Goal tally is a perfect ten at Midhurst

How often will you see a team at the bottom of the league score four goals and still lose? That's what happened at Rotherfield as Midhurst beat Saltdean 6-4 in division two of the Sussex League.
By The Newsroom
Published 8th Mar 2013, 21:47 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 20:17 BST

Saltdean arrived with only one point to their name - that one having come from a 1-1 draw with Midhurst on the opening day.

A good crowd saw Sean Dummer give the hosts the lead on six minutes with a well-placed shot beyond Graham Leach. But Midhurst relaxed and Elliott Quant equalised - only for Rob Wimble to restore the home side’s lead on 16 minutes.

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Dan Davis went close for Seaford before Quant levelled again, this time from the spot.

Martin May set up Gary Norgate to put Midhurst 3-2 up - all this with only a quarter of the game gone.

Luke Sheldrick put a shot beyond Leach to give the hosts some daylight and as the visitors wilted, Norgate and Lewis Hamilton made it six.

Saltdean weren’t giving up easily and a Davis penalty signalled another fightback, but the Stags ended up two-goal victors.

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The referee showed yellow cards to four players, only one of whom was a Midhurst man.

MIDHURST: Knight, Dummer, White, Farr, Hyde, May, Sheldrick, Hamilton, Wimble, Norgate, Dormer. Sub: Dreckman.

Midhurst visit Rustington on Saturday and Steyning on Tuesday night. On Saturday the reserves host Broadbridge Heath in the league cup (2.30pm).

TED DUMMER

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