City undone at death, Blues and Dean win
Herne Bay 1, Chichester City 0 Isthmian south east
Just when it looked like Chi might have earnt a point after a gutsy performance, Herne Bay sub Aaron Millbank popped up with a 93rd minute winner.
Ryan Davidson returned at right back, Tyrone Madhani got a start in place of the suspended Lloyd Rowlatt, and Kaleem Haitham came in for top-scorer Callum Overton who joined Eric-georges Dellaud, Danny Potter, Lloyd Coote and Ollie Carroll on the bench.
Ben Mendoza’s misplaced pass was intercepted by the hosts’ Rory Smith who fed Eddie Allsopp only for the player’s effort to get blocked.
Chi skipper Ben Pashley fouled Kieron Campbell and Allsopp fired his set-piece into defenders.
Mike West curled a freekick wide of the upright.
Rob Hutchings coped with a raking pass, getting the ball back to keeper Kieran Magee.
Then 13 minutes in Hutchings found Josh Clack with a super cross which Clack headed on to the bar.
Herne Bay countered through Jack Parter and Allsopp who drilled a lovely pass to Smith only for him to control the ball with his hand.
Zak Ansah forced Magee into a saveand Dan Johnson and Laurence Harvey threatened for Herne Bay.
Emmett Dunn did well to block Hamilton Antonio’s shot.
Centre back Lewis Hyde challenged Ansah superbly and Ethan Prichard missed a chance of shooting first time.
Clack then picked out Prichard but the No7 couldn’t get past his marker.
Too many touches by Troy Williams after neat exchanges between West and Smith meant another attack fizzled out.
Prichard spurned a rare second half Chi opportunity before Clack’s effort was steered out for a corner.
Hyde was in the right place to clear off the line as Bay threatened once more.
Anidugbe fired a shot on the swivel narrowly wide.
In stoppage time West slung a delivery into the danger area and the hosts were awarded a corner from which, after a frantic goal-mouth scramble, Millbank found the back of the net to delight the home fans.
It was Chi’s third defeat on the bounce and they remain in 11th place.
Chichester welcome East Grinstead tomorrow ( 7:45pm) and travelg to Burgess Hill Town on Monday (3pm).
Arundel 1 Selsey 3 SCFL division one
Selsey FC’S fourth away game in four weeks involved the short trip to Arundel’s Mill Road ground.
With Arundel fighting to stay in the league, Selsey knew what they would be up against and they prepared well.
Blues boss Daren Pearce said: “We went about the game in the right manner trying to do the right things which sometimes take a little longer to get to grips with in a local derby.
“But after settling down we took the lead with a wellworked goal and, with the ball being worked well into Dillon North, via some good interplay he unselfishly squared the ball to Owen Worsdell to roll into an empty net for a 1-0 lead which we took into halftime.
“In the second half it
wasn’t long before we got our second - this time good work by Ollie Clarke saw him set up Worsdell, whose shot was blocked on the line but with the ball up in the air Clarke reacted first to head home for 2-0.
“Not long after that we went 3-0 up when an own goal was scored as Dillon North chased the Arundel centrehalf down and put him under pressure - he headed the ball over the goalkeeper and into an empty net.
“Our hosts did get a goal back when a Liam Bush tackle inside the box was to judged to be a foul on the Arundel forward with the referee pointing to the spot.
“Although Syd Davies got a
hand to the resulting penalty he couldn’t quite keep it out and the hosts got a goal back 3-1.
“This gave them a bit of a lift and an even bigger one was had when Syd Davies came out to clear the ball and the referee deemed it dangerous play as he and the onrushing forward collided after he had cleared, sending him off to the dismay of a lot of supporters, management and our players.
“With Flynn Bennett taking over in goal we managed to see out the game and take another good three points on the road.”
This Saturday sees Selsey return to the High Street Ground to face Godalming (3pm).
Before the game there is the opportunity for young boys or girls (age range from 5-14) to come along for some free coaching from 11am-12.30 on the main pitch and then the chance to watch the first team in action. All welcome.
Storrington Res 0 East Dean 1
WSFL Champ south
Aaron Freeman’s late strike secured all three points for East Dean away to Storrington Reserves.
There wasn’t much to seperate the sides in the first half as both settled for halfchances and lacklustre attempts.
The second half was more open with more opportunities created but it was challenging for either side to break the deadlock.
Storrington had the best chance of the game when a strike from 30 yards out look destined for the back of the net, but Joby Oram’s acrobatic save tip the balled over the bar.
East Dean eventually took the lead through Freeman.
MOM Brad Hounsome sent a through ball towards Brad Silvester, who cut the ball back to Freeman which the striker placed the ball into the bottom corner. The Dean broke a couple more times in the final moments of the game but failed to extend their lead.