REDHILL 2 - 1 RINGMER

DIVISION ONE

23 November 2008

Report by David Ruffles

The match offered Ringmer fans the chance to renew acquaintance with former Ringmer boss John Crumplin now in charge at Redhill and ex-Ringmer players Charlie Stagg and Eddie Koboah and with Mark Price returning to the Ringmer squad for the first time following surgery in May.

On a bitterly cold afternoon an uneven playing surface spoilt this game as a spectacle. Both sides tried to play attractive football but offered little excitement to warm the hands and feet of their supporters as the ball continually bobbled over the pitch making ball control difficult for players. Play switched from end to end in the first half with both sides missing chances in the first half hour. A long range effort from Lee Radford drifted wide of the Ringmer goal before Joe Dryer had a shot fumbled by Chris May in the home goal. Then a long clearance from May set up a chance for Wayne Robinson but his shot went straight into the arms of Joe Adams. Then a header from Jo Jo Tubon found Simon Greatwich unmarked at the far post but he blazed his shot high into the trees behind the goal. The next to miss the target was Stagg whose header went over the Ringmer cross bar. The opening goal came after thirty four minutes when a cross from Koboah was side footed into the net near the far post to give the home side the lead going in at half time.

Ringmer introduced Ryan MacMillan and Jayson Sowter at the start of the second half and this double substitution heralded a period of play when the Blues controlled proceedings with Tubon and Dryer both going close to scoring before Tubon was brought down inside the penalty area. Ryan MacMillan sent May the wrong way with his spot kick to level the scores with just over twenty minutes left to play. Ringmer continued to press forward and looked likely winners but Redhill always looked threatening in their intermittent excursions into the Ringmer half. Aaron Murphy had a shot from the right wing go inches past Joe Adams’s right hand post. Then a cross from Radford was headed onto the ground and up into the goal by Tommy Brown to put the home side back in front much to the delight of his team-mates. Dryer almost snatched a late equaliser for the Blues when he shot inches wide after a short free kick from Price opened up a gap in the home defences.

With Eastbourne UA and Pagham both winning Ringmer, as a result of this defeat, dropped to third place in the table ahead of Redhill, Three Bridges and Horsham YMCA on goal difference with just two points separating the top six sides in the league. This coming Saturday the Blues face seventh placed Wick at the Caburn in another vital top of the table contest.

No	PLAYER	GOALS	OThER
1	Joe Adams	.	GK
2	Aaron Last	.	.
3	Will Broomfield	.	.
4	Alex Mikolay	.	.
5	Aaron Hassan	.	.
6	Matt Percival	.	C
7	Simon Greatwich	.	.
8	Kieran Patel	.	.
9	Jo Jo Tubon	.	.
10	Luke Huggett	.	.
11	Joe Dryer	.	.
SUBSTITUTES
12	Ryan MacMillan	60 P	On For S Greatwich
14	Jayson Sowter	.	On Fo K Patel
15	Mark Price	.	On For M Percival
16	Jamie Gray	.	Not Used
17	Elliott Finney	.	Not Used
OFF FIELD
Manager		Bob Munnery
Assistant		Steve Oliver
Sports Therapist		Ian Fairs
OFFICIALS
Referee		Mark Thompson
Assistant 1		Nigel Bullen
Assistant 2		Joao Arranhado
Fourth Official		N/A
Attendance		75