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Haven Can't WaitNewhaven FC host Peacehaven & Telscombe FC in the SCFL Premier League at The Sports Park |
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Where are we and What’s going on?
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| Back at the Tye |
The Dockers are away at the Tye for the 2nd visit of 2025. It’s the Boxing Day fixture being played on the 27th at 3pm for some reason. There is still a good crowd of 725. The Dockers have been digging out some decent results recently but the Tye is rarely the scene of decent football. Newhaven lost 2-0 here on Easter Monday in a very bad tempered and scrappy game. We arrive here today with low expectations. Also low is the sun so it’s a good job we have a new Dockers cap courtesy of Santa. The seats are very comfy and the hot chocolate is warm. Let’s hope we’ve not peaked already.
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| St Stephen's Day +1 |
Roman is in goal. Tarun Rohilla and Elliot Bresciani are in front of him. Dan Allen (new face to us) and Ashley Wadhams are at fullback. Tom Howard Bold is in the 6 with Shay Tobin and Blunty in the 8 and 10. Lee is up front with Teddy and Ezra out wide. One of our favourites, Billy Oliver is on the bench.
The Tye line up contains ex Docker Callum who can be a big threat. He made POTM a couple of times too.
We have everything crossed. An early goal would be nice. Let’s get this show on the road. Come on you Dockers.
Off we go..
It starts scrappy and continues that way for a while. The Dockers are trying to play on the floor but prevented from doing so by some very determined opposition. It’s all one way traffic with the Tye looking most likely to make anything happen. They get the first decent chance but it’s well over.
Robbo breaks clear on 20 but chooses to square it and the chance is gone. He’s soon through again and goes 1 on 1 with the keeper. His lob doesn’t have enough height and it’s an easy catch for the big keeper.
The stalemate is broken on 29. It’s a good goal ffor Peacehaven from a cross in from the left. It’s 2-0 on 33 and a brace for their no. 10. The important 3rd goal comes on 45+1 as the Tye make the most of the Dockers non-existent defence. 3-0 to the home side at the break.
There is a change for the Dockers at the break with Shay Tobin making way for Harry Hammond.
It’s a quick start for the Tye. After a scramble, the ball skims the inside of the post, through a crowd of statues including Roman and rolls gently into the net. 4-0. A shocking goal to give away that one. Their No. 10 has a hattrick. The Dockers need find something now or it could be a cricket score.
The Dockers haven’t given up and score from a free kick on the right. Ezra rises highest to make it 4-1 on 49. A consolation or back in it?
There is some kind of altercation on the far touchline. Not sure what happened but after a very lengthy debate with the lino, the ref gives a yellow card to Tom.
There are some more Dockers changes as Bold and Wadhams are replaced by Rawlinson and Hoffman. Lee looks injured though and keeping him on seems madness as this is already long gone.
Roman is down injured after a late challenge in a move that was off-side anyway. Let’s hope he’s OK as we have no spare keeper. He is thankfully back up after treatment. Phew.
It’s a good job he stayed on as he is needed for a good save a minute later.
There are 2 final changes for the Dockers as Rohilla and Wood are replaced by Smart and Oliver.
The changes bring some energy and the Dockers are a better team for the next 10 minutes or so. Billy is making a nuisance of himself on the left wing.
Newhaven’s defence provides no resistance for another Peacehaven chance. Only a great save by Roman stops them getting a 5th.
The Dockers get one more chance but Dan Allen heads over.
There is more pointless injury time then it’s all over and we can go home and defrost.
We think it’s all over..
Well, that was a horrible thing to watch. The Dockers allowed themselves to be dragged into a scrappy game by a team that wanted to play that way. They made a few attempts to play on the floor but never really threatened with it. The Tye defended well on the floor and in the air. And were ruthless when faced with the Dockers wide open defence. It’s a well deserved Derby Day win for the Tye. Again. They certainly wanted it more. Maybe they hadn’t had an extra portion of Boxing Day Turkey Curry. Or maybe they had. Another defeat for the Dockers at the Sports Park in 2025. Both derby fixtures will thankfully be at Fort Road in 2026. We seem to do better in these at home.
The points difference between the teams has closed up now. And the Tye move above the Dockers. It’s equal points but the goal difference is a chasm. The Dockers will have better games. This one one forget.
The Peacehaven Wild Kids did a great job backing their team. Love the National Anthem before kick-off. They disgraced themselves with their behavior later on and we hope that the culprits are appropriately punished.
The Other Bits
POTM: Hard to pick out a decent performance but Ash Wadhams gave us a few moments of hope with some storing runs out of defence 🏅. Thanks.
The ref wasn’t great but these games are always horribly niggly and hard to manage. He was so pedantic about where free-kicks and throw-ins were taken even when he was somewhat mistaken. He didn’t seem bothered that it took ages for the ball to be retrieved for the kick-kicks and throw-ins because the Tye had kicked it away again. Wasn’t bothered about them playing on after the whistle either even when Roman was injured in the process.
The Scran’0’meter enjoyed the lovely hot chocolate ☕ 8/10.
We would have liked to have been able to pursue the programme but there wasn’t one so we didn’t. Very disappointed 0/10.
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