Little Common 0 Newhaven 1, SCFL Premier Division match #33 Newhaven travelled to Little Common on Saturday afternoon for an unlikely battle between two of the division’s most in form teams. It just shows how quickly things can change around. When this fixture was postponed just a few weeks ago, the Dockers were struggling for form while Little Common looked to be dead and buried at the foot of the league. Come Saturday, though, Newhaven were on a run of five successive victories, while Little Common had taken ten points from a possible 15 to propel themselves just outside of the relegation zone on goal difference. In fairness, the subsequent encounter won’t live overly long in the memory. On a blustery sunny Spring afternoon, on a typical bobbly end of season grass pitch, it would be fair to say that both teams struggled to get to grips with the conditions. Moments of quality were few and far between. In fact, probably the only true moment of quality occurred in the fifth-mi...
Newhaven 3 Wick 1, SCFL Premier Division match #32 Newhaven welcomed Wick to Fort Road on Saturday afternoon, Non-League Day, hoping to extend their winning streak to a season’s best five games. Wick, though, came into the match on a decent run of form of their own, having won four on the trot before that run was halted by Peacehaven last weekend. Newhaven bossed much of the opening stages of this one, without creating too much in ways of opportunities. Wick looked happy to absorb the pressure and hit on the counter with the Dockers not having to do all that much defending early on. The hosts took the lead just before the 20-minute mark. Despite Wick’s player’s vocal appeals for an offside (they vocally appealed for most things to be fair, but on this rare occasion they probably had a point), Lee Robinson casually gathered a clever flick from elder brother Jake, before despatching the ball into the corner. No off-side flag was raised, much to the visiting team’s annoyance and the...