Folkestone Invicta 2 Herne Bay 1 match report: Goals from Kadell Daniel and Ade Yusuff enough for Isthmian Premier victory despite Bay captain Kieron Campbell's second-half strike

Folkestone held off a second-half fightback on Monday to beat Herne Bay and take the derby day spoils in Isthmian Premier.

Goals in either half from Kadell Daniel and Ade Yusuff had put Invicta in control but, despite Bay skipper Kieron Campbell pulling one back, the away team couldn’t find an equaliser.

The hosts had a glorious chance with four minutes played when Nathan Green crossed from the left and found Yusuff. He was thwarted by a point-blank save by Bay keeper Jordan Perrin and somehow also scooped over from close range at the second attempt when he should have done better.

Two minutes later, Yusuff curled a strike inches wide of Perrin’s right-hand post.

But Invicta did draw first blood in front of a 926-strong crowd at Cheriton Road on 11 minutes. Perrin passed to centre-half Keano Robinson under pressure and he was quickly challenged, with the loose ball falling kindly to Daniel who stroked home for his second goal of the campaign.

Referee Nick Dunn then waved away penalty appeals from the visiting contingent in the 15th minute as Campbell fell to ground inside the penalty area, trying to latch on to a high right-wing cross.

Soon after at the other end, Neil Cugley’s team nearly doubled their advantage when the club's all-time leading scorer Ian Draycott poked Daniel's low right-wing drive straight at Perrin.

With 26 minutes played, the home side threatened again, however Bay’s defenders twice bravely put their bodies on the line, before Josh Vincent failed to properly connect with Ronnie Dolan’s corner at the far post.

Herne Bay were having their moments but they had struggled to create clear-cut chances and a Hamilton Antonio effort bobbled through to Invicta goalkeeper Bailey Vose just before the half-hour