Real Bedford sealed their home campaign with another victory – their 32nd of the season – with a late 3-1 victory over AFC Dunstable at the Ledger Stadium on Easter Monday.
Eniola Agemoh-Davies scored the winner in the 87th minute after Sean Duodu had cancelled out Ben Stevens’ opener, with Joey Evans sealing another three points with his 37th league goal of the season.
Real Bedford finally got their hands on the Southern League Central Division One trophy after the game; sealed with a 1-0 victory on this ground nine days ago against Kings Langley, in front of their American investors, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.
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They passed another milestone today in reaching 100 points, but were made to work for it by an AFC Dunstable side who are safely in mid-table, well away from both the play-off places and the relegation zone.
As per Saturday’s encounter at Leighton, the game took some time to fire into life; the best chance of a scrappy first half in wet conditions fell to the prolific Evans who dragged an effort wide before striking over the bar a few moments later.
Sam Carman did well to smother Archie Jones’ effort on the stroke of half-time with Kyle Brooks on target for the visitors, only to be kept out by Tyler McGregor between the home sticks.
Carmen was on hand again with a one-handed stop to deny Ben Stevens, but the Real Bedford playmaker made no mistake with his next effort, receiving the ball on the corner of the penalty area and floating a beautiful shot into the far corner to give Real the lead.
It looked as if the goal would open the Bedford floodgates, but Carmen continued to deny the Real front line with saves from Setchell and again from Stevens, before Duodu struck an equaliser for Dunstable.
Chances continued to be exchanged in search of a winner, with both keepers called into action again before Eniola Agemoh-Davies pounced with just three minutes remaining.
He dribbled past three defenders in creating an opening and poked it home to drag his side into the lead, which was then consolidated by Real’s number nine, Evans who tapped home a Ben Stevens cross to secure another league win.
Come rain or shine, Real Bedford have occasionally had to fashion out wins late on in the league this season, but their sheer weight of goals has been too much to handle for most sides as they are now 13 points clear of Berkhamsted in second place.
Real Bedford’s final league game is away from home against Thame United on Saturday 26 April, who have already confirmed a play-off spot and are more than likely to travel to Berkhamsted in the semi-finals.
