Sittingbourne FC U18's Match Reports
| Sittingbourne U18 3 Ebbsfleet U18 2 AET (31-Oct-2010) |
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Bourne team go nuts over Almond cracker TWO red cards, two late goals and a recovery from 2-0 down. Sounds like quite a Kent Youth Cup tie at Bourne Park on Sunday. Ebbsfleet took an early lead, doubled it and although Bourne came back at them they were still two goals adrift at the interval. When the opposition had a player sent off, though, it gave Bourne the lift they needed and confidence soared further when Charlie Almond cut the deficit in half. They carried on pressing and with only a couple of minutes left George Keen equalised after some clever movement on the right. It finished 2-2 and it was now all about extra-time. Bourne had the edge, but with tension rising by the second they had a player cautioned and then sent off, leaving both sides with 10 players. They fought themselves to a virtual standstill but with most people thinking in terms of penalties Bourne found a second wind, pulled together and snatched it at the death. There were only a few moments left when Almond connected with a 25-yard belter which whistled into the roof of the net. He was immediately buried under a mass of ecstatic team mates. You can understand why. |
| Dover Athletic U18 3 - 4 Sittingbourne U18 (05-Sep-2010) |
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Dover started off the game getting an early goal through Jordan Gealer,
a long shot along the ground that deflected off a Sittingbourne defender.
Bourne then started to put pressure on the Athletic defence and soon
equalised through George Keen. Sittingbourne Made it 1-2 from a well
worked corner which was converted by Luke Girt, and Marcus Heddon
also scored after a good spell of pressure to make it 1-3 at half
time. Half way through the second half Sittingbourne were awarded a penalty when Marcus Heddon was bought down in the box the penalty was converted by Charlie Almond to make it 1-4. The whites then started to get on top of the game and were also awarded a penalty that was blasted in by Aaron Mcguire, 2-4. Dover then made it 3-4 when Connor Coyne scored after a scramble in the box. The last ten minutes was all Athletic and the Bourne keeper Dan Preskett-brown had to make a couple of great saves to earn them the points. |
