Horsham YM hit a super six in perfect warm-up for SCFL play
Horsham YM signed off their final home match of the season in great style, seeing off Bexhill United 6-1
The win came after the visitors had beaten Forest Row 5-0 the week before and YM’s performance delighted manager Liam Giles, who told the County Times: “That was the perfect warm-up for our play-off game!”
Bexhill began the SCFL premier clash in attacking mode, with an early corner followed by shots cleared off the line, but YM soon fought back.
After a free kick curled past the post, YM took the lead in the 14th minute when Richard Pingley netted from close range, and it promptly got even better when Adam Adam scored.
With YM on fire and Bexhill open at the back, direct from a corner, Noel Fisher put YM further ahead with their third success in five minutes.
From a harsh-looking free kick decision, Bexhill skipper Jack Shonk got one back by firing into the top corner, but YM were again rewarded when a pinpoint cross from the left enabled Pingley to head home. Two YM corners followed, the score 4-1 in their favour at the break.
Just past the hour mark YM made three substitutions, with Jordan Maguire-Drew coming on to immediately notch YM’s fifth.
Bexhill had a pair of corners and fired over, before Maguire-Drew slotted home YM’s sixth, the hosts finishing strongly with three late corners.
Giles said: ”That was a much better performance – our quick hat trick stunned them. Rather than training, this week we talked about the way we need to play, and today we came in fresh and implemented the changes we discussed.”
On Saturday in their last scheduled league match of the season, YM visit eighth-placed Newhaven, to whom they lost 1-2 at home six months ago.
Then, YM will receive confirmation of their opponents in the play-offs, with a trip to Guernsey seeming the most likely knockout fixture at present. That will be played on Saturday, May 2.