BackTue 11 Oct 2016
Seaford Town FC
First Team
K Bilal (43')
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I Olutade (14'), S Carrington (90')J Newman (86' Sent Off)
CROWS KNOCK THE BADGERS OUT.
Malcolm Boyes14 Oct 2016 - 14:22
The Crows advance in the Sussex FA Principal RUR Cup at the expense of Seaford Town.
Shoreham visit us in the next round.
On what was probably the coldest mid-week night of the season so far, the Crows travelled to The Crouch in good form, although most of us travelling down to the coast were unsure of what team would be representing us that night.
Whilst trying to win every game you take part in, out of the SCEFL, The Buildbase FA Vase, the Sussex Parafix Senior Challenge Cup, the SCEFL Cup and the RUR Cup, the latter is probably the lowest in the pecking order.
Reflecting where the RUR Cup stands with us as a club was probably highlighted by the number of changes made to the side from the home game against Fisher FC. For various reasons, Ellis, Crabb, Carey, Muggeridge, Treleaven and Appiah were not selected at all and Boddy, Attwood and Walder were selected only for the bench, with the hope more than likely that they would not have to come on at any point.
Therefore, this gave the opportunity for Slocombe, Baitup, Smith, Ridley, Pearson and Clarke to get some valuable game time and it also meant that Newman and Olutade got to start in the game. Plus Anderson and Unwin were able to occupy a space on the bench and be ready if needed.
Another unknown factor was how good were the opposition likely to be and what would their style of play be against us at least. As we don't play them regularly or are even in their league these days, they were definitely an unknown factor but with the squad we have, most Crows fans thought that we still had a side out on the pitch good enough to win this game.
As for the match itself, it proved to be as difficult as finding The Crouch did for one or two of our fans, see crowsunofficial.wordpress.com and you'll find out want I mean. The Crows started brightly and took the lead in the 14th minute, Olutade putting the ball in the net from some 15 yards out after good work by Clarke as he closed down their centre half, blocking the ball as he tried to clear it away to safety, the rebound falling nicely for Olutade to put the chance away.
The rest of the half was rather bitty and disjointed due to some stern tackling and more than a few free-kicks awarded for what seemed to be innocuous tackles by a referee who certainly likes to hear his whistle during a game.
It did not help the Crows much either that Pearson had to leave the pitch in the 21st minute due to a recurring injury and this meant a re-jig of the players on the pitch as Unwin came on as his replacement.
The constant breaks in play did neither team any favours and just as we were all thinking about our half-time cuppa, the home side equalised, Bilal putting the ball in the net past Smith from some 6 yards out, centre of the goal.
During the half-time break it became clear that Baitup had also suffered a recurrence of the injury which had kept him out for the past month, so Walder was called in to action from the bench at the start of the second-half.
If anything the match referee became even more inconsistent and free-kicks and yellow cards became the norm for much of the second-half. Tomkins saw yellow for Seaford Town in the 48th minute and then Joe Newman received a yellow card for intentionally bringing down an opposition player as it looked like he could run free.
The teams then shared possession and chances, the Crows making Head work in the Seaford goal very hard indeed as he tried to keep the score down. With time running out the Crows went down to 10 men, Newman receiving his second yellow card for retaliation after getting involved with a Seaford Town player over a "hand bag" incident, the Seaford player only got a yellow by the way, even though it seemed he was more of the instigator in the fracas.
With extra time looming and most of us dreading the thought of a further 30 minutes, a bit of magic from Walder near their goal line, on the edge of their box, saw him brought down by a desperate defender. From the resulting free-kick, which Walder took himself, Carrington made a run to the near post and tucked the ball away past Head and the Crows led 2-1 in the 90th minute.
Not long after the final whistle blew, a huge sigh of relief was made by the Crow fans as the players left the pitch, knowing they will now face Shoreham FC at home in the next round.
On what was probably the coldest mid-week night of the season so far, the Crows travelled to The Crouch in good form, although most of us travelling down to the coast were unsure of what team would be representing us that night.
Whilst trying to win every game you take part in, out of the SCEFL, The Buildbase FA Vase, the Sussex Parafix Senior Challenge Cup, the SCEFL Cup and the RUR Cup, the latter is probably the lowest in the pecking order.
Reflecting where the RUR Cup stands with us as a club was probably highlighted by the number of changes made to the side from the home game against Fisher FC. For various reasons, Ellis, Crabb, Carey, Muggeridge, Treleaven and Appiah were not selected at all and Boddy, Attwood and Walder were selected only for the bench, with the hope more than likely that they would not have to come on at any point.
Therefore, this gave the opportunity for Slocombe, Baitup, Smith, Ridley, Pearson and Clarke to get some valuable game time and it also meant that Newman and Olutade got to start in the game. Plus Anderson and Unwin were able to occupy a space on the bench and be ready if needed.
Another unknown factor was how good were the opposition likely to be and what would their style of play be against us at least. As we don't play them regularly or are even in their league these days, they were definitely an unknown factor but with the squad we have, most Crows fans thought that we still had a side out on the pitch good enough to win this game.
As for the match itself, it proved to be as difficult as finding The Crouch did for one or two of our fans, see crowsunofficial.wordpress.com and you'll find out want I mean. The Crows started brightly and took the lead in the 14th minute, Olutade putting the ball in the net from some 15 yards out after good work by Clarke as he closed down their centre half, blocking the ball as he tried to clear it away to safety, the rebound falling nicely for Olutade to put the chance away.
The rest of the half was rather bitty and disjointed due to some stern tackling and more than a few free-kicks awarded for what seemed to be innocuous tackles by a referee who certainly likes to hear his whistle during a game.
It did not help the Crows much either that Pearson had to leave the pitch in the 21st minute due to a recurring injury and this meant a re-jig of the players on the pitch as Unwin came on as his replacement.
The constant breaks in play did neither team any favours and just as we were all thinking about our half-time cuppa, the home side equalised, Bilal putting the ball in the net past Smith from some 6 yards out, centre of the goal.
During the half-time break it became clear that Baitup had also suffered a recurrence of the injury which had kept him out for the past month, so Walder was called in to action from the bench at the start of the second-half.
If anything the match referee became even more inconsistent and free-kicks and yellow cards became the norm for much of the second-half. Tomkins saw yellow for Seaford Town in the 48th minute and then Joe Newman received a yellow card for intentionally bringing down an opposition player as it looked like he could run free.
The teams then shared possession and chances, the Crows making Head work in the Seaford goal very hard indeed as he tried to keep the score down. With time running out the Crows went down to 10 men, Newman receiving his second yellow card for retaliation after getting involved with a Seaford Town player over a "hand bag" incident, the Seaford player only got a yellow by the way, even though it seemed he was more of the instigator in the fracas.
With extra time looming and most of us dreading the thought of a further 30 minutes, a bit of magic from Walder near their goal line, on the edge of their box, saw him brought down by a desperate defender. From the resulting free-kick, which Walder took himself, Carrington made a run to the near post and tucked the ball away past Head and the Crows led 2-1 in the 90th minute.
Not long after the final whistle blew, a huge sigh of relief was made by the Crow fans as the players left the pitch, knowing they will now face Shoreham FC at home in the next round.
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