Mens 2's
Matches
Sat 03 Oct 2015  ·  Sussex Division 1
Crawley Hockey Club
Mens 2's
A Coote (40'), T hillman (50'), D Burnham (62')
3
2
Worthing Men's 2s
Crawley win opening game of season against Worthing

Crawley win opening game of season against Worthing

Chris Rockingham5 Oct 2015 - 07:57
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3-2 win vs Worthing 2s

Crawley (2’s) 3 - 2 Worthing (2’s)
Sussex Open League Division One

First league game of the season saw Crawley Mens 2’s face off against Worthing Mens 2’s. Crawley had a strong line up and went into the game confident in their ability to win the match. The first ten minutes were dominated by a crisp passing game from Crawley but they were unable to convert their pressure into a goal.

Worthing grew into the game and countered from a Crawley attack, and managed to score a goal against the run of play. Crawley lost their way slightly once they went behind but regrouped to go into half time 1-0 down.

After a good chat at the break and infused with jelly babies, Crawley played with intensity, pressing the ball and recovering their passing game, coupled with some silky dribbles. From a short corner, they forced a penalty flick which Alex Coote, stepped up and coolly slotted away. Buoyed by a reward for their efforts, Crawley maintained the pressure and were rewarded with another goal from Theo Hillman in a goalmouth scramble.

Worthing's heads dropped and Crawley again scored via Dan Burnham with another scrappy goal. Crawley then took their foot off the gas, and let Worthing back into the game as they converted from a short corner of their own.

In the very last play of the game, Worthing broke and after rounding the keeper shot at goal only to be denied by the brave James Fuller on the goal line, deflecting it past the post. The final whistle blew and Crawley celebrated a winning start to the season. Crawley travel to Penguins next week with a 1pm push back

Team: White, Rockingham (C), Fuller, Robinson, Jarvis, Coote, Hales, Paterson, Murphy, Hillman, Haworth, Lewis-Brown, Burnham

MOTM - Alex Coote for a great shift in the centre of the park
DOTD – James Fuller for the offence of heading a hockeyball and missing an open goal

Match details

Match date

Sat 03 Oct 2015

Kickoff

12:00

Meet time

11:00

Instructions

11am meet at Hazelwick. £3 match fees playing in Maroon. Tea's Ollie Robinson. Get to training on Wednesday!

Competition

Sussex Division 1
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