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Chairman’s blog (part 2) Sunday 2nd April
Lightning doesn’t strike twice so they say. So how come it has done for Icklesham? First you need to read my blog for 30th January and then understand that this time our firsts were playing Eastbourne Galaxy who were top of the league with 36 points (we had 14!)
Once again I got the call about us only having 11 and could I come along. I did and arrived 5 minutes after kick off to find Nigel Selman in goal and Alfy Weller (who had been in goal for us since October) up front – No Phil, no Val, no Emil. I was slightly relieved that we had a linesman (bless you Keith!) and that Martin had been able to find another sub.
The pitch was bumpy and it was windy so control was difficult. Galaxy went ahead and I feared the worst. They appeared confident as did their 25 spectators on the side. We were looking unsure but got an equaliser through an excellent strike from George Richardson. A few minutes later our ageing striker Martin Tytherleigh was pushed in the area and Jamie Walker notched the penalty. We were now up and running and played some good stuff – Nick Bellhouse hit the post and we had plenty of the game.
Half-time and we came out for the second half having to play mostly against the wind. The first 15 minutes we barely got out of our half and rode our luck and then – with just over 20 minutes to go – Galaxy equalised. I now feared the worst again but within 5 minutes of the equaliser we had a rare attack. Tytherleigh turned and crossed to perfection and Alfy Weller put a bullet header into the top corner. We held out without too many scrapes and – for the second time in 10 weeks – we’d beaten the league leaders.
Two things pleased me most. Firstly that we worked really hard as a team after a dodgy opening twenty minutes. Secondly a couple of the Galaxy “crew” said to me that they could not believe – because of our work-rate and our football - that we were bottom of the table.
So well done to the whole team for a fantastic effort and now one more win please!
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