Mid Sussex League

Division 2 North

Saturday 24th January 2025

Kick Off 12.00 Actual 12.03

A.S. Crawley 9 Ifield Albion 0, attendance 17

2’ 1-0

6’ 2-0

36’ 3-0

45’ + 4, 4-0

46’ 5-0

55’ 6-0

59’ 7-0

78’ 8-0

83’ 9-0

@ The Forest School, 3G Pitch

Comptons Lane

Horsham

RH13 5NL

No Admission or Programme.

Once again a week with plenty of rain meant grass pitches may have been a risky option today, so a 3G pitch was the safest bet and this noon kick off (it was hosting Horsham Trinity’s home West Sussex League match at 2pm) was ideal, as it also offered the chance of picking up a double. The ground here at The Forest School is a standard cage set up, with three quarters of one side allocated to spectator viewing and a pair of plastic dugouts on the far side.

The match saw the league leaders, with a 100% winning record, host tenth in the table and it went as expected. Two goals in the opening six minutes saw the hosts race into a two goal lead, but it took them half an hour to add a third goal, before curing another in from the angle of the 18 yard box in stoppage time to give them a 4-0 lead at halftime. A close range tap in saw them score again a minute after the restart, with two more added before the hour mark. With twelve minutes left they added an eighth, followed by a shot on the turn into the far corner for number nine five minutes later. They were desperate to hit double figures, going full on for another goal, but somehow the Ifield defence held out, despite having their ‘keeper red carded late on, following a fracas after a foul on the edge of the box, that also saw each team have a player booked.