Peacehaven & Telscombe  4  Redhill  3

Sat 23rd Apr, 2011.    Sussex County League, Division 1.

  Match details below 

Maybe it was the heat, maybe it was tiredness at the end of a long season, maybe they were too comfortable, but whatever the reason Peacehaven almost managed to snatch a draw from the jaws of victory with a bizarre late collapse.

In a match which they had dominated from the start they some how managed to concede three goals in the last seven minutes, and ended up hanging on for a victory that minutes earlier had seemed utterly assured. Despite the late drama it was generally a good day for Peacehaven, who extended their winning run to seven games, and moved up to second place in the table.

Redhill arrived days after sacking their manager Steve Johnson after another season of underachievement whilst Peacehaven included yet another new goalkeeper, seventeen year old Wes Coleman.

Encounters between these two sides over the last couple of seasons have regularly produced goals, and that pattern continued as Peacehaven took an

 
   
  early lead. Clive Snell's well placed free kick was side footed home by Craig Bunch at the far post, with no visiting defender anywhere near him.

Redhill have been one of the most entertaining sides in the League over the last two seasons, but their defending has continually let them down, and that was the case again on Saturday. Snell was having an inflential match in the middle and he set up another goal, this time playing in Ryan Bradley for his third goal in four games.

Redhill were still carrying a threat going forward and almost reduced the deficit before half time as Andrew Dalhouse's shot was scrambled off the line by Connor Saunders and Dalhouse had another chance to score after the break. He ghosted past Coleman, but with the goal beckoning he somehow failed to find the target.

That miss was made to look even more costly as Peacehaven extended their lead minutes later. Bunch had terrorised Corbin Turner all afternoon, and he outmuscled him to claim a long clearance and chipped over the stranded Chris May.

It hadn't been a good week for Redhill, and luck seemed to have deserted them when Leon Dussard hit the post with a well struck shot. Their frustration was soon compounded as Snell curled in a free kick to make it 4-0, and it would have seemed that the game was over as a contest.

When Neil John headed in from a corner it looked to be nothing more than consolation for the visitors, who had now thrown four players into attack in an effort to salvage something from the afternoon.

Dussard then added a second from the penalty spot after an impetuous challenge from Coleman, and when Jon Difford powered home a header the match was suddenly a contest again.

It was now a countdown to see if the referee would blow his whistle before Peacehaven blew their lead, but thankfully time ran out and the points were safe.

 
 

 

 

Report by

               
Alex Panton
                   

       
                   
     

Saturday 23rd April 2011.   Sussex County League, Division 1.

Peacehaven & Telscombe

4 - 3

Redhill

Wes Coleman

1

Chris May

Craig Hall

2

Leo Atkinson  63

Matt Hill

3

Cirro Donadio  82

Adam Kneller

4

Corbin Turner

Connor Saunders

5

John Difford  89

Aaron Gunn

6

Aaron Murphy

Clive Snell  79

7

John Wescott

Scott Marshall

8

Dave Gellatly  75

Craig Bunch  9  50   72

9

Marcus Elliott

Ryan Bradley  25

10

Andrew Dalhouse

Rob O'Toole  79

11

Leon Dussard  88 (Pen)

Substitutes

Tom Levitt  72

12

Neil John  75   83

Callum Wiltshire  79

14

Andrew Beesley

  15

Mark O'Leary  63

 

16

Alex Scott  82

 
     
Peacehaven Man Of The Match
Clive Snell
 
     
   

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