100 Not Out

Newhaven FC v White hawk FC at The TerraPurra Ground in the Sussex Senior Cup 2nd Round

The Dockers ⚓ face the Hawks 🦅 at the Enclosed Ground in East Brighton Park on a cold night 🥶 on the Sussex coast. First time here with the pre-season visit cancelled due to the heatwave 🌞🥵 and this match being postponed a couple of weeks due to a waterlogged pitch🌊. Got here eventually. Hope it's worth the wait ⌛️. Both teams enter the Sussex Senior Cup at the 2nd round. It's going to be a tough game as our hosts have won this cup 🏆 twice since 2010. Newhaven are nursing a number of injuries with Alfie resting and a few other changes. Jake not in goal with his stand in being on an emergency loan.

It was always going to be tough and there was a lot of defending to do early on as we defended the downhill goal. That meant we were attacking uphill. The were no real chances until a freekick was given to the Hawks just outside the Dockers area. It was well taken and put the hosts ahead on 38.  Thought the Dockers should have got a free kick just before the Hawks one but the ref didn't. No further action before the break and it was time for the Whitehawk Ultras to change ends. They made a good noise in the makeshift stand behind the goal.

One change for the Dockers with new boy James Rhodes replacing Demas Ramsis. Playing downhill suited the Dockers as it did at Mile Oak. Little Robbo, big Robbo and Marcin all making breaks at speed while the hosts seemed to bog down and keep losing the ball. James looked a threat up front too and swivelled to put the ball in the back of the net on 52 ⚽️. Big Robbo got the second on 58 ⚽️. There may have been a little bit of game management employed by the visitors. It did seem to annoy the hosts 🤷‍♂️. Ask Horsham how that feels 😂. There were some late chances for Whitehawk, a great save from Roman and a goal line scramble kept the lead in tact until the final whistle. We're in the 3rd round! One of many cupsets this week. 👀

Ref did well trying to keep it about the football. Could easily have become very scrappy.

POTM: Ian Robinson, great to see him back and on form but the whole team gave their all. Awesome performance all round

Scranometer is on a bit of roll and registered an 8.5 for the veggie burger and chips. Hot chocolate was not quite Fort Road standards with a 7.0.. A bit of cold milk required.

Couple of new badges from the club shop finished off the evening perfectly. Can't wait to be invited back. Oh..

Tonight's 🌈 armband was a special request and is protest to the FIFA ban and in solidarity with all those who are discriminated against.

See you at the Emirates.

Love Tranmerekat 🐾

The Enclosed Ground

Posh score board

View from the top of the hill

Easebourne Like A Sunday Morning

Newhaven FC host Midhurst & Easebourne FC at the Trafalgar Ground in the Southern Combination Premier League

The Dockers ⚓ host league newbies the Stags 🦌 at Fort Road for the first time in ten years. The newly promoted visitors are doing OK in mid table although they are a few short in numbers today with just 2 subs on the bench. Rumours that they were out the night before watching the England match are unconfirmed. Jake 'Bussy' Buss is celebrating his 10th Anniversary 🎂 at the club today. Congratulations Captain. Hope he celebrates with a clean sheet. 🧺

The Reds were into their stride from the first whistle and created a host of chances but have to wait until the 19th minutes for Alfie ⚽ to score what would be the games only tap in. They continued to threaten but the ball stayed out of the net until Henry hit a screamer on 31 ⚽. Pick that out. Another mile stone as it was the 1000th goal of the Breach & Cook era. Alfie got his brace with a well buried penalty on 43 ⚽after another scrum in the Stags box.

The second half continue to go to plan. Another penalty gave Alfie his hattrick on 53 ⚽ and Max finished it in style with a missile on 84 ⚽. The Stags didn't have a response and Bussy had a fairly quiet game.

A great win in fantastic style and could have been a load more. Some of the running on the wings was incredible.

POTM: Goes to Max Vardy for the goal 🌍👀😶. Nuff said. Looking forward to the highlights 📽.

Hot chocolate was a 9.5. Had to try again and scored 9.5 the second time too.

Scranometer registered 8 for the cheesy chips, hot and crispy and gooey. Yum.

Hope to see you at Whitehawk, third time lucky 🤞

Love Tranmerekat 🐾

Back at Fortress Road

Captain Buss

Ten years for Jake Buss in goal for the Dockers

Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

Chelsea WFC v Real Madrid Femenino in Group A of the UEFA Champions League at Kingsmeadow

The Blues face Les Blancas in the home leg on a cold night in Kingston.

This is a new ground for us, bit like a league 2 ground, nice and cosy. We are swerving the Pizza Cup and the World Cup by taking in a game in the UWCL group stage. It's game day 3 and Chelsea have won the first two and top the group. Not going to be an easy game though as tonights opponents knocked Man City out in the qualifying rounds.

Lots of very talented footballers on the pitch including favourites Fran and Millie. Also playing are Sam Kerr, Guru Reiten, Magda Erikson and Caroline Wier. No sign of our France favourite, Eve Perisset. Have another new favourite in Canadian defender Kadeisha Buchanan.

The sides battled it out in the first half. Some great football but not the finishing. The only real chance coming from Fran. No score at the break.

The breakthrough came from a set piece when Millie flicked on for Sophie Ingle to head home at the far post on 67 ⚽. We will never know about the second goal. Was it a shot or a cross? A simple throw down the line to Erin Cuthbert whose cross/shot curled into the top corner on 75 ⚽. 2-0 to the Blues and it stayed that way.

Still top of the group and looking good. Loving the silver ball. Looked like a ball bearing pinging around.

POTM: Millie. Part woman, part brick wall 🧱👩.

Scranometer registered a 9.5 for the Hero Plant BBQ bacon burger but it came from too far from the ground so was disqualified. Shame as it was love and if you are ever in Eden Walk in Kingston give Hero burgers a try even if he is West ham fan.

See you soon

Love Tranmerekat 🐾

Champions league football

The future is Bright

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Watching the action

The Pride Of Larnden

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Tranmere Rovers FC away to Swindle Town FC at the County Ground in League 2

The Rovers 🐶face the Robins at everyone's least favourite fixture in Sunny Wiltshire. T-shirt weather in November and need sunglasses too 😎. The boys from Birko are not in great form after the previous good run and have dropped to 10th and Swindle are doing well currently in 6th. Not sure why we are here. We haven't won here in our last 8 visits so it's everything crossed for a good result 🤞.

The Whites started with their usual 11 and without Lewis who is having a baby as it were. We started brightly and a fantastic pass from Merrie put Hawks ⚽ through and we were 1 up after 9 minutes. There were attacks at both ends and could have been goals either way but a fast attack and some stationary defending let in the equaliser on 30. It was still level when the boys went in for Micky to hand round the half time oranges.

Notable events in the second half were when Swindle thought they had taken the lead only for it to be disallowed for offside. HA HA. Wossy Doohan made a great save to keep the ball out of the top corner with 5 to go. And Turnbull forgot he isn't Jay Harris and got a straight red for a high kick in the dying seconds. His timing for the challenge could have been better. If he had waited until GRIMsby in a couple of weeks, he could have got Christmas off 🎄.

Towards the end, the Swindon crowd were all using the lights on the phones. Is this is a backup plan in case the floodlights fail while there are winning. We wouldn't like to say. 🔦

POTM:  Selected by Wendy is the machine that is Josh Cogley 🏆.  Like a machine charging up and down the wing 🏃‍♂️💨.

No food or drink rating due to our squeaky arrival.

The stewards were ok and not at all like the death ninja stewards of our last couple of visits.

See you soon

Love Tranmerekat 🐾

Back at the County Ground

Up the Rovers

Enjoying the sunshine

Red Hawk Down

Horsham FC v Whitehawk FC in the 3rd Round of the Velocity Trophy 3rd Round at the Camping World Stadium

The Hornets defend their Velocity Trophy title against the Hawks on a wet and windy night at the Hop Oast. They have promised lots of changes to give a some of young players a game so it's looking a bit, been there, done that, for Velocity Trophy. Ahem, concentrating on the league and maybe the Sussex Cup. Certainly some bragging rights at stake though as these 2 were once league rivals fairly recently. Hope the football is not as damp as the weather. ⛈ No Dougie in the squad, probably eating in the club house. 👀

Hornets were gifted a goal on 5 minutes and Jack Mazzone ⚽ was far too polite to turn it down. Only good manners after all. It all level on 38 after the Squawks are awarded a penalty on 38. It looks like going in to the break level but the injury time seems to go on forever and the Hawks take advantage and the lead.

We found #sliceitlikeTuck in the club house, eating of course, and were still there when Alex Malins got sent off for a second yellow on 52.  Going to be a long 2nd half for the home side. That was the cue for lots of time wasting from the visitors. Must grow them with delicate knees and ankles in East Brighton as there was a lot of sitting down going on. Hornets battled well with 10 men and it paid off when Jack Mazzone got his second of the night on 82 ⚽. It's level for a whole minute as the Hawks are back in front on 83. It stays that way despite a fair bit of injury time. Disappointed to lose the game but think the club has bigger things to focus on with their first Sussex Senior Cup game in a couple of weeks. It's a shame as we like a nice cold Tuesday night cup game in the Winter.

POTM: goes to Chris Sessegnon at right back. Cos we liked him running up and down the wing.

Scranometer likes going to the Camping World Stadium and the Plant 🥬 Burger 🍔 and Chips 🍟 was a 9/10 👍. Lovely. All cooked to order and the new ticket system works well. Hot chocolate was an 8/10, quality great but quantity a little short.

There was a ref. Hard to manage time wasting like that.  Some of the offside calls a bit contentious but rather them than me running up and down the touchline in the rain so fair play.

See you soon now the proper footie weather in nearly here

Love Tranmerekat 🐾

Nice to be back at the Hop Oast

Proudly we serve nice food

At the Hop Oast