dropped him a text pre-season and asked ‘can you come in and do us a favour, help us out?’

“Myself and Sid probably didn’t think he would do the whole season but he’s straight committed to us and his attitude towards it has been fantastic and as I say, despite the levels he’s played at, I think he’s enjoyed playing for us this season.”

This time it was Hutchings who failed to close down the talented Sollis.

Pereira added: “ I mean, I think the only criticism I can have is maybe he should’ve been marked a little bit tighter.  But I mean most players on the pitch tonight would not be able to finish the way that he did. I can’t put anyone at fault because it was a magnificent finish really.”

Wallace was often a threat making late untracked runs into the Ide Hill penalty area and he missed a headed chance (15:26).

Holding midfielder Bradley Marshall played the ball out to Oladimeji (who vacated his central striker role for a left-wing position after the interval) and he put in a deep cross towards the back post where Wallace knocked his downward header past the right-hand post.

Hudson, winger Ethan Knight and Sollis linked up inside the final third before Knight played the ball into Sollis, who placed a low left-footed shot from 18-yards straight into Deville’s gloves for another comfortable save.

Deville pulled off a decent stop with his legs to prevent Ide Hill scoring their third goal of the game with 21:17 on the clock.

Knight found a pocket of space to float in a cross towards the back post where the unmarked Hermitage cracked a left-footed volley towards goal, which was blocked by Deville’s legs as he came off his line and made himself bigger.

“He’s so reliable in those sort of areas Hermo. We expected it to go in to be honest,” admitted McCloy.

“It’s a good save. All credit to the keeper. I thought if it’s either side, it’s a goal but the keeper’s done well to get across and make the save.

“Ben all game, just didn’t stop running. Tired legs maybe is an excuse but it’s a good save from the keeper.”

Pereira added: “That’s what Ollie does because he’s a big keeper. He’s come up and he’s done really well for us this season in moments that we need him. He might not do anything for 10-15 minutes but then he’ll pull off a big save like that and those are the kind of saves that keep you in the game.

“But even at 2-0 down, we were still thinking we could go after this and get something from it.”

Halls Athletic pulled a goal back with 23 minutes and 34 seconds on the clock, following a set-piece.

Non-threatening substitute central striker Jamie Carrigy launched a long throw into the penalty area from within the right-channel, the ball dropped at the near-post for Akinuli, who drilled his left-footed shot across Hobbs to find the bottom far corner with a clinical finish.

“Since we’ve signed Jamie, as well, he’s got a long throw and I think it’s something that in today’s game, it causes a lot of chaos, so that’s one thing that we need to work on,” said Pereira.

“Leading up to it, he’s taken two or three before that and you know any time the ball goes in the box, anything can happen and you want it to drop to David and he’s managed to finish really well there.”

McCloy added: “It was a bit of a frustrating one to be honest because as I’ve said previously, we work so hard defending set-pieces and dealing with balls that come into the box and second phases and stuff but we just weren’t alive to the ball at that moment in time and ultimately it cost us.

“I think that was probably the only set-piece that really caused us any trouble in the game. It’s a well-taken finish. We switched off for a split second and ultimately we got punished.”

Halls Athletic then had the momentum and enjoyed a spell on the front foot and Akinuli played a one-two with White down the left before Akinuli drilled a right-footed shot towards the bottom left-hand corner from 25-yards.

However, the ball bounced off the artificial turf in front of Hobbs, who dived to his right to spill the shot and Mason McKenna stabbed the loose ball past the foot of the left-hand post.

“It’s a confidence thing, I think with Ben. He’s been ever-present for us in the sticks for the last five months. We expect him to make those saves,” added McCloy.

“We expect him to hold onto those shots but what we can look at is the ball didn’t go in the back of the net, so he’s done his job!”

Hobbs stood tall at his near-post to beat away a fiercely struck angle drive from Oladimeji before Sollis had his hat-trick chance (38:55).

Hermitage swung in his free-kick from the right touchline towards the big striker at the back post, whose speculative overhead kick from 18-yards screamed across the keeper and past the far post.

“We've not had our fair share of luck when it comes to overhead kicks. We lost one of our players earlier on in the season in a training session, pulled his hamstring off the bone trying to do an overhead kick, so we try to tell the boys not to attempt it,” revealed McCloy.

“But when he’s in the form he is and the ball drops to him in the box, it’s almost like you can’t coach him, just tell him whatever happens when the ball drops into you, just do what you want to be fair. Although it didn’t go in, it’s a great effort.”

Sollis was thrown in the sin bin by referee Jake Johnson (41:21-51:48) - literally a second before he was about to be replaced by Jack Pink - but Halls Athletic lacked the quality needed to get past a well-organised Ide Hill back four, with Barton’s experience at the age of 47 playing a key role.

“In all honesty, it pains me to say, but we’ve had to do that a lot this season,” revealed McCloy.

“We’ve had to deal with going down to 10 men, whether it will be with red cards, last man tackles, sin bins, whatever it may be, we’ve had to deal with 10 men a lot.

“In our second to last game, we went down to 10 and that’s an upsetting one to be honest because Finley Wolvey played every single minute of every single game for us this season and then he gets a straight red two weeks ago and unfortunately he’s missed the final tonight.

“But we’ve learnt to deal with playing with 10 men. In training we work with overloads and stuff to get used to this sort of stuff, dealing with the 10 men.

“I didn’t think we were going to concede, as crazy as that sounds.  We were just a compact unit and we were hard to break down.”

Reflecting on Barton’s steady performance at the back, McCloy replied: “He’s a fine wine. It was his birthday yesterday, I believe he’s now 47 but he convinced me that he’s still got a few more years left in the tank.

“As long as he’s going, we will continue to use him because he’s such a good asset for our team and his experience and his calmness on the ball really impacts our team in a positive way.

“I think in the first half there was a moment where they were in on goal and he made a last-ditch tackle. He’s puts bodies on the line 24-7 for us. He definitely helped us get over the line tonight and we can’t thank him for this enough.”

Sollis was back on the pitch by the time that Halls Athletic substitute Tyrese Simpson-Knight whipped in a quality free-kick with his right-foot from outside the corner of the penalty area, which curled around the far post.

But Halls Athletic were lacklustre during most parts of the second half and lacking the quality needed to become first team players at a higher level.

“I’ll give it to them because they’ve managed that last period really well.  You put it as ‘dark arts’. We will complain and we’ll scream but they killed the momentum. They knew what they were doing but that’s football. If we were winning 2-1, we would probably be doing the same thing,” admitted Pereira.

“I think the moment got to them (our players) a little bit. I think that we’ve had a very long season, a very, very long season with lots of cups as well and I think at times they were playing the occasion rather than playing the game because there were a lot of unforced errors and lacking a bit because I think they were afraid of losing the ball and conceding a goal.

“We knew they were dangerous on the transitions, so we didn’t really want to give away the ball but ultimately we just didn’t put the ball in the back of the net enough and we didn’t create enough chances.”

Both managers were asked to reflect on their first campaigns in management.

Pereira said: “It’s mixed. It’s a mixed feeling. We had the opportunity to win the league and we dropped points.   We dropped three points twice over the Bank Holiday weekend and that would’ve essentially at least guaranteed us promotion.

“I think you’re looking at it and you’re going ‘we could’ve got more from the season.’  We’re kind of just nearly there but we just didn’t do enough, we didn’t get there enough.

“There’s quite a few (that are knocking on the first team manager’s door).  Frankie (White) who’s played today, who’s in and out. We’ve got Ahmed that’s being looked at. We have a good relationship with the first team manager so the boys are good enough to play at that level It’s just about maintaining consistency to get there.

“This is my first senior managerial role. I’ve been coaching for a long time, but this is my first management role. It’s not easy but I think I’ve been able to do quite a lot this season.  I think the way we’ve played this season, the way the boys have taken to me, I think we can do a lot more next season.  We want to win every game we play, we’ve just got to go again.”

McCloy added: “In all honesty, we said at the start of the season that we wanted to end the season with silverware and ultimately we’ve done that.

“When me and Jamie Wolvey sat down at the start of the season, we put a blueprint out basically saying if we don’t win the league, we want to win a cup and we’ve done that.

“In terms of our league position, it’s probably a little bit low than what we expected and we’re a little bit frustrated with that.  Key games, key moments, key players not available have cost us but as a season as a whole to leave with a trophy in your first season, as a first team with an average age of the squad. I mean the average age without Jason Barton will probably be 22, Barts, he takes it up to 38 but with the average age so young, we’re just thrilled to get a trophy and end the season on a high.”

Ide Hill are set to leave Tonbridge Angels’ Longmead Stadium after a three-year stay with the National League South club, with their next tenant able to pay the increased fee of £650 per match.

“Politically, I don’t really like to get involved in that kind of stuff.  I’m here to do a job. I’m here to coach the team. I’m here to help us win, so I don’t really know too much on the situation. All I know they’ve been great servants to us over the (last two seasons) and we can’t thank them enough for their help,” added McCloy.

“My initial thoughts on next season is we want to win everything! No matter what we do, no matter where we are, we’re coming for everything, silverware, the lot.

“It’s been an enjoyable experience. You’re still learning on the job and ultimately when you’re so young, you’re always going to get better as you go on. It’s been an unbelievable season for us. It’s been an enjoyable one. I’m so glad we can cap it off with a trophy.”

Reflecting on the game, man-of-the-match Sollis said: “To be fair, I think we got away with it in the first half. I thought we were very negative. I think the goal came against-the-run-of-play to be honest. They had most of the ball and we were sideways, backwards, sideways, backwards, just sat in.

“Second half we improved a lot. I think we were better, went 2-0 up and I think it was kind of basically done. I know it went to 2-1 but I think deserved overall but I think first half we were lucky to go 1-0 up to be honest.”

Reflecting on his two clinical strikes, Sollis replied: “That’s kind of my game now. I’m the first to (admit) it.  I don’t move that much anymore, The ball's come into my chest and it’s just got to be a half-volley and hit the target, you’ve got every chance. It’s a skiddy surface, so decent finish, decent finish.

“The second goal, ball into a chest and just a volley. I mean, if I can’t do that, I can’t do a lot.  As I said, running’s not my game anymore, it never really was. I think I’ll be the first to admit I like a few too many beers, put on a bit of weight so kind of holding the ball up and flicking the ball on and finishing is kind of my game. I was happy to score two tonight and win the game.”

When asked whether he was happy to play in Division One West of the Kent County League, Sollis was very honest in his replies.

“I love it. I enjoy it because it’s with my mates. I’ve always been told, maybe where I’m at now, I could go and play a bit higher if I lost weight but personally for me, I kind of enjoy, I enjoy my social life. I enjoy playing with my mates at the weekend.

“I never blame anyone else.  It’s always been myself that’s let it down. I was never one to work hard and I kind of let myself go. I did try and get back into it at one point and one of my pals died and it kind of put things into perspective for me that maybe I want to stay and play with my friends while I can.

“At the end of last season, I actually jacked it in. I said ‘I’m not going to play anymore’ and then Macca gave me a call. I’m good mates with him and it was his first kind of adult job, so I thought I’d do my best and help him out.”

When asked whether he will look back on his career and think ‘if only,’ Sollis replied, “Maybe, maybe. I think everyone’s got that mate that they say ‘if only they would try harder, if he was fit, he could’ve gone places.’

“But I don’t regret anything in my life really.  I’ve enjoyed it. I’ve enjoyed playing football. I kind of fell out of love with it at the semi-pro level. I was travelling around the Kent coast and not getting played and that’s not anyone’s fault. It’s my fault. I weren’t willing to put the work in. I was travelling to Margate for quite a while. I wasn’t playing too much but I can’t blame anyone because that’s on me. That’s my determination.

“If I had the determination to go and proved myself, I could’ve played but I didn’t, so that’s where I kind of just thought ‘I’m just going to enjoy it as much as I can, while I can.”

When asked what his plans are for next season, Sollis replied: “Oh mate, I haven’t even thought about it to be honest. Ideally, I want to get in a lot better shape than I am now. Again, that’s what I’ve been saying for years but yes I want to get a good pre-season in, get some good pre-season work done, whether I do it or not is to be seen.

“But I’m happy with this group. I’m happy wherever Macca goes, I think I’ll follow.”

I’m hoping Sollis reads this match report and gets his semi-professional career back on track – he is simply too good for this level and cannot waste his talent playing in the amateur ranks.

“I appreciate that a lot, I do.  I think technique is the thing, I’ve got the technique. I read the game quite well but other than that if I wanted to play better than Kent County I need to get fit. I need to be able to move more and press more and I know that. Everyone knows that but I appreciate your kind words.”

Meanwhile, back on tonight’s trophy success, Sollis dedicated the victory to outgoing chairman Chris Johnson.

“Like I said to Macca at the start of the season. I want to try to win him his first trophy in men’s football, help him do that – but also our chairman. He’s just lost his dad – who was one of our biggest fans – to dementia, so that win tonight really was always about him and for his dad.

“I’m glad we went out with the idea that was for him tonight. We did it for them and that (victory is) good for the club.”

Ide Hill: Ben Hobbs, Lennon Minihane, Reece Anderson-Wordon (Rockie Burke 72), Zak Wolvey (Jack Pink 89), Jason Barton, Ronny Little, Ethan Knight (Roman Barrow-Weatherall 84), Harry Hudson, Ben Hermitage, Sidney Sollis, Ashton Malyon-Chantler (Joseph McGrory 16, Connor Knight 54)).

Goals: Sidney Sollis 28, 50

Booked: Ashton Malyon-Chantler 12, Joseph McGrory 44, Harry Hudson 90, Ronny Little 90

Temporary Dismissal: Sidney Sollis 87

Halls Athletic Reserves: Oliver Deville, George Booker, Ollie Martin-Wall (Tyrese Simpson-Knight 81), Bradley Marshall (Jak Taylor 63), Liam Hutchings (Tobi Ajobo 89), Alec Munday, David Akinuli, Gus Oyedele (Jamie Carrigy 64), Abdulahmed Oladimeji, Frankie White, Jude Wallace (Mason McKenna 64).

Goal: David Akinuli 69

Booked: Frankie White 45

Attendance: 205
Referee: Mr Jake Johnson
Assistants: Ms Natalie Hudson & Mr Jack Sivyer
Fourth Official: Mr Louis Husk