Newhaven FC face Pagham FC at The Birchwood Ground in the Semi-Final of the Peter Bentley Cup
The Dockers face the Lions for the chance to play Marigolds in the final.
First time at the Shooting Field and first time watching the Dockers on a 3G pitch. Should suit them well. Nice stadium and the home of Steyning Town FC. Why the Shooting Field?
Alfie opened the scoring on 10 minutes and he doubled the lead just before the break.⚽⚽ It was a fiesty half with a couple of yellows and little Robbo being helped off the pitch with an injury.
The Lions roared a bit loader in the second half and pulled it back to 2-2 on the hour. Newhaven took the lead again 5 minutes later after Lukas slotted home a penalty awarded for bringing down in Robbo in the box. It was end to end and was all even with 5 to go so straight to penalties. How exciting.
Dockers won the shoot out ✅✅✅✅✅-✅✅❌✅✅ without a single miss. Quality penalties with no nerves on display. Well in boys. On to the final, probably at Hassocks from the man ITK.
No mention of the ref, surely not. Not much to say really, got a few calls wrong for both teams and lost control for a while but did ok for a change. Some brave off-side calls that could easily have been given with Robbo's pace.
What was up with their number 3 kicking off after the pens. You lost, time to move on as they say.
POTM: Alfie (again) for the all round play and the goals.
Hot chocolate was a fantastic 9.5/10, would have been 10 if a bit hotter. 🧉
Thanks to the home of the Barrowmen for their hospitality and selling club badges at the bar. And congratulations to the Dockers after the disappointment of last week.
See you soon.
Love Tranmerekat 🐾
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| Ready for the game |
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| Setting off to Steyning |
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| Our hosts tonight |
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| In the bar |
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| The teams tonight |
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| Our opponents |
