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who were to get off to a dream
start. With their first
attack, Lee Flavin's effort from outside the box
squeezed past Josh Heyburn and into the bottom
corner.
Peacehaven seemed unmoved by
this, and were soon making inroads into the home
defence. First Carl Dunk played a perfect ball
to Ryan Bradley, and he chipped the towering
figure of Rob O'Hara in the home goal, only to
see his effort go inches wide but with their
next attack Peacehaven were level. This time Rob
O'Toole's clever pass found Bradley in the area,
and he slid the ball under the keeper to level
the scores.
The pressure was starting to
mount on Lingfield as they were losing any
battle there was in midfield, and they nearly
fell further behind when a long range shot from
Wes Millis hammered against the bar, and away to
safety.
Peacehaven's where making
light work of the heavy playing surface, and
their fluent passing suggested the lead would
soon be extended. Lingfield where relying on the
counter attack, and it nearly paid dividends
midway through the half. The pacey Dean Roye
found his way down the left, and his low cross
caused panic in the Haven area, with the ball
cleared off the line twice before being cleared
to safety.
As we approached half time,
the goal which Peacehaven had been threatening
to score finally arrived. Wes Millis beat two
defenders out near the left corner flag, and his
low cross found Carl Dunk in the six yard box,
who angled the ball past O'Hara to give them a
deserved lead.
Ten minutes after the break
they were two goals in front when Rob O'Toole
did well to beat Alfie Dean out on the left, and
his pass arrived perfectly for Ryan Bradley who
fired past O'Hara for his second of the game.
Lingfield had suffered a very
heavy defeat at the weekend, and you sensed that
another large score could be on the cards but,
to their credit, they managed to regroup and
where soon back in the game. A through ball
split the Haven defence, and Flavin held his
nerve to fire past Heyburn.
From then on the home side
were looking to pour foward, trying to salvage
the game - whilst Peacehaven where happy to
absorb the pressure, and hit them on the break.
Haven survived a furious penalty appeal for
hand-ball 10 minutes from time but all the while
Lingfield's defence were playing a very high
line, which was a dangerous game to play against
a pacey Peacehaven attack who were eager to
break at any chance.
With injury time looming the
game was put beyond doubt. Lingfield had pushed
forward in numbers for a free kick which was
immediately cleared to Wes Millis who, after
reaching the edge of the box, squared to the
unmarked Jack Loraine who made no mistake from
close range.
It was a convincing
performance from Peacehaven, and the victory
stretches their unbeaten away League run to 19
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