Men's 1st XI Vs UCL Academicals Men's 1st XI

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Season: Season 2009-2010 Date: 01.11.2009 Time: 13:00 Team: Mens 1st XI Competition: EHA Trophy Location: Away Opponent: UCL Academicals Men's 1st XI Our Score: 6 Opponent Score: 5 Result: Won	Chris Sciandro - 0 Goal(s) James Godber - 0 Goal(s) Joel Shepherd - 0 Goal(s) Chris Binns - 0 Goal(s) Jimmy Pease - 0 Goal(s) Dan Ginnaw - 0 Goal(s) Michael Gubbins - 0 Goal(s) Matt Sewell - 0 Goal(s) David Beales - 0 Goal(s) Craig Paterson - 0 Goal(s) Ben Burriss - 2 Goal(s) Grant Sawyer - 1 Goal(s) Chris Marr - 1 Goal(s) Alex Warner - 2 Goal(s)

Match Report(s)

^{2nd Round Mens HA Trophy}

Worthing 1^st   5   vs   UCL Academicals 1st  5 

^{Worthing won 6-5 Via Golden Goal}

^{Worthing gathered at Georgia Ave looking very fresh faced for a Sunday morning, had the Liquid Lounge been given a week off?? We travelled up to ESHER, to play a team currently second in the Hants/Surrey Regional League not having lost a game.  A tough game was ahead.}

^{Worthing started well and controlled early exchanges making up for a slightly weaker second half performance on Saturday. In spite of the early pressure UCL opened the scoring after a quick break that led to a short corner which was dispatched into the corner via a strong drag-flick leaving the home side 1-0 up.}

^{A strange 20 minutes spell of hockey ensued after Worthing were awarded a short corner towards the end of the first half as the young University side lost their discipline. After 3 warnings and two green cards, the home side captain (also their goalkeeper) was yellow carded for persistent backchat. During the aftermath, more comments were made to the umpire who was given little choice but to issue another 2 players yellow cards, one of which was upgraded to a red following further abusive language. Once the home side had decided to opt out of playing with a kicking back and with only 8 players left on the pitch, Worthing set their minds to taking advantage of the numerical advantage. With the keeper missing, and some sort of order resumed, Warner duly dispatched the short corner just before the half time whistle.}

^{Worthing continued to press the numerical advantage away at the start of the second half with Warner dispatching another short corner drag flick down the middle before their keeper and fellow sin-binnee were re-introduced. Worthing continued to dominate possession and some crisp and attacking play put Marrsy through on goal who finished supremely into the bottom corner. Ben Burriss, who was slotted into the side at inside right was a constant threat in the attacking third and his persistence and no lack of skill was rewarded with 2 well taken goals following good work from Ginnaw, Paterson and Sawyer respectively leaving Worthing with a seemingly unassailable 5-1 lead. Somewhere amongst the melee, Worthing were awarded a stroke which was dispatched by Paterson however the umpire ruled it out for taking 2 steps (which he later admitted was an incorrect call given the rule changes two years ago).}

^{For some unknown reason, Worthing took their foot off the gas and allowed the talented 10 man home side back into the game with a combination of sloppy errors, poor concentration and lack of composure. Throwing caution to the wind, UCL quickly capitalised on a series of defensive errors and scored 3 goals in quick succession. Heading into the final few minutes still 5-4 up but looking very nervous, Worthing failed to see the game out, giving the ball away cheaply from which the home side grabbed an equaliser taking this amazing cup tie into golden goal extra time…5-5!}

^{After some stern words from Atkinson, Binnsy and Sciandro, Worthing re-grouped and attempted to put the disappointment of the last 20 minutes behind them and focus on making the numerical advantage count as both teams would inevitably tire. After some early pressure from the home side, Worthing held firm with some solid defending as a team and, having regained their composure retained possession, with Burriss instinctively putting Sawyer through one on one with the keeper. Thankfully, the ever reliable Australian who has been in inspiring form of late, rounded the keeper with consummate ease and maintained his cool to slot home and send the gold and blues through to the next round where they will face another tough away trip up to Long Sutton on Sunday 22nd of November.}

^{Although we had a very sloppy 20 minutes in the second half, the players must be credited for their discipline in the first half. Worthing teams of old may well have got involved in conversations with umpires and opponents, resulting in more yellow cards. Having spoken about this specifically before the game, it is good to see we are (for the most part) taking on board and implementing what is asked of them and we look forward to next weeks home game against Horsham.}

^{Team: Binns, Shepherd, Godber, Beales, Warner, Sciandro (c), Burriss, Sewell, Scrote, Sawyer, Gubbins, Paterson, Marr, Pease.}