Ringmer 2^nd XI – 0 v 1 – Whitehawk 2^nd XI

Reserve Premier Division

24/04/09

Match Report by Steve Frost

When these two sides met for Ringmer’s second game of the season in August, Whitehawk just nicked it, well tonight they did not nick it, Ringmer gave it to them when they tried in vain to play the offside trap.

The first half passed without either side looking like they would score. Ringmer were the livelier, they moved the ball around crisply however they were unable to supply any penetration of the oppositions defence as the final delivery failed to reach its target, often going straight to the opposition.

Ringmer’s first half action started after 4 minutes when Neil received a through ball which he cut left for Ben whose shot went right of the target. It was a further 13 minutes before a combination of passing on the right between Jesse and Andy won a corner which Ringmer failed to capitalise on. On the half hour Neil supplied a ball for Tom who was near the penalty spot, he could not get the shot away, the loose ball fell to Ben Ruth who did connect securely however the shot went out of the ground. On 45 minutes, Rob robbed the ball from the Whitehawk midfield, he broke away down the left and into the area, his shot went just wide of the right post. (0-0) @ HT.

Ringmer started the second half in a similar fashion to the first when after 3 minutes, Neil broke down the right where he twisted and turned to lay the ball back for Tom who was unable to get the shot away.

The next fifteen minutes found Whitehawk in the ascendancy but still not looking like they would score. On 65 minutes, Ben Ruth signalled that he needed to be substituted, Ben C came into midfield and Andy was moved up front. On the restart, Louis supplied a ball down the left that was gathered by Rob on the half way line who literally took it down the line to win a Ringmer corner that provided no opportunity.

25 minutes after the restart Ben W is forced to make his first save of the game as Whitehawk break down the left. 10 minutes later, Ringmer pressed the self-destruct button when they decided to play the offside trap; it did not work as it left Ben W facing an unexpected one-on-one which he lost as Whitehawk placed the ball into the Ringmer net.

Ringmer tried to recover the situation with some good link up work between Rob and Andy whose lob just failed to beat the opposition keeper, later Jesse battled hard to win Ringmer a corner on the right. The inbound ball was met powerfully as a header passed narrowly over the Whitehawk goal.

The game finished shortly after Tom O'Donnell received a yellow card (0-1 @ FT).

No	PLAYER	GOALS	OThER
1	Ben Woodall	.	GK
2	Joe McTiffen	.	.
3	Louis Brown	.	.
4	Ben Robertson	.	.
5	Kiefer Ardaen-Webb		(C)
6	Jesse Stonell	.
7	Tom O'Donnell	..
8	Andy Smith
9	Ben Ruth	.	.
10	Neil Grant	.	.
11	Rob Frost	.	.
SUBSTITUTES
12	Richard Hooper	.	Not Used
14	Ben Courtnage	.	On for Ben Ruth (65)
15	Geoff McTiffen	.	Not Used
16		.	Not Used
17	.	.	Not Used
OFF FIELD
Manager		Geoff McTiffin
Assistant		Neil Barrett
Sports Therapist		.
OFFICIALS
Referee		Laurence Hinge
Club Linesman (R)		Lee Cramp
Assistant 2		N/K
Fourth Official		N/A
Attendance		N/A