Peacehaven & T.  2  Redhill  2

Sat 15th Oct, 2011.    Sussex County League Division 1

  Match Details Below 

Peacehaven's frustrating home form continued as they conceded an injury time equaliser to drop two points against Redhill. Peacehaven have won only two home league matches this season, which is clearly not promotion form, and with Rye dropping more points at home to Lancing, this was a wasted opportunity.

Neither of these sides has lived up to expectations so far this campaign, and their strengths and weaknesses were evident in an untidy encounter. The previous four matches against the Surrey side had produced a total of seventeen goals and this trend continued in an alarmingly open match.

Shaun Saunders continues to rebuild his squad, with Liam O'Brien arriving from Shoreham, Harry Coker becoming the latest to follow Bryan O'Toole from Saltdean and Ryan Bradley returning from Crawley Down. Welcome as these arrivals are, the club was destablised at the start of the season by an inflated squad, and the challenge for Saunders will be to avoid this scenario being repeated.

Peacehaven made a perfect start, with Adam Kneller steering in his fourth goal of

 
   
  the season from Dan Smith's free kick. Redhill's defending was unconvincing, but the same could be said for Peacehaven's rear-guard as Redhill swiftly levelled matters. Dawdling along the back line allowed in the much feared Andy Atkin, and he took full advantage to claim his tenth goal of the season.

The topsy turvy first half continued as Peacehaven then regained the lead, again from a set piece, with Wes Millis heading past Chris May. Redhill became increasingly dominant as the match wore on, with Wayne Clarke proving a constant menace on the left. Peacehaven were struggling to get a grip in midfield and the visitors were having the lions share of possession, albeit without overly threatening the home goal.

Matt Hill scrambled a shot off the line as the pressure grew, but the best chance came at the other end of the pitch. Smith had a free header inside the box, but May made a fine save. His opposite number, Jake Buss, made an even better stop from Gavin Gordon as time ran out, and it seemed that Peacehaven had the points in the bag. They were unable to close the match out however, and in injury a time a hotly disputed free kick was met by a towering header from Atkin to claim a share of the points.

 
 

 

 

Report by

 
Alex Panton
               

 

     
               
     

Sat 15th October 2011.      Sussex County League, Division 1

Peacehaven & Telscombe

2 - 2

Redhill

Jake Buss

1

Chris May

Dave Altendorff  75

2

John Difford

Matt Hill

3

Leon Dussard  11

Adam Kneller  1  

4

Mark Zydonik

Kane Louis  79

5

Tom Graves

Aaron Gunn  

6

Scott Harris

Owen Callaghan

7

John Wescott  74

Wes Millis  10

8

Aaron Murphy  56

Ashley Rees

9

Andy Atkin  5   90

Ryan Bradley

10

Billy Medlock

Dan Smith  82

11

Wayne Clark  85

Substitutes

Rob O'Toole  82

12

Gavin Gordon  74

Carl Dunk  79

14

Kayne Woolery  56

Louis Freitas

15

Medi Koroma

Harry Coker  75

16

Ben Anderson

Scott Marshall

17

Brendan Sebulira

Referee:-  D.Eaton

Line 1:-  R.Milton

Line 2:-  P.Farmer

 

 

 

 

 

g.d

Pts

1

Pagham

13

+27

39

2

Rye United

14

+17

28

3

Peacehaven & T.

14

+7

25

4

AFC Uckfield

13

+7

23

5

Three Bridges

11

+4

21

6

Lingfield

11

+15

20

7

Lancing

11

+6

19

8

Redhill

10

+12

18

9

Crowborough A.

13

+6

17

10

East Grinstead T.

14

-4

17

11

Sidley United

10

-3

16

12

Selsey

9

-1

15

13

Horsham YMCA

13

-10

15

14

Hassocks

11

-2

13

15

Ringmer

12

-9

13

16

Worthing United

10

-14

7

17

Shoreham

9

-11

5

18

Arundel

9

-14

4

19

St Francis Rang.

11

-15

4

20

Chichester City

8

-18

3

     
     
     
Peacehaven Man Of The Match
Ryan Bradley
 
     
     

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