It was third successive home game when Lindfield visited The Rec, and it saw Buxted pick up their first point of the season with a 2-2 draw.

Verrall was available again but Ambrose, Bonella and Pedley were unavailable which meant a first start for Brian Gow after impressing as a substitute against Willingdon and there was also a call up for Ricky Parrish - we started with the 4-4-2 formation we ended the game with the previous week. The first half was a close affair with both teams having chances to open the scoring, but the major incident came midway through the first half when Clive White got injured. White came of his line quickly to save bravely at the feet of the striker, who was under challenge from Felstein, and all three players collided on the floor with the goalkeeper coming of worse. White played on after a long delay and managed to see out the remainder of the half with his movement severely restricted. The game was finely balanced at the start of the second half and it was Lindfield who broke the deadlock when a midfielder ran from deep and put a weak shot past White, low and down to his left. It was at this point it was obvious that White could not continue, saying as he left the field that normally it would have been an easy save for him. With no proper keeper on the bench Karl Harrison, who was on the bench due to a slight injury, volunteered to don the gloves. We also reshuffled on pitch and Martin Penfold moved from left wing to center forward. The results were almost instant as within five minutes Penfold chased down what looked like a lost cause, stole the ball from the defender and finished with calm authority to level the game. Buxted were marginally on top at this point and took the lead ten minutes later when Tim Burchett played a free kick to Martin Verrall who whipped in a great cross to the back post where it was met with power and accuracy by Penfold who headed back into the opposite corner – 2-1 Buxted. Harrison continued to make some good saves as make shift goalkeeper, but Lindfield were able to scramble an equaliser five minutes from time after a collision of striker, Harrison & Dale Mayhew.

With the personnel that were missing and having suffered an injury to Clive White this was a good point, although we left the pitch feeling disappointed having been so close to victory.

  

1	Matt Clift
2	Martin Verrall
3	Dale McIvor
4	Tim Burchett (C)
5	Dale Mayhew
6	Kevin McDougall
7	Brian Gow
8	Neil Felstein
9	Lee Stevens
10	Ricky Parrish
11	Martin Penfold
12	Karl Harrison
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	Goal Scorers: Martin Penfold (2)