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save from Ben Head in the
Crowborough goal.
Despite the lead, Peacehaven's performance had
seemed to lack much urgency, and they were made
to pay for this in a crazy opening 10 minutes to
the second half. The warning signs were there
for all to see with Crowborough's first attack
after the break as Sam Saunders long range drive
went inches over the bar, but two minutes later
the scores were level - in somewhat fortunate
circumstances.
Harry Thompson's drive from
the edge of a crowded area was covered by
Heyburn, but the ball struck Tom Saunders and
deflected past the keeper for the equaliser.
Peacehaven were on the ropes, and barely had
time to settle before they found themselves a
goal behind. With Crowborough's next attack the
ball was hammered into the box and struck Dave
Altendorff's hand, leaving Mr Massey to award
his second penalty of the afternoon. Tom
Saunders fired home the kick to leave Peacehaven
looking somewhat shell-shocked - but the drama
wasn't over.
From the kick-off, a flighted
upfield ball caused panic in the home defence,
and Ben Head raced from his goal only to see a
defender nod over him and leave Dan Smith on his
own in front of goal. He held his nerve and
slotted home to level the scores.
Crowborough's attacking
intentions for the second half where clear, but
a change of away tactics had a calming effect.
Aaron Gunn went back into defence whilst Wes
Millis moved into his familiar midfield
position, and soon it was Peacehaven who had the
upper hand. With 20 minutes remaining a Dan
Smith free-kick found it's way through the
Crowborough area, and confusion between Tom
Boddy and Ben Head resulted in the ball resting
in the back of net, and Haven's noses were back
in front.
The home side continued to
pour forward at every opportunity, and there was
no room for error for a hard-working Peacehaven
defence. At the other end Wes Millis went
agonisingly close with a thunderous header, and
Head produced another top class save to keep out
a late Ashley Rees effort.
In a defiant rally, an injury
time flurry of corners saw everyone from
Peacehaven anxiously looking at their watches,
but they held on to take their unbeaten run to 6
games, and have the sides above them starting to
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