SOUTH EAST COUNTIES WOMENS FOOTBALL LEAGUE - PREMIER DIV - Jan 15th 2006
HEATH HOLD LEADERS FOR 75 MINS
UKP 5 Haywards Heath 1 (Mel Rooney)
Heath travelled to Sittingbourne for the clash against league leaders, UKP who have only dropped one point all season. However straight from the kick off Heath continued the performance from last week and matched the opposition in all departments. Despite going one down after 20 minutes, Heath deservedly equalised just before half time when after a beautiful ball down the centre Mel Rooney shot over the advancing keeper – only the 5th home goal UKP have conceded all season !!!.
Heath carried on their high performance in to the second half and were competitive in all parts of the game. However in the final fifteen minutes through some uncharacteristic mistakes, Heath were punished by some excellent finishing. The score therefore did not in any way reflect the closeness of the game nor the efforts put in by every member of the squad. Particularly outstanding was Heath's player of the match, Mel Rooney, but every player will take something into next week's vital away game against bottom of the table Upper Beeding.
Team: Celia Huggett; Kim Donno(Emma Burkitt 78); Kim Strong; Penny Gittins; Karen Bridgewater; Mel Rooney; Mel Bramley; Leigh Farley; Catherine Diffey;Jenny Greenfield; Del Cook (Jo D'ambra 85)
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