Folkestone Invicta 3 Ramsgate 2 match report: Champions presented with Isthmian Premier trophy after two-goal Jake Hutchinson and Nathan Paul-Lavaly lead them to another win at Cheriton Road
Champions Folkestone Invicta completed the double over Ramsgate before they were presented with the Isthmian Premier trophy on Easter Monday.
Two-goal Invicta striker Jake Hutchinson’s efforts sandwiched goals from Rams duo Billy Munday and Solomon Ogunwomoju to leave the match level at half-time.
Nathan Paul-Lavaly then came up with the game’s all-important goal, before away midfielder Eze Ebuzoeme was dismissed, as it finished 3-2 at Cheriton Road.
The derby ended with the exact same scoreline in late December at Southwood.
Both teams created chances in front of a bumper attendance of 2,5952, the biggest of the season, inside the first four minutes.
Rams skipper TJ Jadama’s near-post flick from a corner by Alfie Paxman glanced against the post before home midfielder Ryan Kingsford was thwarted by goalkeeper Dillon Addai.
Addai again had to be alert as he got down low to save fellow Bromley loanee Paul-Lavaly’s seventh-minute effort.
The away team threatened again, but Folkestone keeper Ted Collins used his legs to deny midfielder Greg Cundle.
They did draw first blood in the 13th minute, though, as fellow midfielder Munday found himself totally unmarked to nod home Paxman’s corner for his eighth goal this season.
But the hosts equalised out of virtually nowhere on the half-hour mark.
A Kingsford free-kick was flicked on by young defender Joel Odeniran and Hutchinson was alive to fire into the top corner.
Invicta were presented with a gift of a second goal when the visitors played the ball back to Addai, who was dispossessed by Hutchinson. It left him with an easy task of stroking into the empty goal to take his tally to 25 goals for the campaign.
And three minutes later, 23-year-old former Colchester man Hutchinson


