Newhaven v Hassocks

HasSocks and Sandals Newhaven FC away to Hassocks FC at The Beacon Ground

Where are we and what's going on?

It’s a lovely sunny evening in West Sussex. The Dockers ⚓ are away to the Robins 🐦 in the first away game of the season. We haven’t seen the new away kit yet. Hope it’s nice. And the first game on grass for a while. Hope it’s not too hard. The pitch does look OK if a little lumpy and the grass is green due to some recent rain in Hassocks.

The teams are out and the Dockers are in  light blue  with white shorts. We like it. Leo is in goal. In front of him are Matt and Max. Out wide are Rudy and Shay. In the middle are Blunty, Joe and Billy. Up front is Captain Lee with Ezra and Tyler. Strangely, George is on the bench. We expected him to be banned for today's game after his red card. Maybe Andy Burnham had a word and got it suspended 🤣.

The Robins are much taller than Shoreham. We recognise the keeper. He was at Steyning at the end of last season when we played them in the cup. He’s Mitch Bromage whose Dad, Russell, we met at that game.

We have left the dark clouds in Newhaven and it’s nice and sunny in Hassocks. Were sat on a park bench with a good view and we have hot chocolate. The Robins won 5-1 at the weekend so have the advantage of knowing where the goal is.

There is a change of ends before the start. The Dockers must have won the toss as the Robins are now starting facing into the low sun ☀. Oh dear, what a pity, nevermind. Anyone want to borrow a cap and some shades 🧢🕶. Come on you Dockers ⚓.

Off we go..

The sides are feeling each other out. It might take the Dockers a while to get the feel of the pitch.

We get a corner, then another but the soft header is easily caught.

On 20 minutes, the Robins unveil their secret weapon. The No. 6 Kyle Sim, has a long throw. He can easily reach the near post. It’s easily caught this time.

A great cross from Robbo find Tyler who's shot bounces down off the bar and Billy is on hand to tap it home on 21 ⚽. 0-1.

Ezra cuts in after a run down the left and puts in a good cross but it just evades Lee on 27.

There is a pause in the play as Max is down injured on 28.  The Dockers use it as an impromptu hydration break 🚰 while the Robins just stand around having a nice chat 🗣. Max goes off and it seems like he has to wait a couple of minutes to come back on. Ref must have been busy.

It looks Tyler is playing as the 10 with Billy in the 9 and Lee on the right.

A long Robins throw into the Dockers box, it’s headed a few times by both teams before one of the Robins lobs it way over the goal. Glad we parked at the other end.

A thundering shot from the edge of the Dockers box is clearly stopped by a light blue clad elbow. The ref doesn’t (can’t) see it and neither does the lino on the far side. We have a clear view and sit back quietly watching the Robins players and fans venting their frustrations at the ref 😶.

A good run by Billy down the left ends in a poor cross that is easily caught by the keeper. The Dockers falling short on quality again tonight.

Tyler makes a good break away on 45+3 but he’s hacked down in the centre circle. It would appear that the ref doesn’t want to own up that he has forgotten his cards as that is a clear yellow.

It's 45+4 when the whistle goes and it’s a 0-1 lead for the visitors.

The Dockers are back in action as Billy’s deep run sees him cut the ball back to Lee but it’s intercepted. Billy was in a good place for a shot. Just HIT IT. Too much time spent trying the perfect goal.

A long ball from Lee finds Billy who crosses to Joe. Joe goes for power and the ball flies way over and heading for the car park.

Leo is needed to make a good save on 62. The ball runs loose in the box and the Robins forward throws himself into a sliding tackle . He gets to the ball and prods it towards the goal. Leo anticipates it well and makes the stop.

Robbo runs on to a ball down the right and knocks it past the defender who then flattens him. An easy yellow . But apparently, it’s a dropped ball for the Robins. How bizarre 🤪.

Ezra goes down in the centre circle on 60. Didn’t see what happened but it’s another hydration break. Ezra hobbles off and is replaced by Jesse Lambert.

Tyler makes way for Dan Allen on 70.

Some good play by Jesse and Joe gets the ball to Lee at the edge of the box. He makes himself the space and slots it into the bottom corner on 75 ⚽. Classic Robbo. 1-2. Back in the lead.

Leo is being kept busy now as he makes a good catch after a cross is flicked on by a Robin head.

The ref is counting down every time Leo has the ball. It’s not exactly speeding things up as he knows exactly how long he can waste now. 5-4-3-2-1-kick.

The Robins are starting to push more now. Leo slices a goal(miss)kick and it slams into the home bench. Hope no-one was hurt.

There is a cheer from the crowd on 88 as they think the Robins have equalised but somehow Rudy Jones clears it off the line. There is dismay in the Robins. The ref checks with the assistant. No goal ❌. Try again boys.

It’s so close again but the Dockers head it off the line twice on 90+2. It’s getting nervy at the back. The Robins are desperate for an equaliser and might get it yet.

The shot from range on 90+6 is a desperate and easy catch for Leo.

The Dockers get one more chance as Jesse gets clear but his shot is tame. He is harassing the keeper though, which is helping to run down the clock.

It’s finally over on 90+8.  And breath. Time for a quick photo of the posh scoreboard (🦃1-2⚓) before we head home.

We think it’s all over..

That was a difficult watch at times. I’m not sure that the best team won but the most stubborn one did. Some very last ditch defending kept us in the game. Neither team played well and the result flattered us but Lee found a bit of quality to get it and us over the line. Reliable Robbo.

The subs did seem to help this time, adding energy. Jesse was a great threat chasing and harassing giving Billy a rest. It helped to run down the clock as they put us under pressure in the dying minutes.

The opponents provided very little threat in the first 45. Their goal came out of nowhere. The biggest threat they had came was the long throw. They kept using it but never got the better of the Dockers’ defenders.

It was nice of our host to provide a nice big scoreboard to take selfies in front of. Thanks for that. And it makes it easier to tell “How Much?” time the man in black has added on. It did seem to go on and on ⏱.

It’s 3 points on the board for the Dockers and that moves them up to 5th just behind the teams with 2 wins.

It’s been an enjoyable evening, sitting on our bench on a bank with a good view. Up next is Forest Row away in the FA Cup on Friday. See you there.

The Other Bits

POTM: He’s back and in some style. A goal and an almost assist to Lee (big) Robbo 🏅. Well done Lee.

Officially Opinionated: We have more than a little (oops) to say about the ref tonight. He was very pedantic (and we do like a pedantic ref) making sure all the free kicks were taken from the correct spot. He also counted down every time Leo had the ball. It did seem to slow things down because he waited as long as he could. He made the delay inevitable. Every time. He did miss the handball that the Robins claimed. But he was unsighted by a crowd of tall players. He did wind up both sets of players and staff but he was at least consistent. We have seen and will see much much worse officiating.

The assistants got their calls mostly right. It’s easy to criticise when you are level with the line and he is running to keep up. So well done. Thanks.

Programme perusal: The programme is great. It’s not shiny but here is great content. A bargain at £2.

The Scran’O’meter rated the hot chocolate at 7.5. The bench we drank it on added +1 so it’s 8.5 tonight.

See you soon.

Love Tranmerekat 🐾

Blue sky at Hassocks

Nice new scoreboard 😉

Newhaven v Crawley Down

Once more into the Breach Newhaven FC away to Crawley Down Gatwick FC in the SCFL Premier Division at Haven Sportsfield

Where are we and What’s going on?

And so it starts. Again. It’s the first competitive game since the disappointing end to the season in April. The loss to Peacehaven in the 2nd to last game cost us the playoffs. The Tye not only made it into, but won the playoffs against the odds and in spite of the shenanigans of Guernsey. Congrats.  Hope to see you soon. Our derby day games will now be with AFC Varndeanians who are now co-residents at the Sports Park.

There are no surprises in the line up. Leo is in goal with Elliot and Matt in front of him. The full backs are Max Vardy and Shay Tobin. In the middle are George, Charlie and Joe. Up front is Jee with Ezra and Tyler. A new face on the bench is Jesse Lambert. A relative of Dexter?

The Anvils don’t look very tall .  Hopefully we can take advantage of that.

We have watched some of the warm up and Jonny’s practice shot ends up in Court farm Road. The Seven Sisters arrives as the players are coming out. It’s warm again so we are expecting a game of 4 quarters again. Hot chocolate has been procured. Time to watch some competitive football. Come on you Dockers.

Off we go

The Anvils kick off towards the Surf‘n’Skate End. 

We don’t have to wait long for some again but it’s not what we want. The is some hesitation in the Dockers defence and George has his pocket picked on the edge of the box. The striker makes no mistake and puts it past a helpless Leo on 3.  0-1. Bugger.

We get a free kick high on the right on 8. Joe is on kicking duty. It’s quickly cleared and the Anvils break straight down the other end where it’s cleared.

Another free kick on 11 and it’s central this time. It hits the wall and goes up in the air. There is a scramble in the goalmouth and it goes out for a corner. It’s quickly cleared.

The Anvils break and Shay gets in between the runner and the ball. They collide and Shay is booked    . What a ridiculous decision 🤡. 

There is more football but it's not great. It’s broken up with lots of turnovers and heading backwards and forwards. We count 6 consecutive headers at one point. We are relieved of this by a hydration break.

The Dockers are at last starting to play with some more quality and the Anvil respond by starting to fall over a lot. They have a penalty shout waved away. Didn’t get a good look but the ref wasn’t impressed. Not that that means much with some of his calls.

Ezra puts a deep cross into the box on 30. There are several attempted shots, blocks and clearances.

Shay makes a great run down the right cuts in and is fouled. The ref waves play on as Tyler picks up the ball but his shot is just wide.

The Dockers are starting to get into their stride and it’s good to watch.

Some great work on the right wing from Shay, George and Tyler ends in a corner on 36.  It’s recycled but goes back in from the left. Lee meets the cross but hits miles over from 6 yards.

The ball is out for an Anvil throw on 38 but it’s delayed while the ref has a quiet chat with the visiting manager. Not sure what that was about but he didn’t look happy.

Ezra gets space down the left but his cross is cleared. He does it again but this time it misses everyone and curls out for a goal kick.

Charlie’s tame shot is an easy save. But he's back again and wins a foul just outside the box on the right on 43. His curling free kick is deep and met at beyond the back post by Elliot. He can’t keep it down and it's way over.

Charlie is in the action again as he runs onto a through ball. His low cross is put over at the near post by Tyler. 

Tyler combines with Shay down the right but they run out of pitch.

They are out of time in this half.  It’s going to be a difficult conversation for the Dockers at the break. They have had so many chances and are a goal down.

There are no changes at the break as we kickoff to get back underway.

Tyler plays Lee through but his right to left shot goes wide on 47. Another miss.

The Anvils keeper makes a save but it spills and Lee is on hand to pop it into the net on 49 ⚽. 1-1. A goal at last.  Fantastic.  All square but we need to keep the momentum going and get another.

Tyler makes a great run down the right. He gets to the touchline and cuts it back but it’s just behind Lee and he can’t get a shot away.

George gets booked for something     and is soon subbed and replaced by Dan Allen who goes into the 8 with Charlie moving back to the 6.

Another Change on 56 as Shay Tobin is replaced at right back by Jesse Lambert.

There is a disagreement about a tackle on Joe the far side of our own box and it turns into a bit of pushing and shoving and one of the Anvils is booked     .  

It's Lee’s turn to put a cross in. It’s chipped but too long on 64.

It’s the 66th minute before we get our first offside as the Anvils get caught out by the flag.

Tyler Capon makes a great attempt from inside the box. He volleys it with the outside of his foot but it’s straight at the keeper.  That would have been a great goal.  

It’s time for the 2nd hydration break on 68.

An Anvil gets a great opportunity for a shot from the edge of the D but he doesn’t catch it right and drags it mile wide. Awful attempt and he looks embarrassed.

Charlie goes in for a tackle on 73 but gets injured and makes way for Billy. Hooray. The change we were calling for, sort of. It looks like he’s going in as the 10 or maybe another 9.

There is a foul on a Docker on the right wing and another fracas. There is a push on one of the Reds and another Anvil is booked for misbehavior.

Ezra makes way for Dexter on 82. He goes on the left , Lee goes to the right,  Billy goes up front with Tyler behind him.

Dexter is soon in on the action. His cross is too deep but Lee heads it back in only for Billy to miss the ball at the near post. It’s not going to go in is it?

Lee makes way on 89 and Rudi Jones comes on. The left back goes on the left wing with Dexter moving to the right.

The changes of personnel and position seem to have knocked the Dockers off their stride and the slick play has become more chaotic.

There is a nasty foul on Dexter as he hangs on to the ball too long. It takes 3 of them to hack him down but the ref thinks it’s OK.   One of the Anvils sits down and it seems to be catching as another one goes down as well. The first one needs treatment and is helped off.  The Docker's free kick on 90+2 is wasted. The Anvil’s replacement sub is ready to come on but play has restarted and he has to wait 🤣.

He eventually comes on after a couple of minutes as the Anvils get a free kick. Not saying he is tall but he towers over his team mates.  

We don’t know what happens next but it ends in George getting booked again on the bench and it’s his 2nd yellow     so he gets a red     as well and starts the walk of shame back to the dressing room.

Billy is full of beans and starting to harass the Anvils keeper whenever he gets the ball. It forces a few turnovers but no more goals,

It finishes with a goal each. The visitors will be the happiest with that. We aren’t 😠.

We think it’s all over..

That was so disappointing from the Dockers after such a good pre-season. I think we may have said those words before 😶.  There were points where the build up play was good but the finishing was awful 🤦. Lots of shots that were wayward. Feeling the pressure of competitive football after 3 months off maybe?

The Anvil had the upper hand for about 15 minutes before the Dockers got any kind of a grip on the game. The changes didn’t improve things and it got worse as there were reorganisations. It didn’t seem like there was a plan. The yellow cards didn’t help and perhaps forced changes that may not have happened otherwise. An impact of the poor quality of the officiating in the middle of the pitch.

So we start with a point.  It could have been worse and it was a nice day out by the Ouse. The sun was shining and the ferry arrived. It looked like a nice afternoon for cricket too 🏏. Mon the Whites!

Tranmere started their season today as they probably mean to go on. By being knocked out of the Carabao Cup Preliminary Round on penalties. We scored 2 goals but Rochdale levelled twice and then we scored just 1 of the 5 penalties. Just Tranmere doing what Tranmere does. Two weeks until the season opens. Can’t wait!

The Dockers have 2 away games now with Hassocks in the league on Tuesday and then Forest Row in the Vase on Friday. We are back here in 2 weeks for the start of the FA Cup with Guernsey. Hopefully it will still be warm, just not another heatwave 🫠.

The Other Bits

POTM: There were lots of performances that were OK in parts but they went missing in the final 3rd. So today it goes to a midfielder who improved as the game went on and had a few goes as well. Congratulations Charlie Gibson 🏅.

Officially opinionated: He wasn’t a good day at the office for the man in the middle. He didn’t seem to get much right. There wasn’t really a huge amount for him to do but he decided that he needed to make a difference. He left both side unhappy with what he did and didn’t do. Was it a penalty for the Anvil? Who knows? We don’t know but have zero confidence that that he did either. Nice to see assistants that assist and not just run the line. Even to the point of getting George sent off which may well have been deserved. Tom's replacement , filing his boots in style.   

Programme Perusal: The programmes have continued for another season. We were worried that they weren’t going to. It’s still £1 but would be happy to pay £2. Hopefully the player pictures will return soon.

The Scran’O’meter rated the hot chocolate with 1 sugar as a solid 7. Thanks. Speaking of chocolate, we’re looking forward to some cooler weather when the half time Mars/Snickers/Twix/KitKat doesn’t melt 🫕.

Ferry Watch ⛴: The Sevens Sisters appeared bang on schedule, 2 minutes before kick off, allowing us to give the the match our full attention.

See you soon.

Love Tranmerekat 🐾

Come on you Dockers

Know all the names now

Newhaven v Seaford

This Friday Night Newhaven FC v Seaford Town FC in a friendly at Fort Road

Where are we and what's going on?

Friday night football is the best

It’s Friday night and we start the weekend with some hopefully competitive football. It’s the Dockers hosting the Badgers in a ‘friendly’ cup final. We hope to retain it, having won the last edition 2 years ago. It’s free entry tonight but there is a raffle raising money for the BHF.

It’s cooler again tonight but the atmosphere may heat up. The last meeting at the Crouch was quite spicy 🌶. And we won that. Also cooler tonight, is our enthusiasm for the World Cup as England snatched defeat from the jaws of victory against Argentina on Wednesday. Lets hope the tactics are a bit more positive tonight 👊🏼.

There is a new signing tonight. It’s Tyler Capon, who has joined from tonight's visitors. Oops. Additions to the retained list are Charlie Gibson and Dan Allen. It’s starting to look like a good squad.

There is a change in goal with Jonny back on duty between the posts. In front of him are Elliot and Matt Gunn. Out wide of them are Billy Barker and Rudi Jones.There are 3 new(ish) faces in midfield. It’s George McCarthy, Charlie Gibson and Joe Radley-Martin. Up front is Tyler Capon in the middle with Ezra on his left and Dexter Lambert on his right.

There is a very familiar face in the Badgers starting line up, it’s Bailie Rogers who is in central defence. Ex-Docker Calum Connor is also in the 11. They are in a white kit with white numbers so wecan;t read them. Help the ref has better eyesight than us👀.

It’s a friendly but it’s our derby now that Peacehaven have gone and got themselves promoted. And we have signed a couple of their players. And we are holders of the Steve Charman Cup from 2 years ago. Let’s hope it’s the Dockers who are the happier at the final whistle tonight. “Come on you Dockers”.

Off we go..

The Dockers kick off attacking the Skate Park. There is some good early pressure. It forces a corner on 3. It takes a good save to keep it out and the Reds have another corner that comes to nothing.

Seaford are getting joy down the right with long balls. Don’t know the number of the player.

A visitors throw, deep in the Newhaven half, catches out the defenders and is hit home from the middle of the box on 5. 0-1.  Oops.

Docker get a chance 5 minutes later. It’s good play down the right and met by a Docker head at the far post. The keeper makes a good save.

The equaliser comes on 32 as a cross is backheeled in by Tyler ⚽. Nice. 1-1.

Elliot puts us in the lead after a corner is recycled and he is on hand to slot it home from the middle of the box ⚽. 2-1. We’re still ahead at the break.

There are a few (6) changes for the 2nd half. Lee is on for Ezra and goes up front with Tyler going on the left wing. Ash Wadhams goes to right back replacing Rudi Jones. Blunty is on for Charlie Gibson in the 8. Shay Tobin Dexter Lambert on the right wing. Max Vardy for Billy at right back. Leo Anderson replaces Jonny.

The Dockers take a while to settle again but start to get back into their stride. A long range shot goes over on 57.

Ezra is back and replaces Tyler on left wing. He soon starts to make an impact.

There is a scramble in the Seaford goalmouth. It’s saved but is it a foul on a Dockers player? We think so. The ref doesn't agree.

Ezra extends our lead as he gets his head on a cross on 76 ⚽. 3-1. It’s nearly a 4th as a blast by Blunty forces a good save. The resulting corner is hit over the bar.

There are more changes as Rudi comes back on.

It’s another foul in the box and the ref agrees with us this time. Ezra makes no mistake as buries from the penalty spot for his brace and the Dockers 4th on 89 ⚽.  4-1. That’s the last action as ref whistles for the end of the match.

There is a presentation of the Steve Charman Trophy🏆 (again). Well done Dockers.

And we think it’s all over…

That’s more like it. A proper Dockers performance in places. They did look like a bunch of strangers at the start, partly because they were to some extent. It got better and looked much more fluid.

The Badgers are getting joy down the right with long balls. It did get them a throw in that resulted in the first goal.

It takes time for a defense to settle and get confident in the keeper behind them. Jonny didn’t quite look like his confident self and was notably quieter than Leo.

We didn’t win the raffle but, it was a for a good cause. But the Dockers did win the Steve Charman Cup, again. And in some style.

Perhaps England would have been better going a goal behind forcing them to push forwards to score. It certainly worked for the Dockers today 🏆.

The Other Bits

POTM: Goes to Ezra for a stand out performance before going off and then getting 2 goals when he came back on. Awesome as ever 🏅.

Officially Opinionated: A very good performance from the officials tonight. No offsides but it wasn’t really that sort of game. The 5th Official was present but rather restrained.

The Scran’O’meter will return when the weather is cold enough for hot chocolate. See you soon then.

Ferry watch ⛴: The ferry was due in at 10:00 but docked not long after the final whistle. Hope you didn’t get caught speeding, Captain.

See you soon.

Love Tranmerekat 🐾

Newhaven v Crowborough

Take Me Home, Gibbon Road Newhaven FC host Crowborough FC in a friendly at Fort Road

Where are we and What’s going on?

Football is back 🎉. We’ve torn ourselves away from some frantic telly clapping 📺👏 for a preseason friendly by the Ouse. It’s cooled down from the heatwave but still warm enough. Tonight, the Dockers welcome The Crows. They are a league higher but don’t look scary like Lewes or Horsham. It will be a good test and a hard workout for the Reds.

Back at Fort Road

There has been a bit of signing news with Captain Lee and Co-Captain Blunt retained for 26-27. A new signing comes from Haywards Heath. It’s experienced midfielder Joe Radley Martin who won a league and Cup double with the Bluebells last season. Welcome Joe.

There are a few new faces in today's starting 11. We’ll get names when we can. They are the 4,5 and 6. The 5 turns out to be Max Vardy, back from the Badgers.  In the goal at the Surf’n’Skate end is a new face to us. It’s Leo Anderson. Jonny is on the bench. Billy Barker and Elliot are the full backs. Shay Tobin (8) and Ryan Blunt (10) are in the middle. Up front are Ash Wadhams (7), Lee (9) and Ezra (11).

On the bench are Rudi Jones, Dexter Lambert and youngster Harley King. The are 3 new faces on the bench as well.

In the Crowborough line up is ex-Docker defender Harry 'Reedy' Reed.

We have a new kit and a new kit sponsor. The shirt looks really nice. 👕  Thank you to Britannia Beckwith 🚛 for their support.

It’s a nice temperature for a game and nice to be sitting in the stands again. Let's see how it goes. Any cries on Come on you Dockers are drowned out by a very loud rattle and horn. Thanks Mel!

Off we go..

With our ears ringing, we kick off towards the Skate Park. The Dockers hold their own against the higher opposition. The first big chance goes to Ezra on 14. He breaks from the half way line and smashes it at the top right corner but the keeper makes a great flying save. Unlucky Ez.

Nice to see a hydration break. Did someone forget the Powerade banner?

The visitors can’t get past Leo despite going 1 v 1 a couple of times. They do however get past from close range after someone gets caught ball watching on the goal line and it’s headed in at the far post on 28. Boo. 0-1.

There is a chaotic scramble in the Dockers box and the ref awards a penalty to the Crows. We couldn’t see what it was for but there wasn’t much complaint. It’s converted from the spot on 36. 0-2. Harsh on the boys that!

It’s still a 2 goal deficit at the break.

There are 2 changes for the second half. The 4 has made way for No, 12. Max Vardy has made way for Harvey King. Maybe the other way round.

It’s a scrappy start to the half with the visitors looking most likely to score. We keep them out with some more good 1 v 1 stops from Leo.

At 70 minutes, it’s time for some more changes. Lee goes off for the new No. 17. Rudi Jones and No. 18 come on buy can’t see who has gone off. It gets a lot more chaotic.

Ezra hasn’t lost his mojo and shoots just wide on 75.

The Crows think it’s a 3rd goal on 85 but it’s thankfully offside on 87. Ha Ha.

Goal!. A storming run by Ezra down the right is crossed in for the No. 17 to head home on 90+3. ⚽. 1-2.  It there time for another?  No, it all over and it’s a loss for the Dockers but we won the 2nd half.

We think it’s all over…

It’s not all about the results. Except for those on the pitch. It was a good hard run out for the Dockers who put in a good performance. It wasn't pretty at times but there was plenty of effort and commitment. And we won the 2nd half even though it got more chaotic and scrappy as the changes started.

But football is back. There is still some telly clapping to do as Win-ger-land and still in the World Cup and face Argentina in a Falklands Derby Semi Final on Wednesday.

There were a few new faces and the No .4 looked good. Experience in the 6 position with hopefully better discipline than Tom H B.  The new No. 17 scored the goal which is  great way to start. Hope to see them both announced soon.

We don’t have to wait long to see the Dockers again as we're back here on Friday to welcome Seaford 🦡.

The Other Bits

POTM: A tough one today as there were 2 standout performances. Leo 🦁 Anderson pulled off 3 or 4 great saves when players went 1v1 with him. Great skills and bravery. Ezra brought real attacking energy and got an assist for the goal. But today it goes to Leo 🏅 as we would have taken a battering but for his outstanding performance.

Officially Opinionated: The ref did well as did the assistants. Lots of offsides to prove they were awake. Well done and thank you. FIFA take note. No technology required. And thanks to Harry Hill for taking time out of his busy schedule to run the line on the stand side. Thanks Harry.

The Scran’O’meter was disappointed with the hot chocolate scoring only a warm and wet 6/10.  

Ferry watch ⛴: Seven Sisters arrived at 8:58. Bang on time. Well done Captain.

See you soon.

Love Tranmerekat 🐾

8:58..  Ferry is on time

Newhaven v Steyning

Billy Punt! Newhaven FC play Steyning Town Community FC in the PB Cup Semi-Final at Middle Road

Where are we and what’s going on?

A new ground

The Dockers face the Barrowmen at the home of Shoreham FC. The clocks changed at the weekend so we are being treated to a lovely sunset before the kickoff. It’s cool and still but the clouds are looking threatening. As if facing the league leaders isn’t enough of a challenge! The Dockers have showed a little more consistency in recent games. Fingers crossed that it carries into today.

A fantastic sunset

Newhaven are the home team today so are in red with the Barrowmen in away Blue. There is a change in goal from Saturday with Jonny returning. Dan and Eliot are in the middle with Rudy on the left and Richmond on the right. Richmond is making his 50th appearance for the Dockers. He is a favourite of ours so we hope he adds another POTM to his collection tonight. Harry drops to the bench. Charlie is in the 6 with Shay moving up to the 8. Or maybe it’s a double pivot whatever that is? The rest is the same with Blunty is the 10 with Lee in front in the 9. Teddy is on the right with Ezra on the left.

The team news

There is a familiar face on the bench for the Barrowmen. It’s the young ex-Dockers striker, Alex Plummer.

The sun is setting in the West and also potentially on our Cup runs for this season. It could go horribly wrong but, we are here in hope. We have a good feeling after the Dockers performance on Saturday. The Barrowmen have won every game on the mainland this year having only lost to Guernsey away. Let’s hope this is the end of that run. Here we go. Come on you Dockers.

Off We Go..

The first chance goes to the Dockers attacking the East end in front of us. Blunty can’t capitalise though and it’s gone. Shame, an early goal would have been nice.

Steyning are now keeping the ball well and looking dangerous on the break. They have a couple of chances before scoring from a fast break on 15. 0-1. Too easy. 🤷

They double their lead on 19 from a corner. Jonny gets finger tips on it but only deflects it onto the head of the striker at the far post. 0-2. This could be a very long night indeed 🤦.

The Steyning Ultras behind Jonny are making a good noise, getting behind their team.

But the Dockers start to dig in and defend. There is just a single decent chance each way. Ezra can’t convert for the Dockers and Steyning hit over. Despite our early fears, it’s just a 2 goal deficit at the break. Phew!

The Barrowmen make a change at the break with, familiar face, Alex Plummer coming on for the goal scorer, Marcus Allen.

The Dockers are much more aggressive when they come back out. The chances come and go from Shay, Ezra and Rudi. A goal now would make it a very different game. Just need a bit more composure. And probably a bit of luck 🍀.

It turns scrappy again with the Docker hampering the Barrowmen’s usual free-scoring style. Eliot is booked for a desperate challenge. Taking one for the team but gives away a free-kick in a dangerous area. Relief from us at it goes just wide.

The Dockers start to make changes on 65. It’s Ash for Teddy with Ezra swapping to the right wing. Then Tom for Charlie in front of the defence. Charlie has done a good job but Tom’s experience will help us maintain our solidity.

Jonny is called into action and makes a great save on 71.

The rest of the changes happen on 75 as Shay, Ezra and Richmond are replaced by Harley, Billy and Harry.

To the surprise of no-one at all, Tom is booked for a bad tackle. The physio fixes the player up with a bit of magic spray. The Barrowmen get a free kick that thankfully skims just wide.

The Dockers young ultras are singing 🎵how shit must you be, it’s only 2 nil🎵. Love them. Hope it’s not tempting fate though.

We’re in to 4 added minutes.

We have our heads in our hands as Billy meets Ash’s low cross. His touch is awful and he hits the ball well over from just 2 yards out. What a miss. 🤦 That would have really shaken up the last 3 minutes.

But it wasn’t be although we stayed in it until the end. A night to move on from without worrying about it too much.

Playing under the lights in Shoreham

We think it’s all over..

We came in hope rather than expectation. It’s not the result that we hoped for but better than we expected. Especially early on 😱. It’s a performance that the young (mostly) Dockers should be proud of. The Barrowmen have had a great season and have been free scoring, often scoring 5 or more. That they were held to just 2 goals  tonight is a great credit to the Dockers. The second half was more confident than the first. No-one would have been surprised if the 2 early goals had turned into a hat full. But it didn’t. A goal back would have made it very exciting especially near the end. Billy must be absolutely gutted that he hit it so far over the bar from so close in. Silly Billy. Soz. Other than that, we never really looked like scoring.

A better pitch might have prompted a better game of football. How that would have impacted the result we don’t know but both teams play on 3G pitches at home.

The weather stayed nice despite the threatening clouds. It was still, dry and not too cold.

It was good to meet Russell Bromage in the 2nd half. He knows the Tucks well from his time working at Brighton. And knows the Legend that is Micky Mellon from when they were both at Bristol City. He also worked with ex Brighton, Worthing and Docker, Jake Robinson while at Brighton.

That’s our cup ambitions over for another season. It could have been worse. We are now back to concentrating on the league and pushing into the playoff places. The Easter weekend fixtures are up next so see you soon.

The Other Bits

POTM: It was a good team performance but it has to go to a defender. Our choice is Eliot Bresciani 🏅 for a solid game at the heart of the defence. Well done .

Officially opinionated: We had only just commented that the ref, who was unusually wearing glasses, that he had already been to Specsavers 👓. Then it suddenly became apparent that he hadn’t 🦯. It didn’t get any worse and he generally did well. A little moaning from both sides is often a good sign. There were enough offsides to prove that both the assistants were awake. There were mistakes at the end. Tiredness? The ref stopped play for an injury after the ball had gone out only to have the keeper point out that the ball had stopped a foot short of the touchline. Opps. Dropped ball it is then.

The Scran’O’meter rated the hot chocolate a warm and wet 6.5/10.

Programme Perusal: The free programme is cheap and cheerful. Contains what is needed about the match. Thanks👍 8/10.

See you so you at Easter 🥚🐤🐰.

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A fantastic sunset

A new ground

The team news

Playing under the lights in Shoreham

Worthing v Chesham

We're the Good Ol’ Rebels Worthing FC host Chesham United in the National league South at the Sussex Transport Community Stadium

Where are we and what’s going on?

For the 2nd week in a row, we are back in Sunny Worthing to watch the improving Rebels. This week it’s the Generals hoping to steal away with 3 points. The Rebels lost at the weekend away to Hornchurch so dropped to 3rd in the league. The Generals are just shy of the playoff places so will be really up for this.

It’s a mild evening in West Sussex. The crowd is a little smaller at 1575 but it’s still a good crowd for a Tuesday night. The drum is ready behind us. There is no segregation tonight. Any Chesham fans that are here, aren't making their presence felt.

There are a couple of changes from last week with 6 Ben Jackson in 5 Joe Cook. Sam Packham and Toby Byron are in for Jack Spong and Brad Dologhan. With Byron and Raz on the wings, it looks like Remerio Moulton is up front.

We don’t know any of the Generals but they do have a very nice yellow and black kit.

Can Worthing get back to winning ways. There is only one way to find out, let’s see how it goes. Come on you Rebels.

Here we go

The first chance goes to the Rebels as Jenks feeds Byron who puts it just wide. Ben Jackson is booked on 8 for a late lunge on Samual Esan just outside the box. We don’t think he made much contact but it was late so fair enough.

The Rebels are making a good noise. Bognor is still getting some stick, we’re here with the Rebels not the Rocks.

Raz gets a half chance but is unable to convert it. A much better chance comes along in a strange way. The Generals keeper picks up the ball from a backpass. The consequence is an indirect freekick inside the box. Unfortunately it’s blocked but goes out for a corner. That was different. Not seen that before.

The Generals right back 22 Josh Assae has a huge, I mean huuuge, throw. Risking straining something to save a corner and put the ball out for a throw doesn’t seem like the wisest move. He can reach the middle of the goal with it and it’s much harder to defend than a corner. It’s causing chaos when he gets to use it.

It’s Teddy Jenks turn to be booked for a late tackle. Not sure it was much of a foul.

The big throw is back. Karl Oliyide meets it well but heads just wide.

Nearing half an hour gone and Byron turns provider to Moulton but it’s wide. Back down the other end where Captain Colbran makes a couple of really good blocks.

A cross from Sam Packham is met by a charging Colbran who buries it at the back post⚽. 1-0.

The visitors no.8 Giorgio Rasulo is down injured. He can’t continue and is replaced by Alex Babos.

The Generals pressing for a goal back but Taylor denies them in the last minute of the 45.

There are 2 extra minutes. A long volley from George Cox hits the angle of the bar and post. So close. It’s a narrow lead at the break.

The 50/50 🎫 is drawn at half time 🙏. We didn’t win 👎.

There are a change for the Rebels with defender Ben (Not Stonewall, he wasn’t a Rebel) Jackson making way for Joe Cook. Ben had a good half, very solid.

George Cox is down with a head injury on 54.. It’s a long stoppage but thankfully he is OK to continue.

Byrom’s shot is saved by Goode, Packham picks up the rebound but it trickles wide.

There is danger in the Rebels goal mouth. Taylor Seymour spills his save but Colbran is on hand to make a goalline clearance. Phew!

Down the other end and Raz feeds the ball to Byrom but he puts it just wide.

There is a change for the Rebels as last week’s POTM, Remiro Moulton is replaced by Ollie Godziemski. Ollie Ollie is the chant.

He with the long throw, Josh Addae, hits over the Rebels goal from close range.

The Generals make 3 changes with Bob Lee, Patton and Grant making way for Sherman, Eisenhower and Pershing. Sorry, that’s the wrong Generals. It’s Esan, Brown and Oliyde that are replaced by Adebiyi, Bennetts and Weiss.

Bennetts soon forces a low save out of Seymour on 78.

Another General's change sees Josephs replace Williams up front.

Seyour plays the ball out to Jenks who launches a long cross field pass. A slight touch with his chest from Ollie Godziemski plays it into his path. He is very wide but has no support in the middle. Is he worried. No. Somehow he beats the keeper to squeeze it into the net from an impossible angle on 85 ⚽. 2-0. How did he do that? 4 touches from the keeper to the back of the next. Ollie Ollie indeed.

Byron makes way for Owen Spicer on 87.

There are 7 additional minutes announced.

The Generals start to apply the pressure with Seymour getting tested and needing to make a couple of great saves including a big punch clear. It’s backs to the wall for a few minutes. Zak Josephs hits a good shot but he pulls it just wide.

We get to 98 and the final whistle goes. 3 points and a clean sheet. Well done you Rebels.

We think it’s all over

Another good game at Woodside Road. We could get used to this. A great performance against another good team. The right result was ground out in the end. There were times when it was everyone back in defence with bodies on the line. Shots were blocked and saves made but the job got done. It’s very tight in the playoff spots.

It was much more fun in the standing stand. Very noisy with the drum going and a surprising variety of songs about Bognor. We know where to stand next time we visit. It’s a shame that these 2 games are the only ones we will be able to get to here this season. It's been great fun though. We’ll be back!

In other news, Tranmere lost at home to Accrington Stanley (who), conceding 2 very late goals. The chances of the Rovers meeting the Rebels next season just increased significantly.

The Other Bits

POTM: Every save, saves a goal at the other end and not all should be taken for granted. Well done Taylor Seymour, a clean sheet in a very tough game. Those late saves worth all 3 points.

The ref had a reasonably easy game and let it flow well. There were a few late challenges that maybe needed to be dealt with, The assistant at the east end missed some clear offsides for both teams so at least he was consistently poor.

The Scran’O’meter repeated last week's record 10/10 for the hot chocolate. We’re going to miss that.

We’re not sure where we will be next, hopefully the Lionesses in Nottingham. If not we’ll see you for Brighton’s trip to Kingston.

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Three fishes FC

 

Under the lights at Woodside Road

A Full Worm Moon tonight

A bit of reading for halftime

Worthing v Torquay

Torquay Bout a Rebeloution! Worthing FC host Torquay United in the National league South at the Sussex Transport Community Stadium

Where are we and what’s going on?

We are in Sunny Worthing where the Rebels host the Gulls at Woodside Road in the NLS. We don’t see much (or any) of the NLS but this is a big game at the top end of the table. Dorking are a few points clear at the top but it’s close behind them and the winner tonight could end up 2nd.

Woodside Road has had a big upgrade since we were last here. There is a very large new stand all down the north side. It’s all standing and has segregation for the away fans. We’re in the main stand sitting in the front row. Nice view 👀.

We don’t know any of the players on either side. We do know the Rebels manager who is a bit of a Brighton and Worthing legend, Adam Hinshelwood. We thought Uncle Chris may have joined us tonight but golf is more important apparently. Hope he’s not playing with Dougie (slice it like) Tuck. Both teams have names on their shirts and squad numbers. Always a sign that they mean business.

It’s warm night in February. The all weather pitch is looking OK. It’s a big 6 pointer. Let’s see how it goes. Come on you Mackerel Men.

Off we go..

The sides are feeling each other out. Torquay look very good. They are organised, passing the ball about and giving the Rebels a bit of a run around. The Yellow army are getting behind them. The Rebels support is vocal too. It’s been a long time since we’ve heard 🎵I’d rather be a Rebel than a Rock🎵. Love it.

The Rebels are on the attack, as it breaks down George Cox decides to fall over his own feet to try to get a penalty. It’s a dreadful attempt at dive (did someone shout timber) and the ref sees it for what it is and ignores it.

We think it’s an early goal for the Rebels but Dolaghan’s strike is ruled offside. We have a rubbish view of the line so aren't going to complain about it. Although others are grumbling.

Torquay are knocking the ball about well. They are dominating the midfield but just can’t create a decent chance.

Razaq (Raz) Coleman De-Graf (feel for the kit man) goes on a run. He gets suppounded by defenders who all take a turn to pull at him. Ref eventually gives a foul. Against Raz! Don’t know what he was looking at. Numpty.

There is a delay as the Gull’s captain, Sam Drayer is injured requiring treatment. He comes back on but doesn't look great. The Torquay keeper makes a howler of a pass out, straight to Rebels striker, Brad Dolaghan. He’s too polite not to take the opportunity and puts the Rebels in the lead on 33 ⚽. 1-0. An opportunistic lead, gratefully accepted.

The Mackerel Men try to return the favour by gifting them a goal back but the Gulls make a mess of it. Very ungracious of them.

There are 2 added minutes but the half ends with a single goal advantage to the hosts.

Not long after the restart and Sam Draayer is down injured again. He can’t continue and is replaced in midfield by Dan Hayfield.

The Gull’s keeper is looking a bit rattled. The Rebels need to get at him before he recovers. They are playing much better this half. Applying pressure to the goal in front of us. We’re watching from pitchside now. We get a good view of the Rebels breaking down the left. Raz stays onside to receive the pass from Remiero Moulton and makes sure of his finish no 56 ⚽. 2-0.

Torquay make some changes on 65. Louis Dennis and Dylan Morgan make way for Cody Cooke and Matt Jay.

It’s stop/start for a while as both teams compete to see who can be hit hardest in the face with the ball. Rebels defender Harry Ransom wins. Just.

The ball is down the other end for the moment of the night. 4 or 5 balls come flying over the netting behind Gulls goal. Play has to stop to clear them. Just the neighbours wreaking their revenge. ⚽⚽⚽⚽🤣. Please can we have our ball back Mister. Not now.

The Gulls make another change on 78 as Kieron Wilson makes way for Sonny Fish. Wonder if he is related to Rebels mascot Mackie the Mackerel.

Torquay counter-attack but Remiero Moulton nicks the ball in his own half. There is no stopping him as he charges forward and makes it 3-0.⚽

It’s the hosts turn to make a change on 81. Jack Spong is replaced by Odei Martin.

The hosts' hopes of a clean sheet are over on 85 as Matt Worthington blasts home from inside the box. 3-1.

There are 3 more changes for the Rebels before the restart after the goal. Fresh legs to stop the lead slipping away. Remiero Moulton, George Cox and Teddy Jenks go off. Coming on are Toby Byron, Shiloh Remy and Ollie Godzirmski.

There are 8 minutes of added time. What? Where did they find that from? We were expecting between 3 and 5. Bonkers ref.

2 minutes into the 8 and Adam Hinshelwood is booked for something. Not sure what he did or said but it wasn’t appreciated but we do love a passionate manager. 

Then Remy is booked for a late foul. It escalates into full scale handbags on the far side.

It finally comes to an end. 3-1 to the Rebels. It was nice to be back but it’s a school night and time to go now.

We think it’s all over

That was a good game with plenty of chances both ways. It could easily have gone either way but ended up with a good result. And Torquay supporter Cousin David wouldn't be pleased to see it 😁. Must remember to send him a selfie of the scoreboard.

Hope the Yellow Army have a safe, if long, journey back to Devon. That’s some dedication on a school night.

There were some good skills on display. Not sure that we would want to watch the current Tranmere squad take on either of these. Could be a complete car crash. The worst case scenario is that Tranmere face them both in the National League next season. Gulp!

We like the big upgrade to Woodside Road. We haven’t found our favourite spot to watch from yet. Maybe we’ll try the noisy North stand next week.

It’s still tight at the top of the league with Worthing leap frogging over Torquay to tuck into 2nd behind Dorking.

Same time, same place next week for Chesham.

The Other Bits

POTM: goes to Remiero Moulton, the number 25 for a fantastic individual goal against the run of play to kill the game off. The ever important 3rd goal. Special mention to manager Adam Hinshelwood who showed his true colours, getting booked in the 92nd minute. Love a manager that is still that passionate even though the game is done and dusted.

Officially opinionated: The ref was a bit whistle happy. Or maybe more than a bit. Whether he favoured the Gulls, the Gulls just fell over easily or the Rebels fouled more; our legal team have advised us not to comment. So when asked about the useless, biased ref, that’s an official “No Comment” from us 😶.

The Scran’O’meter would rather be a Rebel than a Rock. The hot chocolate scoring a historic 10/10 beating the previous record holder and one of our favourites, Bognor. Thanks. See you next week. Yum.

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Woodside Road

Winners

Mackeral

Tranmere v Gillingham

Why Does It Always Rainham On Me? Tranmere Rovers away to Gillingham FC In EFL 2 at the Priestfield

Where are we and what’s going on?

The Rovers visit the Gills on a very wet February afternoon. We were worried it was going to be postponed as most of the lower league games have been. There was no early inspection as you might expect. They were either confident or reckless. The ref was worried when he arrived but it seems ok now that the rain has slowed up.

Is there any team news? Just a bit. Where to start? Out-going is Josh Davidson on loan to Cheltenham and Richie Smallwood to Bristol Rovers. Sad news is that Connor has joined the ACL club so will be out for at least 9 0r 10 months. He has a contract extension so hopefully we’ll see him playing again around Christmas. Get well soon Connor ❤. The 2 injured loanees have returned to their home clubs. Soz. We’re sad to see Will Tamen and Dylan Jones go as they both looked like great additions. There are replacements and some! New in at the heart of midfield is a face we’ve seen before when he was on loan from Everton. It’s Lewis Warrington who has signed for 2 and 1/2 years from Walsall. Also in is versatile player James Plant who has signed from Port Vale for 18 months. There are 3 new loanees to replace the 2 we broke. Midfielder Zech Odiero joins from Leytond Orient. Defender Stephen Negru joins from Oxford United. Both of those are in the starting 11. On the bench is Xax Dickov who joins from Mansfield. He is the son of Scotland Legend, Paul Dickov. There is even news on the goal keeper front as Marko Marosi joins for a 1 week emergency loan from Port Vale. He starts behind a back 3 (again, FFS) of Nathan Smith, Patrick Brough and Stephen Negru. Out wide are James Plant and Omari Patrick. In the middle are Lewis Warrington and Sam Finley. It looks like Zech Obiero is playing just behind a front 2 of Joe Ironside and Charlie Whitaker.

There is just one name we know in the Gill line up. It’s Cameron Antwi from Newport.

We’re in the covered seating looking out over the away end. The temporary stand has been there over 25 years and is allegedly the most photographed scaffold in football. We can believe that having sat in it in March 2001. We are just glad we don’t have to sit in it today. There rain has eased and there are 284 SWA here, getting behind the boys. The new keeper is right in front of us. We hope he has a quiet one. Let’s see. Come on you Whites 🙏.

Off We Go…

Tranmere face an onslaught straight from the whistle. Marko is called into action early in his debut. He makes good saves on 9 and 10. The Gills are struggling to stay on-side but the assistant on the far side is struggling to get them right. Looks like he is only able to get the marginal ones right. He misses a couple of clear off-sides calls right opposite the very vocal SWA. Hope he takes the feedback on-board. Sam Vokes is a threat but can’t find the target fortunately.

Rovers get a chance from a corner. Negru gets his head on it but it’s saved.

Down the other end and the Gills get a spate of corners. One is eventually put in the net but it’s clearly offside. 1-0. The assistant ref decides to ignore that fact and keeps his flag down. It’s given on 25. He clearly didn’t hear the earlier feedback so more is provided.

Tranmere start a good spell. They get a couple of corners. Zech blasts wide from outside the box. Finley comes close with his shot.

The SWA feedback seems have finally worked as the Gills are caught offside. Their keeper goes down in protest or he is injured. Not sure which. Or he is just stopping play for a team talk as Rovers were having a good spell.

Whatever his plan, it doesn’t work as the Rovers are still on top. Whitaker misses his chance. Ironside does the same. Need to be a lot more clinical than that. We are not sure what Xg is but Tranmere’s would probably be minus at the moment. There are 2 minutes of added time and we’re still a goal behind at the break.

The Whites are now attacking the goal in front of the SWA. Let’s hope we get to see plenty of action. We’re not disappointed. Zech forces a save on 48 from a good Whitaker assist. Another Rovers corner and is Negru misses again with assistance from Omari. Brough also misses with an assist from Whitaker. The chances are coming but not being taken.

There is a miss from the Gills before Tranmere are on the offensive again. Zwech and Smith both miss the target. We hold our breath as Omari lines up one of his special curling efforts from wide left. We all groan as it goes miles over. It’s just over an hour gone as Whitaker gets in a shot on target only to see it saved.

The Gills make 3 changes. There is a brief response to the changes and they get a couple of corners. The 2nd is crossed in and is headed in by Hale for his 2nd of the match. Rovers have been in total charge and have conceded against the run of play again.

Tranmere dominate again as the Gills keeper fancies another nap. This is getting worse than Arsenal Women!

Andy Crosby makes his first changes on 71 as Plant, Obiera and Ironside are replaced by Norman, Dickov and Dennis. Hope the fresh players remembered their shooting boots. There is an immediate impact as Dickov’s set piece provides for Whitaker who scores on 78 ⚽. 2-1. A fightback?

There is another Tranmere change on 81 as Negru makes way for Lowe. Into the last 5 minutes and the Whites are still getting the most chances. Finley sees his shot go wide. Norman forces a block. Tranmere get a corner and Norman forces a save this time. It won’t go in for Tranmere.

There are 6 minutes added on. Plenty of time for an equaliser. The chances come as Omari forces a block and then a save. We’re urging them on as they get corner after corner. It is not going to go in. It doesn’t go in and it’s a 2-1 loss on the road. There is mixed feedback from the SWA. A quick round of applause as Andy and the boys come over. It’s time to hit the road and get lost in Kent again.

We think it’s all over…

At least the rain stopped. It was a good watch with lots of attacking football. The Rovers had the best of the ball but struggled to find enough power or precision with the final shot. It was so much better than the game at Cambridge. The additions to the team bringing with them both energy and quality. We look forward to it getting better between here and the end of the season.

The SWA were quite quiet but not as quiet as the home crowd. 244 out singing over 5000. The Connor Jennings song was nice to hear. He may be out injured but Mr Tranmere is not forgotten.

It was nice to see things improve with the subs. That’s when it usually falls apart because the squad is so thin. And Gillingham got worse. Big name managers don’t always get it right. And get your haircut 💇.

There is lots of talk about goalkeeper timeouts and we had 2 today. Didn’t help the Gills though did it as the momentum didn’t change. Though they did win thanks to Tranmere’s appalling performance in front of goal.

The takeover could come at any time and everything will change then. But till then, things are potentially looking up a bit if these youngsters can stay fit.

The Other Bits:

POTM: It goes to newly arrived Lewis Warrington. He was always involved in the middle and looking to move it forward. But shout out to all the arrivals who have given us something to look forward to.

The ref did OK. We like the new head injury rule where the player has to go off the pitch if they feign a head injury to stop play. 👍 Even if the physio doesn’t come on. But the assistant on the far side might as well not have been there. Three big offsides missed early on including the first goal. 👎 Useless. 🤷

The Scran’O’meter loved the breakfast at Bill’s in Bluewater, Thanks Bill. There was regret later on due to the state of the dishwater coffee 3/10 at Priestfield. Bottle sold with bottle tops on was a good improvement.

If there was a programme, we didn’t see one or anyone reading one. It’s normally for sale in the away end as far as we can remember. Their loss.

See you somewhere soon.

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In the Priestfield