The Cannons eventually eased through to the next round of the Velocity Trophy as they won 5-2 against a young Faversham Town side at Salters Lane on Tuesday evening.

Hythe dominated proceedings throughout the ninety minutes and were first to threaten on four minutes as Kieron Campbell had a 25 yard effort deflected wide for a corner. Another long range effort from Ashley Miller drifted well wide of the target. Faversham had their first attempt on ten minutes by Luke Griffiths but his shot sailed over the bar. Charlie Webster, who impressed on the right wing, cut in from the right and struck the ball with his left foot but again it went wide of the goal.

Hythe were dominating but struggling to test Faversham keeper Mitchell Day with another shot going wide as Campbell burst in from the right. The Cannons had the perfect opportunity, on 21 minutes to make their dominance count as Sid Sollis was brought down in the Faversham penalty area by Will Hadler. Up stepped Ryan Johnson whose penalty was brilliantly saved by Day. Day was on hand again eight minutes later as Campbell weaved his way into a goal scoring position and forced the Faversham keeper to push the ball around the post.

One more chance for Hythe before half time saw Jordan Johnson-Palmer hit a long range shot from 30 yards that drifted wide. However there was a sucker punch on the stroke of half time as Faversham took the lead against the run of play. A cross from Sam Lawford found Luke Griffiths who stroked the ball home.

The pattern of the game didn’t change in the second half as Hythe continued to dominate the game. On 50 minutes the ever dangerous Campbell pulled the ball back hitting the outside of the upright. However two minutes later Hythe finally took one of their chances and were level as Ryan Palmer fed the ball to Johnson whose header was deflected by a defender into the net. Webster was then to cut in and shoot just wide but did better on 68 minutes as he met a Campbell cross and planted the ball into the net to give the Cannons the lead. However that lead only lasted nine minutes when again against the run of play Emmanuel Barnett turned and slotted the ball home to bring the scores level.

The Cannons then seemed to go up through the gears as the pressed hard in the last ten minutes with Palmer feeding the ball through to Dean Grant who headed over and then with eight minutes left on the clock substitute Jerson Dos Santos broke into the area and placed his shot passed Day to give the Cannons the lead. On 86 minutes Hythe finally made the win secure as Jerald Aboagye went on a run through the defence finding himself one on one with Day and slammed the ball home to make in 4-2. Right on the stroke of full time the visitors put the icing on the cake as Campbell had a shot blocked but it fell to Mitchell Chapman who blasted home from close range.

Hythe now await the draw for the next round to find out their opponents as they move onto a difficult away fixture on Saturday at South Park.

Hythe Team: Nick Shaw, Jerald Aboagye (Ben Wilson 87 mins), Ryan Palmer, Ryan Johnson, Michell Dickenson, Mitchell Chapman, Charlie Webster, Jordan Johnson-Palmer, Sid Sollis (Dean Grant 69 mins), Ashley Miller (Jerson Dos Santos 69 mins), Kieron Campbell.

Scorers:

Faversham Town-Luke Griffiths 45 mins, Emmanuel Barnett 77 mins.

Hythe Town Ryan Johnson 52 mins, Charlie Webster 68 mins, Jerson Dos Santos 82 mins, Jerald Aboagye 86 mins, Mitchell Chapman 90 mins.

Attendance: 97