This friendly opener to the season was always going to be straight-forward with the opposition’s 1st XV having to play a Daily Mail tie elsewhere. Early exchanges revealed rustiness on both sides but Eastbourne were quicker to pull their game together and once they started scoring there was only g[...]
Archive for September, 2010
Football: Sussex Downs (Eastbourne) Vs Ravenswood 6th Form 1-6
Sussex Downs started the game on the front foot, playing some sensible possession football. Missing three key outfield players and their regular goalkeeper weak links started to appear in the SDC armour. Jack Griffin had as an inspired performance despite the final score. SDC held out until t[...]
September 30th, 2010 - 11:54 am § in Sport
William Parker 7-0 Sussex Downs (Lewes) 2nd XI
Sussex started the game reasonable well by restricting William parker to long range shots. Out of nowhere came the first goal again a slight hiccup in defence lead to a goal for the home side. Events got worse for Sussex as they had to make an early change due to Zach Taylor’s ankle injury. Su[...]
September 30th, 2010 - 11:36 am § in Sport
Sussex Downs College (Lewes) Vs Woking College 5-4
22 September 2010. Sussex Downs College dominated the first 10 minutes of play until Woking took the lead, with what can only be described as a wonder goal. A cross came from deep, was controlled and volleyed in mid-air and hit the back of the Sussex Downs net before anyone on the pitch could blin[...]