South East Counties Womens Football League - Div 1[W] - 30th April 2006
Haywards Heath 2nds 0 Eastbourne Borough 3
Heath 2nds completed their program with a home game against 3rd placed Eastbourne Borough and took the opportunity to give two young “stars of the future” Marianne Bowtell and Natasha Sole a place in the starting lineup for the 1st time. [Sole had made one previous appearance as keeper]
Heath held the young Eastbourne side until just 3 mins from halftime when keeper Clair Imray [Heaths “Player of the match” } did well to tip a long range shot onto the bar, only to see it rebound into the path of a Eastbourne forward who scored from close range. Earlier in the half Heath had had chances through Sole from a telling through ball from Kelly Lambert and Mica Saunders, whilst in defence Julie Hawthorne made some crucial tackles in front of Imray who was on top form.
At the start of the 2nd half speedy Fran Pritlove replaced Bowtell who had given 110% throughout and both she and Sole went close before Manager Sarah Miller replaced midfielder Kelly Lambert with forward Yoli Rietmann only to see Eastbourne go further ahead with a shot from outside the area giving Imray no chance. Heath kept up the pressure with Rietmann and Saunders testing the keeper but a cruel deflection saw Eastbourne record their 3rd goal and the game ended with all credit to Heath for, as always, battling to the end.
Team :- Clair Imray : Louise Creasey, Rebecca Smallman, Julie Hawthorne, Gemma Paull, Alison Field, Kelly Lambert [Yoli Rietmann 55 mins] , Natalie Trend, Mica Saunders, Marianne Bowtell [Fran Pritlove 45 mins] Natasha Sole .
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