Mid Sussex League

Division 4 South

Saturday 1st May 2021

Kick Off 14.00 Actual 13.57

Keymer & Hassocks 1 Eastbourne Athletic 2, attendance 12

8’ 1-0

34’ 1-1

44’ 1-2

@ Batchelors Field

Bolney Recreation Ground

The Street

Bolney

RH17 5PF

No Admission or Programme.

Keymer & Hassocks have been playing home matches this season at The Beacon, which is the ground of Southern Combination League club Hassocks, but due to pitch works, they scheduled their final two games( the first was postponed after the opposition couldn’t be bothered to raise a team)to here. The ground was used by Bolney Rovers (in Division 2 South) up until January last year, but following the COVID-19 shutdown they didn’t reappear at the start of this season.

Today’s match was 3rd versus 5th in the league table, although neither of them can catch the top two. It was a really good contest and could have gone either way. An early opener for the hosts was cancelled out by a great finish from the edge of the box from the visitors. Eastbourne got what turned out to be the winner a minute before halftime. A through ball looked to be running out of play, but the striker managed to prevent if crossing the line and played the ball across the 6 yard box, where his fellow striker rolled it in from a couple of yards out. The result sees the two teams swap league positions.