Sussex County
League Division 1
Saturday
28th November 2009
LAST
GASP LAING NETS POINT FOR ROBINS
Hassocks
1-1 Lingfield
James
Laing’s sweet right foot strike in the 92nd
minute earned Hassocks a point against a slick
and compact Lingfield side, who had lost their
manager earlier in the week.
Lingfield
controlled much of the match as Hassocks
struggled to find any rhythm after a two week
break but credit the hosts for keeping going and
they actually equalised when they were down to
10 men following a bad injury to Stuart Faith.
Faith was left with a boot full of blood and a
huge gash in the top of his foot after a clash
of boots and a trip to the hospital resulted in
several stitches for the inspirational centre
half.
Hassocks
thought they had taken the lead as early as the
4th minute but Neil Kane’s effort
from a Phil Gault free kick was ruled offside by
the assistant referee but it appeared that Kane
had been onside when the ball was kicked. Both
centre halves for the visitors, Gareth Broom and
James Holland were booked early on for pull
backs on Kane and Gault and it was Gault who
forced a superb tip over from Adam Woodward from
a curling free kick which was heading to the top
corner.
At
the other end the dangerous Joel Hughes scuffed
a shot wide and the superb Ian Simpson twice
denied Andrew Dalehouse with excellently timed
tackles, whilst Simon Wallace was denied by Joel
Harding low down to his left. Lingfield took the
lead on the half hour, Hughes outpacing and out
muscling Dan Jacques and his centre was finished
off by Terry Gibson from 12 yards. Harding saved
from Ricky Spain and Spencer Slaughter curled a
shot wide after a marauding run from midfield.
Early
in the second half Faith was booked for upending
Hughes and Kane hooked over the bar from
Simpson’s header across goal. Gault tried his
luck with another free kick but was just over
the bar, Spain headed wide and Simpson was again
in the right place to deny Wallace with a fine
block. Dave John shuffled the pack replacing
Terry Gacias and Daley Clark with Sol Bowra and
James Laing, with Faith pushing into midfield
and Logan Newington coming on for Slaughter. The
Robins pushed forward, Laing shot wide but in
injury time he fired home from 15 yards after
Bowra had knocked down Gault’s free kick to
give Hassocks a share of the spoils.
Hassocks:
Harding, Jacques, Kublickas, Marsh, Simpson,
Faith; Gacias (Bowra 69), Slaughter (Newington
78), Clarke (Laing 69); Gault, Kane
Subs:
Bowra (Gacias 69), Laing (Clarke 69), Newington
(Slaughter 78)
Middy
Starman – Ian Simpson – didn’t miss a
tackle or header all game
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