Dover Athletic 1 Farnham Town 0 match report: Sak Hassan’s first-half goal enough as Whites beat National League South high-fliers

Sak Hassan got the game’s only goal as Dover secured a National League South success over high-fliers Farnham Town on Saturday.

Winger Hassan’s first Whites goal was enough to get Dover back on track after their eight-match unbeaten run had ended in their previous fixture.

The style of play from free-flowing Farnham caused themselves almost as many issues themselves as it had caused as it ended 1-0 at Crabble on their grass surface.

Athletic were first to threaten as winger Ruben Soares-Junior did well on the right flank, but midfielder Euan Williams saw his seventh-minute strike crash against away keeper Mike Eacott’s left-hand post.

There were opportunities at either end with 16 minutes played on a largely dry afternoon.

A left-wing cross from Farnham’s ex-Ebbsfleet midfielder Billy Clifford evaded everyone before Eacott got down smartly to deny the recalled forward Corie Andrews.

Five minutes later, Miles Obodo met a Bobby-Joe Taylor left-wing cross, only for the forward to be left to beat the ground in frustration as he was unable to make a real connect on the delivery.

But Jake Leberl’s home team broke the deadlock on the half-hour mark in fine fashion.

Jack Bates carried the ball 30 yards through midfield and set up Hassan. The 25-year-old cut inside and drilled low to find the bottom corner and opened his club account.

The visitors then felt they had found an equaliser, although 34-year-old Clifford’s shot that had looked destined for the top corner struck a team-mate - who was stood in an offside position - on its way over Mitch Walker’s crossbar.

Three minutes after the restart, 35-year-old Walker had to be at his best as he tipped wide a powerful right-footed shot from Obodo, who had been played through by