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Sheppey United assistant manager Tommy Osborne on derby victory over Sittingbourne, top scorer Rolando Onu and returning to FA Cup action after scoring nine in the previous round

Tommy Osborne valued Sheppey’s Swale derby win against Sittingbourne even more given the quality of the opposition.

Assistant boss Osborne saw the Ites end Bourne’s 100 per cent start to the season at Holm Park on Bank Holiday Monday.

They won 2-1 courtesy of a goal in either half from Rolando Onu before a late reply from Harvey Smith.

Sittingbourne broke the 100-point barrier last season before losing the Isthmian South East play-off final on penalties and are aiming to go one better and win the league.

Sheppey were looking for a response after losing on penalties to Hassocks in the FA Trophy preliminary round on Saturday.

And the Ites delivered, to the delight of home fans in a big derby crowd of 957, as Eitel Goueth and James Bessey-Saldanha celebrated 50 appearances for the club.

“It’s a really good win because Sittingbourne have been very unlucky not to go up the last couple of seasons,” said Osborne.

“They’re going to be there or thereabouts again, there’s no doubt about that. They’ll be aiming to win the league.

“So to put on a good performance and get the win was really good, especially after the disappointment of going out of the Trophy on Saturday. It was a good response from the boys.

“We had to dig in. It was always going to be the case.

“The likelihood of us dominating the game for 90 minutes against Sittingbourne, it’s probably not going to happen.

“So there’s going to be spells where you’ve got to defend and stand up and be counted.

“We had to do that and we did it well.

“But I still thought we offered something going forward, we scored a couple of decent goals and had other opportunities where we created a chance and made things happen.

“It wasn’t just a case of us hanging on in there, it was just a good

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