2-2 (AET), 2-4 on penalties

The first game of November was the 2nd round of the Montgomery Cup that saw Cuckfield Town visit The Rec. After 120 minutes of football it was Cuckfield who were victorious 4-2 on penalties.

We were off to a worse start than usual in this game as we found ourselves 1-0 down after just two minutes. The Cuckfield striker was allowed to run through on goal to slot home despite being clearly a yard offside. Thankfully this early wake up call galvanised us into life and we began to dominate proceedings and it was not long before we were back on level terms. Richard Ambrose cut in from the left and from the half way line drilled the ball towards the penalty area…the ball just kept going and with the help of some generous goal keeping the ball ended up in the back of the net. We maintained our dominance and played some great football, in very bad conditions, throughout the remainder of the game; but despite all of our pressure and attempts we were unable to break the deadlock. We did not have to wait to long in extra time for a break through, the ball falling to Phil Pedley at the back post, who volleyed home to give us a deserved lead. Unfortunately we were unable to see out the remainder of the game and Cuckfield grabbed a last gasp equaliser with a header from a needlessly conceded free kick. And so to penalties, Cuckfield were more clinical from twelve yards and after penalties from Felstein and Ambrose were saved out of the cup – despite Clift’s best efforts.

On the positive side of things we dominated our opponents, play some good attacking football and created a lot of good opportunities…something to build on.

 

1	Matt Clift
2	Kevin McDougall
3	Richard Ambrose
4	Tim Burchett (C)
5	Dale Mayhew
6	Karl Harrison
7	Brian Gow
8	Neil Felstein
9	Martin Penfold
10	Phil Pedley
11	Lee Stevens
12	Martin Verrall
14	Andy Greenwood
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	Goal Scorers: Richard Ambrose, Phil Pedley