Banter with Bridges - Week 3

Peter Symonds 0-10 Worthing College

Worthing travelled to Peter Symonds College in the 2nd round of the ESFA Cup after a bye in the 1st round. The game started very quickly when a ball over the top caused a mix up in the Worthing defence which nearly sore an own goal scored within 10 seconds of kick off. Worthing then settled into the game and got on the front foot, they were technically much better than their opposition and passed the ball at a tempo that Symonds couldn’t live with. The 1st goal however took 15 minutes to come before which Worthing had created several clear cut chances that they went onto miss a theme that would continue all afternoon. The 1st goal was scored by Emily Hale after good work down the left by herself and she beat the keeper at her near post.

The Symonds goal then went on to lead a charmed life for much of the remaining half an hour with Worthing hitting the woodwork 4 times and the Symonds goalkeeper making some very good saves. It wasn’t until Chloe Debaes fired home from close range after good work by Maddy Emmerton that the lead was doubled and that’s how it stood at half time.

2-0 Half time.

The 2nd half was to prove less frustrating for Worthing with more of their chances going in instead of hitting the goalkeeper or the woodwork, although it was to be struck a further 3 times in the 2nd half.

The 3rd goal came after 5 minutes of the 2nd half and again it came after good work by Emmerton and Alex Fagan this time Emmerton adding the final touches curling to ball into the far corner from 20 yards out. This seemed to break any resistance Symonds had and the game was then played solely in the Symonds half for the rest of the game. A fourth quickly followed as Debaes added her 2nd of the afternoon. Amy Potkins then got in on the act to score her 1st of the afternoon, followed by a quick fire double from Naomi Robinson to make the score 7-0 with 20 minutes to go. Potkins got her 2nd of the afternoon when she chased down a lost cause beating the keeper to it and rolling the ball into an empty net. Danielle Lane made it 9-0 with a well taken goal before Potkins rounded off the scoring with a couple of minutes remaining to get her 2nd hat-trick in 2 weeks and make the score 10-0.

10-0 Full Time

Scorers: Maddy Emmterton, Danielle Lane, Emily Hale, Naomi Robinson x 2, Chloe Debaes x2, Amy Potkins x 3.

Player of the match: Amy Potkins – for her 2nd hat-trick in 2 weeks.