Fareham faced with more goalkeeper issues
Fareham Town have been hit with yet more goalkeeper problems in a season of countless issues in that position.
The Reds will be forced into making another change between the sticks when they welcome two-divisions lower Hampshire Premier League Senior Division side Locks Heath in the Portsmouth Senior Cup quarter-finals tonight (7.45pm).
Incredibly, boss Pete
Stiles has been used SEVEN different stoppers across the current campaign.
Recent addition Henry
Woodcock, who made his debut in goal against AFC Portchester earlier this month, missed Saturday's Wessex Premier draw at Bournemouth with an ankle injury picked up in training and will not be fit in time for the Locks Heath tie.
He was replaced by goalkeeper Jon Webb for the trip to Bournemouth, who himself sustained an ankle injury during the match meaning he'll be out of the midweek cup clash.
Now Stiles must decide on who to use between the sticks, with Dec McCarthy,
Luke Douglas, Dan Kempson, Adam Lewingray and outfielder Dan Bennett others to have featured in goal at various stages of this term for Fareham.
Stiles said: ‘Henry got injured at training (before Bournemouth game) so we had Webby back in goal but he got injured (at Bournemouth), so I haven’t got Henry or Webby (against Locks Heath).
‘We’ll have a look to see who we’ve got in goal for Tuesday, so it’s another keeper again.
‘I’ve got enough (to cover), it’ll either be Dec McCarthy, Dougie (Luke Douglas), we’ll have to have a look and see where we’re at.’
US Portsmouth will be bidding to make it successive home Wessex Premier victories when they welcome 13th-placed Alresford Town to the Victory Satdium tonight.
And Tom Grice’s 15th-placed side have the added incentive of knowing a win will take them above their next opposition in the table with both clubs having collected 29 points in the league so far.