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Sweat 16Newhaven FC host Forest Row FC in the Southern Combined Premier League at Fort Road |
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Where are we and What's going on?
The Dockers ⚓ host the Frow 🫎 on a changeable Spring afternoon. We won away to Pagham last Saturday. Can we make it 2 in a row? Consistency has been a bit lacking this season and we sit in 8th, just short of the playoff places. But we have poor goal difference. The Frow are just below in 12th. We beat them 2-0 here in the Sussex Cup back here in September.
Roman is in goal with Elliot and new face Dan Allen. Right back is Harry Hammond and left wing is Rudy Jones who is new to us. Shay Tobin and youngster Harley King are in midfield. Blunty is in the 10 with Lee in the 9. Ezra is on the left wing with Teddy on the right. It’s Ezra’s 50th Dockers game 🎂.
The is an Andrade in the FROW team. Rings a bell. That day ended well 🏆.
We have donated our tins of soup and beans and sneaked in some wagon wheels and skinny whips 👀. All donations go to the Haven Hub. It got us a discount on entry that we can spend on more chocolate 🍫.
The Seven Sisters is already docked. The Ultra’s have a drum and a siren. We have chocolate. Let’s get this Frow on the road. Come on you Dockers.
Off we go..
We’re 10 minutes in when we get our first chance. It's Blunty's free kick but Lee doesn’t get enough on it.
We ge lucky not to gift a goal to the Frow. Need to be careful here!
Robbo gets another chance on 14. He runs onto a through ball on the left, chips the keeper but it runs just wide of the right post. Groan.
A couple of minutes later and Harley King does what Lee couldn’t and his chip over the keeper is on target on 18 ⚽. 1-0.
Before the restart, the ref goes to talk to the lino. The Frow No. 11 is sent off to the sin bin . Don’t know what he said but it didn’t go down well. He’s got 10 minutes to mull it over now.
The Dockers are in charge. Blunty’s next next chance goes over too.
It’s half an hour gone and the Frow are back to 11 without the Dockers capitalising on the advantage.
Harley is in the action again when he plays in Robbo. It’s a great finish on 43 ⚽. 2-0.
We’re going to have to wait until the 2nd half for the important 3rd goal as it’s 2-0 at the break.
There is one change at the break with Richmond going on for Harry Hammond.
The next chance goes to the Dockers as Blunty forces a good save.
There is little good football but the Frow force Roman into a save from range.
We get more chances but Ezra hits wide and Robbo’s its straight at the keeper.
Ezra exits the action on 67 to be replaced by Dexter with Teddy moving to the left wing.
Dexter is lively but hits just wide on 72.
Lee, Ryan and Teddy combine but the end product is saved.
Harley has had a great game and is replaced by Charlie on 76. Then Teddy is replaced by Ash on 83.
Robbo is badly fouled in the box. After the treatment, he scores from the spot into the bottom left corner on 86 ⚽. 3-0.
The last change of the night is Robbo making way for Arthur Rawlins.
And the last action of the night is Roman making a big save to keep the clean sheet.
The whistle goes to signal the end and it’s 3-0 and 3 points to the Dockers. To celebrate Seven Sisters turns around and heads for France.
We think it’s all over..
The Dockers look like the Dockers again. A commanding performance. Lots of hard work, some great creativity and a few mistakes. Love it ❤. Great performances all over the pitch. Harvey with a goal and an assist on his debut. Lee got a brace and Teddy, Ezra and Dexter were all a threat. Blunty likes to chip in with his share and nearly did. They were never really threatened except for the odd half chance and a good chance too late for it to really matter. The squad is looking settled so hopefully a good run from here to the end of the season will see them sneak into the playoffs.
Next up for the Dockers is the PB Cup Semi-Final against Steyning. It’s at Shoreham and was previously postponed. Steyning are flying at the top of the league again (again) so that will be a tough one.
The Other Bits
POTM: It was a fantastic team performance but the stand out was 16 year old Harley King with a goal and an assist on his debut. Quite an entrance. Well done Harley 🏅. Hope this is the first of many in the years to come.
Officially Opinionated: Love a ref who’s pedantic about where freekicks and throw-ins are taken. Sometimes anyway. He did OK overall. The 5th official 😶 wasn’t present today so we didn’t get the official opinion on the ref’s performance.
The Scran’O’meter was very disappointed with the hot chocolate today. The staff are new so we will not pass judgement today and see how it goes.
Programme Perusal: Elliot is on the cover today and it’s the usual excellent quality. Needs to be £2 and not £1 though. Just saying.
See you soon.
Tranmerekat 🐾
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