WHITEHAWK 1ST XI 1 – 2 RINGMER 1ST XI

DIVISION ONE

13/04/09

Match Report by David Ruffles

On Easter Monday a sparse crowd enjoyed an enthralling encounter which saw Ringmer climb two places to eleventh in the table at the expense of their hosts.

For most of the first half the Blues laid siege to the Hawks goal but stout defending allied with poor finishing meant Ross Standen, one of six Ringmer players in the home squad, did not have a single save to make in the half. Things could have been so different as Ringmer had two good shouts for a penalty but on both occasions the officials thought otherwise. On rare occasions when the Hawks advanced the Blues defence saw to it that Joe Adams had little to deal with.

The second half was more evenly balanced with Whitehawk finally putting the Blues defence under some pressure. The first goal arrived after almost an hour’s play when Josh Jones beat Joe Dryer to a loose ball in midfield and his low cross from near the by-line deflected off Jayson Sowter and out of reach of Adams to put the home side in front. After being in command from the start Ringmer were initially deflated by conceding such a soft goal but as the Hawks pressed forward for a second goal the Blues gradually regained their composure and were rewarded by two goals in a five minutes spell some twenty minutes from time. First a shot from thirty yards by David Altendorf was spilled by Standen low down by his left hand post and Jo Jo Tubon was on hand to tap in the equalising goal. Minutes later a centrally placed free-kick from some twenty-five yards out taken by Kieran Patel left Standen standing as it flew into the net. Both sides had chances to score in the remaining fifteen minutes but in the end Ringmer ran out worthy winners.

No	PLAYER	GOALS	OThER
1	Joe Adams	.	GK
2	Jayson Sowter		.
3	Will Broomfield	.	.
4	Alex Mikolay		.
5	Aaron Hassan		.(C)
6	Dan Craghill
7	Kieran Patel	.75	.
8	Aaron MacMillan
9	Sam Sowter		.
10	Jo Jo Tubon	70.	.
11	Joe Dryer	.	.
SUBSTITUTES
12	David Altendorff	.	On For D Craghill
14	Kiefer Ardean Webb	.	On For J Dryer
15	Mohamed A Koroma	.	On for S Sowter
16		.	Not Used
17		.	Not Used
OFF FIELD
Manager		Bob Munnery
Assistant		Steve Oliver
Sports Therapist		Ian Fairs
OFFICIALS
Referee		James Harding
Assistant 1		Keith Brisley
Assistant 2		Oliver Spillett
Fourth Official		N/A
Attendance		35