Dartford 3 Dorking Wanderers 2 match report: George Porter scores twice

George Porter scored twice as Dartford kept their outside title hopes alive in National League South.

Darts closed the gap on leaders Dorking to seven points with a game in hand as they maintained their impressive unbeaten record at Princes Park.

Dorking had an early penalty shout turned down when Niall McManus went down under debutant full-back Jayden Sweeney’s challenge. But referee Andrew Humphries - who proved a calm head in a heated battle - saw nothing wrong from the on-loan Leyton Orient man.

Both sides had early free-kicks, Jack Jebb hitting the defensive wall for Dartford while Dorking’s Darren Oldaker sent his effort just over the bar at the other end.

Dartford went ahead on 15 minutes. Jebb’s delightful ball over the top spotted the run of George Porter and when Oldaker failed to cut it out, Porter took his time before firing low beyond keeper Dan Lincoln.

Luke Allen and Jebb were winning the midfield battle and the former provided an excellent assist to make it 2-0 on 25 minutes. This time it was the run of main striker Marcus Dinanga, and he chested the ball down before turning and sending a delightful left-foot shot into the far corner - one of the sweetest finishes you’ll see all season.

Dartford have often lacked a flow to their game at home but they were sensational in the first half against a Dorking side who had won 14 of their last 15 games.

It should have been three when Jebb set up Kalvin Kalala but he had too much time to think about his finish and finally put the ball over the top.

Darts lost Allen to injury just before the break but one decent save from Dan Wilks aside, they had kept Dorking mainly to long-range efforts albeit they had eight corners in the opening half.

Dorking got back into the