Sittingbourne 5 VCD Athletic 0 match report: Goals by Derek Asamoah, Ben Swift, Harvey Smith, Jack Steventon and Darren Foxley seal Brickies’ Isthmian South East play-off place; Brickies to visit AFC Croydon Athletic in semi-final

Sittingbourne sealed their Isthmian South East play-off place with a home win over VCD Athletic in the Vickers’ last-ever match on Saturday.

Requiring a point to seal a top-five finish, goals from top scorer Derek Asamoah and defender Ben Swift put them into a half-time lead.

The Brickies then turned on the style after the restart as Harvey Smith, Jack Steventon and Darren Foxley found the target as it finished 5-0 at Woodstock.

It means Sittingbourne will travel to second-placed AFC Croydon Athletic for Tuesday night’s semi-final, with the winner progressing to face Jersey Bulls or AFC Whyteleafe in the play-off final on Friday evening.

The Vickers had created the first chance when teenage keeper Rex Porter got in behind a long-range drive by Cameron Andrews in the 11th minute.

Five minutes later, away defender Harry Lawrence was in the right place to make a goal-line clearance as centre-back Swift met a corner at the back post.

The home team threatened again when goalkeeper Toby Waller got in well behind a shot by Smith as the Whitstable loanee cut inside and shot from around 20 yards out.

But they broke the deadlock on 26 minutes in fine style. They cleared their lines and, with Waller caught in no man’s land, 44-year-old Ghana international Asamoah blasted past him from around 30 yards out for his 13th goal this season.

The Vickers came close to a leveller just after the half-hour mark.

The recalled Jack Nelson - the Whitstable striker, on dual registration with VCD, unusually playing in the heart of defence - nodded an Andrews corner into the side-netting.

But Sittingbourne doubled their lead on 42 minutes. Swift was alive to fire a long throw by fellow centre-half Steventon past Waller for his fourth goal of the