Swans are flying now but ’Hurst are hurt
Storrington 2 Billingshurst 0 SCFL division one
The Swans won their second game in a row and kept a first clean sheet of the season at the Rec.
The win was overs had wed by news Callum Bester suffered a fractured leg shortly after coming on as sub in an innocuous challenge.
He was able to walk off the pitch but an x-ray on Sunday confirmed a fracture.
A fairly even first half ended 0-0 after Billings hurst started brightly and Tom Scott, Dan Evans and Oscar Cutters’ caused problems.
But in the second half the Swans were the better side.
Their first came from a long Iain Jarvie throw which caused confusion and Jordan Sut er nipped into head home.
The second was a fine individual goal from James Henton, who picked the ball up and evaded three defenders in a run before blasting in.
In the 90th minute, Billingshurst’s Robbie Tambling ploughed through the back of a Storrington player and was shown a second yellow card.
Storrington boss Bob Paine said: “It was another solid, resolute performance.
“The work rate and desire was exceptional. It’s been a tough season but we are finally getting the results some of our performances deserve.
“My coaching team have worked very hard to improve us as a group.
“Four of the st art ingXI are only 18. All the group work so hard to improve.”
Billingshurst manager Lee Spickett said: “We had two good chances which you justhavetotake. Afterthatwe became a team of individuals.
“To say I’m disappointed with the second half performance is an understatement. We will work very hard to get back on track.”