In a fine advert for Vanarama National League South, Sutton continued to put pressure on the teams above them in the table as they picked up their seventh win in eight league games and ended Dartford's eleven match unbeaten run that dated back to the first weekend in October.
n the first twenty minutes Dartford looked as though they were capable of extending that record, but having survived that spell intact thanks to two good saves from Ross Worner U's grabbed control back and in the end were good value for their victory.
Earlier on, though, U's looked set for a difficult afternoon. Little more than a minute had passed when Worner had to react quicklyto keep out an Andy Pugh header, and soon afterwards there were penalty appeals as Danny Harris went over in the area but referee Elliott Kaye waved away the claims.
The official came in to the game with some baggage as far as U's supporters were concerned after his handling of the game against Truro in August, and when he booked Dean Beckwith for blocking Harris after just five minutes, and then stopped play as U's were attacking in the penalty area so that Dartford defender Callum McNaughton could receive treatment for what looked like a head injury, he looked set for another eventful afternoon but both decisions were understandable, and ultimately there were few complaints about a performance which became more anonymous as the game went on, and the yellow card stayed hidden until close to the end when his patience with Ebrima Adams, who could have been booked in the first half, finally ran out.
Dartford continued to look the likelier side early on and U's were grateful to Worner again when he dived to beat away a Ryan Hayes free kick, but with Dundas and Craig Eastmond beginning to gain control of the midfield they slowly turned the direction of the game round, and as the half progressed it was Sutton who had the better of things.
Eastmond met a McAllister header with a half-volley from the edge of the penalty area that went straight at Deren Ibrahim, but, although having to make a change as Beckwith suffered a calf strain andwas replaced by Simon Downer, U's increasing dominance came to a head in the last minutes of the half, as what looked like a well rehearsed training ground move saw Fitchett head Kevin Amankwaah's throw in the path of Dundas, whose first time shot was deflected wide.
Ross Stearn played the resulting corner short to Dan Wishart, received the return and cut in to hit a tremendous shot from the corner of the penalty area which crashed down off the underside of the bar.
There was still time for Fitchett to head wide from a Stearn cross before the break, and U's continued in similar fashion in to the second half. Dundas shot disappointingly over when found in acres of space by a right wing corner, but eighteen minutes in U's who provided the crucial first goal in thrilling style. McAllister made the most of defensive slip as Fitchett laid the ball off to break clear on the right, and when his cross came in to the penalty area Fitchett had continued his run to control the ball with his first touch and thrash a shot high in to the net with his second.
Worner was almost immediately in action again as he kept out Harris's close range effort in a goalmouth scramble, but within six minutes U's had the insurance of a second goal. This time it was Tom Bolarinwa who found himself in more space than expected on the right and accelerated towards the penalty area before pulling the ball back for Eastmond, and although his goalbound volley was blocked McAllister was on hand to prod the ball over the line.
There might have been a third when Fitchett sent a first time shot from twenty yards towards the corner of the net, but Ibrahim went low to his left to make a fine save. Although Elliot Bradbrook sent one long range shot narrowly wide there was never a suggestion that the two goal lead would not be enough, however, as U's extended their recent fine run.
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