Undeterred by last Saturdays set-back, Buxted took their good from to the first division leaders, dominating the first half and holding firm in a scrappy second period.  Ricky Parrish opened the account on the half hour, latching on to a loose ball from a corner and whipping the ball home.  The visitors had made several openings prior to that, including a disallowed goal by Dean Ghasemi after just 5 minutes.  Intelligent no nonsense defending by a back four ably lead by Dale Mayhew, backed up by keeper White, a muscular midfield performance by Marvin Muddle and penetrating forward play, particularly by Stuart Cairns proved more than a handful for Forest Row.

 

A few minutes in to the second period and Buxted went further ahead, Andy Reid collecting a neat pass, and picking a shot from 15 yards to beat the keeper low to his left.  Following a midfield clash 10 minutes later, Matty Hughes and a home player both saw red.  Row seemed to be winning the subsequent battle of fitness but were unable to breakdown the Buxted defensive screen, although the impressive White was now drawn more into the goalkeeping action.  Another Buxted player was dismissed when Richard Ambrose vocalised his Anglo Saxon a little too enthusiastically but even then the visitors managed to create another narrowly missed opening for Ghasemi.

 

this was a good all round team performance by the visitors, whose man of the match was Stuart Cairns, a constant 90 minute menace down the left flank...