Wealden hit the spot

County League TwoPagham 1 Wealden 3Wealden manager Andy Gander was delighted with victory over high-flying Pagham on Saturday that opened up the division two title race.
By The Newsroom
Published 1st Mar 2007, 12:16 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 22:51 BST

He said: 'They had lost at Westfield the previous week and we talked about striking them while they were vulnerable. We got two early goals and should have had the match won by half-time, but we let them back in when we gave them a soft penalty before the break.

'Then we killed the game with our third goal just after half-time and they didn't really offer any threat after that.'

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Wealden went ahead on 25 minutes when Craig Ottley swung in a corner and Tobi Hutchinson headed home.

The second came three minutes later when the goalkeeper spilt Darren Gearing's effort, Hutchinson's shot hit a post and Wes Tate was on hand to score from close range.

Britton reduced the arrears from the penalty spot in 38 minutes, but two minutes after half-time Gearing took a free-kick, Hutchinson swept the ball on and Pete Christodolou scored from close in.

Dave Altendorf is unavailable for Saturday's trip to Southwick and Oliver Howcroft is struggling with a hamstring.

Wealden: Davey, Garrod, L Howard, Christodolou, Howcroft, K Howard, Ottley, Gearing, Morrow, Tate, Hutchinson. Unused subs: Gilbert, Beard, Parker, Bull, Poulton.

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