Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
Duff ends 29-penalty shoot-out epic
Women’s football
Herne Bay won a marathon penalty shoot-out against Eastbourne United 7-6 after a goalless draw in the South East Counties Women’s League Cup second round.
The Bay rode their luck through an astonishing 28 penalties before Abigail Duff secured their place in the quarter-finals with the winning penalty.
Herne Bay had beaten Eastbourne in the league by a comfortable margin earlier in the season, but found it difficult to break down the opposition’s packed defence. Lillian Tucker and Kate Foster both hit the crossbar in the 90 minutes, before Sophie Gifford thought she had won the game for Bay late on, only for her effort to be ruled out for an offside against Duff.
A lengthy penalty shoot-out then ensued, the first five penalties ending 4-4 before a series of saves and misses in sudden death gave Duff, who had missed her earlier penalty, the chance to win the game. Duff smashed home the winning penalty to give the Bay a quarterfinal tie with Mole Valley at Dorking Wanderers FC on Sunday, January 12.
Bay manager Howard Pearce said: “It was frustrating today, Eastbourne had a plan to defend in numbers and it worked well.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a penalty shoot-out like that before, it lasted as long as extra-time!”
Herne Bay: Connolly, Page, Phillips, Barton, Shipton, Foster, Pearce, Potter, Phillips, Gifford, Duff. Subs: Tucker, Reeves.
ISTHMIAN LEAGUE South East Division Hastings....... 13 8 5 0 21 7 29 Cray Valley ... 14 8 4 2 20 11 28 Whitehawk... 13 8 2 3 28 16 26 Ashford ........ 14 8 1 5 33 26 25 Sevenoaks ... 14 7 3 4 26 17 24 Whyteleafe ... 13 7 3 3 28 21 24 VCD.............. 14 6 5 3 29 22 23 Guernsey...... 14 6 5 3 26 24 23 Herne Bay .... 13 6 2 5 25 27 20 Phoenix Sp... 14 6 1 7 28 25 19 Chichester.... 10 5 3 2 16 12 18 Whitstable .... 14 4 4 6 17 21 16 Faversham ... 13 5 1 7 13 19 16 Sittingbrne ... 13 4 3 6 15 17 15 Haywards H . 10 3 5 2 15 13 14 Burgess Hill.. 14 4 1 9 27 34 13 Hythe ........... 15 3 3 9 13 26 12 T Bridges ..... 15 3 1 11 18 34 10 Ramsgate .... 13 2 3 8 15 26 9 E Grinstead .. 13 0 5 8 13 28 5 Results: Saturday: Burgess Hill 2 Sittingbourne 1, Faversham 0 Whitstable 2, Guernsey 2 Hastings 2, Herne Bay 3 Sevenoaks 2, Hythe 1 Ashford 4, Ramsgate 1 Phoenix Sports 1, VCD 2 Haywards Heath 2, Whitehawk 2 Cray Valley 0, Whyteleafe 3 Three Bridges 1. Tuesday: Ashford United 1 Guernsey 3, Whitstable 1 Hastings 3, Whyteleafe 2 Sittingbourne 1.
Fixtures: Saturday: Cray Valley v East Grinstead, Faversham v Whyteleafe, Guernsey v Hythe, Hastings v Chichester, Haywards Heath v Ashford, Sevenoaks v Sittingbourne, Three Bridges v Burgess Hill, VCD v Herne Bay, Whitehawk v Ramsgate, Whitstable v Phoenix Sports. Tuesday: Faversham v Ramsgate, Sittingbourne v Hastings, Whitehawk v Whyteleafe.
Wednesday: Guernsey v Whitstable. Velocity Trophy Result: Tuesday: Ramsgate 2 Leatherhead 3.
FA VASE Third Round Results: Saturday: Chatham 1 Welling Town 0, Corinthian 2 Ascot Utd 1, Deal 2 Southall 0, Glebe 1 Newhaven 0. SOUTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE Premier Division Beckenham.. 16 13 1 2 42 21 40 Chatham ...... 18 10 4 4 40 19 34 Corinthian .... 17 9 4 4 38 24 31 Sheppey....... 15 9 3 3 52 21 30 Tun Wells ..... 13 9 1 3 32 18 28 Hollands&b .. 15 7 5 3 38 22 26 Welling Twn . 14 7 4 3 24 17 25 Canterbury ... 16 6 6 4 24 15 24 Glebe............ 13 7 3 3 24 20 24 Erith Town.... 15 6 3 6 28 26 21 Deal ............. 15 6 3 6 26 28 21 Bearsted ...... 16 5 4 7 46 41 19 Lordswood ... 16 5 3 8 23 31 18 K Sports ....... 17 5 2 10 22 39 17 Fisher ........... 16 3 5 8 16 24 14 AFC Croydn .. 14 4 2 8 21 39 14 Erith & Bel .... 16 3 5 8 20 38 14 Punjab Utd ... 14 3 3 8 18 23 12 Crowboro ..... 18 3 1 14 19 62 10 Greenwich.... 14 2 2 10 14 39 8 Results: Saturday: Erith & Belvedere 1 Beckenham 1, Erith Town 2 Crowborough 1, Greenwich 1 Hollands & Blair 3, K Sports 0 Tunbridge Wells 1, Punjab Utd 0 Lordswood 1, Sheppey 2 Fisher 0.
Fixtures: Saturday: Beckenham v Welling Town, Chatham v Erith Town, Deal v AFC Croydon, Fisher v Erith & Belvedere, Glebe v Punjab Utd, Greenwich v Lordswood, Hollands & Blair v Corinthian, K Sports v Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells v Sheppey.
Tuesday: Corinthian v Glebe. Challenge Cup Second Round Result: Tuesday: Bearsted4 Sheppey 0. KENT SENIOR TROPHY Second Round Result: Tuesday: FC Elmstead 0 Erith
Town 1.
Fixture: Saturday: Bearsted v West Wickham.
HERNE BAY & WHITSTABLE SUNDAY LEAGUE in partnership with the Samaritans Premier Division
Chislet Coll ..... 6 5 1 0 20 7 16 Monument ..... 8 5 1 2 23 11 16 Rising Sun...... 5 4 0 1 27 6 12 Crusaders ...... 8 4 0 4 26 26 12 Wingham ....... 4 2 1 1 14 9 7 Tank Ryals ..... 5 2 1 2 12 12 7 Chilham ......... 5 1 0 4 8 23 3 Littlebourne.... 6 1 0 5 10 28 3 Heron Athletic 5 0 0 5 7 25 Division 1
Herne United .. 7 7 0 0 31 9 21 The Druids ..... 8 6 0 2 40 9 18 Hampton ........ 7 5 0 2 35 16 15 Monument R .. 5 3 1 1 17 8 10 Chartham ....... 6 3 1 2 28 22 10 The Elephant.. 8 2 2 4 19 45 8 Sauce............. 6 2 0 4 12 14 6 City Lions ....... 6 1 3 2 12 17 6 Blean Sunday. 5 1 1 3 10 22 4 Woodmans Hall3 0 0 3 1 19 0 Fav Strike Frce7 0 0 7 12 36 0 Division 2
The Heron ...... 8 6 1 1 41 16 19 Bay United ..... 7 6 0 1 44 20 18 FC Cant Toon . 8 6 0 2 38 26 18 Oyster Boys.. 10 5 2 3 50 28 17 Monument A .. 8 5 1 2 27 12 16 Northgate ....... 9 4 1 4 34 29 13 Cant Bombers10 3 0 7 23 45 9 Tankerton ...... 4 1 1 2 9 12 4 Hernhll Herons8 1 0 7 15 41 3 New Inn Pal.... 8 0 0 8 8 60 0 East Kent Under-21 Division
Dover Rgrs Clt 5 4 1 0 28 5 13 Cant Eagles.... 6 2 2 2 19 22 8 Lydd Town ..... 5 2 0 3 15 14 6 Hawkinge....... 6 1 3 2 14 19 6 Fav Strke Frce 4 1 0 3 5 21 3