Tranmerekat on Tour: December 2024

Newhaven FC host Peacehaven & Telscombe FC in the SCFL Premire League at Fort Road

Happy BRUT and new gloves day. It's Havens derby day as the Dockers host south coast rivals, the Tye on Boxing Day. The Dockers are improving after a very patchy run of form The Tye are in the unusual position of being above the Dockers in the table. It's not the usual bright and cold weather of Boxing Day, it's mild, overcast and drizzling. There have been a few changes to the line up since we last saw the Dockers 6 weeks ago. Jack Shonk has joined Bexhill and scored a brace to beat the Dockers last time out. There are lots of injuries, both long and short term. A new face for us is Johnson Adesanya who is playing in the no. 7. Lee and Jake up front. The Ryans are in the middle. Jack is between the posts with Tarun Rohilla and Kwabena Osei in front of him. Wide of them are Billy on the right and Bailie on the left. 'Little' is still working up to full fitness and helping the coaching team. The bacon rolls are being munched round the ground by the big crowd. The ferry leaves just before kick-off and were ready to go.

The first chance goes to Captain Lee but it's off target. The Tye get a great chance next. Somehow Billy gets in a massive thumping tackle at the edge of the box. He's down for a while and is helped off the pitch to be replaced by Harry Reed. What follows is a lot of scrappy football with neither side getting any decent possession. Warwick's shot from range goes wide. One of the Tye players comes up with a great new way to delay a free kick. Stopping next to Tye 🤣your laces right in front of the ball. The Tye no. 10 breaks the deadlock on 39 as he volleys from outside the box into the top corner. No keeper is saving that worldie. 0-1. The Dockers are under a bit of pressure and get a couple of yellows. Jack makes a great save after 5 minutes of injury time to keeps the deficit to 1. Relief for us as the whistle goes for the break.

Charlie Connell is replaced by Tristan Jarvis at the break. The first chance goes to the Dockers as Lee picks up a through ball and passes it to Reedy be can't get it under control as he runs out of space and it ends up in the side netting. A minute later down the other end and it's a different story and the second goal for the visitors. 0-2. The Tye are making their few chances count. The Dockers first shot on target comes after almost an hour although Jake's shot is well saved. The next shot is from Warwick. It's a scuffed effort from the edge of the box that rolls slowly towards the goal line. It just crosses the line before the defender gets back to clear it ⚽. We get close to a second but Bailie's header from a corner hits the post. The equaliser won't come and the visitors extend their lead on 73. The ball is given away cheaply and despite a good save, the rebound is put into the net. 1-3. It would probably have been given as a penalty due to a late lunge in the box had it not ended up in net anyway. The Tye keeper is given a very loud and deliberately public final warning about time wasting from the referee. Top man👍. The Dockers make 3 changes and gain some momentum at last. The chances suddenly come thick and fast. They go: Bailey header (over), Jack (wide), Reagan (over), Bailey (over again) and finally Jake (over). It’s not going to go in is it? The whistle goes and it ends with a loss. The points and the bragging rights heading west down the A259. We'll be there on Easter Sunday to get those bragging rights back.

A scrappy game between two sides , neither in consistent form. Loved it😍. The Tye just edged it on the efficiency of the chances converted but the Dockers were very wasteful at the end. Might have been a bit more composed if it wasn’t for the 2 goal deficit. They didn't use the wings as well as they can do but hopefully a few personnel will be back from injury in the new year. Neither side really matching their levels from last season. We were really impressed with the Tye-m wasting techniques and hope to see that copied elsewhere. It was a jumbo 🛫crowd of 747 packing into Fort Road for bacon rolls and 9th division football. Although some of the Tye fans may have been a bit annoying reaching a heady 8.5/10 on the Whitehawk scale. We did have to move to the other side of the ground. The Peacehaven fans in the stand did make a lot more noise than the Dockers who were barely heard today. Perhaps they are still in bed.

POTM: No real stand out performances today but the award goes to Ryan Warwick 🏅for work rate and the goal out of nothing to keep us in the game.

The ref had a good game generally and especially loved his earbashing of the Tye keeper with a very public and final warning for timewasting 🤣. He got the yellow cards right. Also credit to the lino on the park side for admitting he didn't know which way a contested throw went rather than guess👍.

Ferry ⛴watch: It left spot on time before the kick-off which was 2 minutes late.

The Scran'o'meter scored the hot chocolate a yummy 8.5/10 ☕.

Last game of the year in a year of 53 games and 162 goals. What a year it has been. Wonder what 2025 holds. See you there.

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