Post by oap on Apr 21, 2014 17:22:53 GMT
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The great escape came to a shuddering halt with a 3-2 defeat at Worthing. Crawley Down Gatwick did their best to keep us up by getting thrashed by Hythe so we cannot complain at being relegated as we have had so many chances to make up the four points which would have kept us up. Obviously we had a shambolic start to the season with the new manager leaving when it was going to be nearly impossible to recruit players of an acceptable standard for Ryman League football. Having to form a fresh team when Tony Reid left was also difficult to say the least for our third manager. We must be seen to have learnt the lesson and be prepared by mid-summer for what will be probably be the strongest County League for quite a while. There will be some local derbies with United, Hailsham, and Ringmer also very challenging games with East Preston, Horsham YMCA, Littlehampton and possibly Crowborough.
REPORT FROM THE WORTHING HERALD WEB-SITE
WORTHING Football Club got back to winning ways this afternoon with a 3-2 win over Ryman League South Division basement side Eastbourne Town.
The already-relegated visitors took the lead within three minutes at Woodside Road as Tom Howard-Bold’s corner was headed into the bottom corner by Matt MacLean.
Rebels levelled on 31 minutes as a lovely Brannon O’Neill pass set Max Howell away on the left and he drove into the box, stepped past a defender and slotted home past Matthew Dann into the left-hand corner.
Worthing got themselves ahead on 61 minutes as O’Neill got a lucky bounce despite being tackled on the edge of the area, and he slotted through Alex Parsons, who finished through Dann from a tight angle.
The home side, however, gifted Town an equaliser four minutes later as Jack ***an raced from his goal but was beating to the ball by Greg Berry, who dribbled the ball into an empty net.
Parsons sprung the offside trap to go through one on one and produce a calm finish into the bottom corner to give Rebels the lead once more on 68 minutes.
The home side finished with ten men after having George Hayward sent off in injury-time for a bad lunge on Tom Howard-Bold.