Sussex County League Division One
EAST PRESTON 6-2 CROWBOROUGH ATHLETIC
Lashmar Road, East Preston
Admission: £6
Programme: £1 (A5 24pp)
Attendance: 64
Food: £2.50 Cheeseburger
Drink: £3.10 Guinness
With the temperature touching 30 degrees, it was a last chance to visit the coast so the family went to Worthing beach, with a promise of a fish supper before we went home. With deckchair prices at a bargain £1.50, compared to ten times that for sunloungers on holiday last week, and 2p machines on the pier and lido, both daughters had a pleasant afternoon. Lashmar Road is found not far from the Roundstone Inn roundabout on the A259 Sussex coastal road, although I managed to go the long way round to the ground...
The clubhouse is outside the entrance and is quite large for this level of football. Inside are several TV screens and 2 pool tables as well. After paying at the turnstile, which included a free half time raffle ticket, the tea hut hatch is attached to the club building, together with the toilets and dressing rooms. The standing cover is in this nearest corner of the ground. The small seated Atcost stand is directly on the right when you enter. Hard standing surrounding the perimeter rail completes the set up.
East Preston have made an impressive start to this season, maintaining a 100% record and they certainly impressed me with their passing, teamwork and skill against an average Crowborough side. Surprisingly it took until halfway through the 1st half to take the lead. A cross from the left back was partially cleared to the playmaker No10 Simmonds who shot straight into the top corner from 25 yards. East Preston doubled their lead on 40 minutes when a cross, this time from the right was dropped by the visiting keeper and Steve Davies easily tapped in from the six yard box. A cut inside from the right winger allowed his left footed cross to be met by No4, unmarked to head in right on half time. The Crowborough players looked dejected heading to the dressing rooms at half time.
A free kick was awarded 10 minutes into the second half where Dan Simmonds again rifled it into the top corner. Goal number 5 came just after the hour when a cross to the near post was squeezed inside the near post by no7. A couple of Crowborough subs came on and no12 immediately fouled the right back t earn himself a booking. He did however, galvanise the forward play and scored from a freekick a fair way towards the touchline, where it somehow skidded inside the front post and the keeper claiming he was unsighted. A second goal was added 5 minutes before the end to give a little hope but even that was dashed in the 89th minute when Kakolyris caught the defence asleep and added the 6th before the final whistle.
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