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MATCH
REPORTS - FIRST TEAM
Sussex RUR Cup 2nd
Round
Tuesday
4th
September
2007
ROBINS CRUISE
INTO THIRD ROUND
Crawley
Down 0-4 Hassocks
AFTER
struggling to get off the mark this season, gifted
young Hassocks striker Matt Amos came good again in
Tuesday’s RUR Cup tie at Division 2 Crawley Down.
Amos struck in the first minute of each half and with
another effort in between was able to celebrate a
hat-trick long before taking a well earned rest.
No
doubt the hosts will be unhappy with themselves for
some of the goals conceded but this was never anything
less than a cakewalk for the Robins.
Even so that did not stop manager Dave John having a
few choice words to say at half time after watching
the team take a 2-0 lead in 12 minutes and then fail
to take advantage of their clear superiority.
In
truth, they had too much time on the ball and as a
result became sloppy. At least Johnsy was better
pleased with the second-half performance.
The
action had barely started when the home defence failed
to deal with a big clearance by keeper Joel Harding
and Amos scored via the underside of the bar. Not long
after the striker, who is off to university next
month, scored at the near post from an excellent Phil
Gault cross.
Things
then became a little slack and with home No 2 Adam New
and No 9 James Upton impressing, Crawley Down were
offered some hope. But that was extinguished less than
a minute after the break when New’s poor back pass
sold keeper Eddie Olding short and his equally poor
clearance hit Amos before leaving him a simple tap-in.
There
was a stirring reply from Down as in the next few
minutes Gareth Neathey pulled two excellent saves out
of Harding.
But
a fourth goal on 62 minutes enabled John to give his
subs a run out. It came from an Anthony Hibbert
penalty when Kieren Fielding was adjudged to have
handled after good work by Gault and Mickey Turner.
Stuart
Faith was immediately brought on to allow Brendan
Leahy to rest an ankle injury and later youngsters
Logan Newington and Michael Bates were also given a
run out. Newington had one great chance to open his
senior account but pulled his shot wide of the far
post.
Tempers
became frayed leading to bookings for Ashley Marsh and
the feisty Neathey but that isolated incident was out
of context with the game.
Hassocks:
Harding; Turner, Marsh, Lear, Leahy, Thompson;
Robbins, Slaughter, Hibbert; Gault, Amos
Subs:
Faith (Leahy, 62), Newington (Amos, 72), Bates
(Robbins, 75)
Middy
Starman: It has to go to Matt Amos for ending his goal
famine with a banquet
Report
courtesy of Chris Francis, Mid Sussex Times
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