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to claw away his close range
effort, but midway through the half Peacehaven
where back on level terms. Scott Marshall's
cross was dummied by Rees in the 6 yard box, and
Tom Levitt was on hand for the equaliser.
Peacehaven would have been the
happier of the two sides at the break, but St
Francis where back infront within 5 minutes of
the restart with Peter Martin's low cross being
met by Kieran Pamment who fired home from
10 yards.
If Peacehaven ever needed
spirit and character it was now - and they rose
to the challenge. They seemed un-phased by the
setback, and where level within 15 minutes when
Carl Dunk's low corner was hammered home by Adam
Kneller. Soon Peacehaven where playing with
their old flair, and took the lead when Dave
Altendorff's header put Ashley Rees clear, and
he calmly fired past O'Rourke.
As the game moved towards the
final stages, Peacehaven went further ahead with
what was certainly the goal of the day. Matt
Hill's long cross-field ball fell to Owen
Callaghan on the right wing, and he centred for
Tom Levitt who powerfully headed home.
The was one more chance for St
Francis, when Buss tipped over a good effort
from Pamment, but Peacehaven where rampant for
the last 15 minutes, and could easily have won
by a much greater margin.
Tom Levitt missed two glorious
chances for his hat-trick, a Dave Altendorff
free-kick was steered in for an own goal but
ruled out for offside, and with the last attack
of the game, substitute Matt Nuttman's effort
hit the post and rebounded to Ashley Rees, but
his shot was somehow blocked on the line.
"That was a great
performance", said Shaun Saunders after the
game, "Their heads didn't drop when we went
behind, and we worked really hard as a team to
turn things around" |
