Jersey Bulls 'got away with it' in Erith Town win
Jersey Bulls secured their first win in four games at home to Erith Town
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Elliot Powell says his Jersey Bulls side "got away with it" after three goals in the final quarter saw them beat Erith Town 3-1.
The visitors took a 58th-minute lead through Aaron Jeffrey before impressive youngster Stanley Dunne came off the bench to score his first goal for the Bulls with a fine individual effort nine minutes later.
Jonny Le Quesne hit the bar two minutes later before Lorne Bickley headed the islanders into a 73rd-minute lead.
The win was rounded off with an excellent Francis Lekimamati strike from around 45 yards as Bulls moved up to 11th place in Isthmian League South East.
"It was a very 'unlike us' performance for 60 minutes, we were pretty diabolical to be fair and I thought them scoring maybe just woke us up a little bit and after that it was much more like us," Bulls manager Powell told BBC Radio Jersey.
"We had some pretty tough words at half-time and we've got to start games a lot quicker than that.
"We've got away with it against a side that are obviously down near the bottom of the table, I thought they were compact, they were decent to be fair to them.
"But we're not going to get away with that against better sides so we're going to have to learn to start games a little bit quicker, but that last half an hour showed a lot of character, a lot of resilience and more importantly a lot of quality to get the three points."
Stanley Dunne's goal came on his first home appearance for Jersey Bulls, having been a substitute in three away games this season
Powell was also keen to praise Dunne, who was making just his fourth appearance for the island side.
"I thought he was excellent," he said.
"I said after about 10 minutes I thought he was going to get man of the match and every credit to everyone that's developed Stan to this point, notably his club St Paul's who have been fantastic with us in terms of how we can use Stan this year.
"He's obviously a big player for them and I think he's going to be a big player for us going forward as well.
"I think it's a good day for them as well because he's come on and has literally changed the game almost single-handedly at times. I think it was a very mature performance from a young lad."
