Sussex County Youth League Central Division
Sunday 08th October 2006
YOUNG ROBINS RUE MISSED CHANCES
Peacehaven & Telscombe 1-1 Hassocks

With their previous weeks fixture being cancelled Robins took a little time to settle and adjust to match conditions. 

Once they had aclimatised they began to take control of the match, restricting the home team to a few long range efforts. 

Creating far more scoring opportunities than Peacehaven should have meant a healthy half time advantage for the Robins but the teams went in all square at 0-0. 

A well taken goal just after the break from Laurence Robinson after collecting a flick on from fellow striker Matt Amos and netting from just inside the penalty area, gave the Robins the edge. 

The second half was much the same as the first with Peacehaven providing very little threat and Robins strikers Robinson and Amos missing easy chances to put the match in no doubt. 

Defending a 1-0 lead is always a difficult situation and so it proved when in the 54th minute a speculative shot from outside the Robins penalty area ended up in the back of the net to bring the game level. 

This was the first time in the match that Peacehaven had managed a shot on target. With 10 minutes to go Hassocks introduced sub Nathan Miles who then promptly found the Peacehaven net, but the goal was disallowed on a linesman's flag for alleged shirt pulling.

In the end Hassocks paid the penalty for not converting their earlier opportunities into goals and had to settle for a point instead of the three that their possession and domination should have yielded.