Tranmerekat on Tour: Common Cents

Newhaven FC v Little Common FC in the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round at the Trafalgar Ground

The Dockers are back at Fort Road to face the Common who have decided to do us the of honour of attending our Council Estate for 90 minutes of cup football. Having drawn the first league fixture last weekend, it's time to start on the road to Wembley. Bailey is back in the squad after his red card last Saturday was cancelled. It seems that a lot of our favourites from last season have gone to Lancing including Lucas, Charlie and Henry. We wish them good luck but they won't need it as they are all well capable of the step up. Also Marchin has moved away which is sad as he was great to watch 🏃‍♂️. We are getting familiar with the big number of new faces now and it's a strong line up. It's going to be a wet and windy one so let's see how it goes.

It's a good balanced game and going end to end. Dockers start to get a few chances and score first with a great strike from the left by Callum Edwards on 16 ⚽. It start to rain 🌧☔ really hard but that doesn't stop Callum as he gets his brace on 32 when he cuts in from wide right and put it in the top corner 🎯👀⚽. It a 2-0 lead for the Dockers at the break. We know what happened to first half lead in the last couple of games 😭. We head to the stand to dry out a bit.

The second half sees the Dockers playing well but with none of the chances being taken. It's that old 3rd goal issue again, always a bit nervy. As the half progresses, the changes start to be made and cohesion start to slip slowly away. At least the rain has decreased too🌂. Callum Edwards gets his hattrick on 72 ⚽ with a low shot from the right that deflects in off the defender on the line. The Common start to dominate in the final period and pull one back on 82. Jake's goal is under siege as the final whistle approaches but he makes some good saves and it finishes 3-1.

A cup win means another round as the Dockers host Spelthorne Sports here at Fort Road in 2 weeks. Prize money is £1,125 for the winners today. It was a good game to watch with some stunning goals and a good team performance for the most part. Looking forward to the rest of the season as there are some great new signings and it could be really special as they continue to gel as a unit.

POTM: Goes to Callum (top bins 🎯) Edwards 🏆 for his fantastic trio of goals⚽⚽⚽. Any one of those would have been great but to score 3 of that quality bodes well for the rest of the season. No wonder we got battered by Peacehaven at Easter 🤣.

The ref was hopeless and got more wrong than right. The lines person at the Skate park end was a breath of fresh air with his understanding and implementation of the offside rule for Callum's first goal👏.

The ferry ⛴, Seven Sisters, was bang on tinme again, well done Captain 👏.

Up next is our first Tranmere game of the season at MK Dons. I'm lovin' it!

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