With a win against Hailsham and a draw against Selsey, we move 4 points closer to safety. We now need 8 points from 12 remaining games to be assured of safety. Well, safety for this concluding season at least and the knowledge that on the playing front, we did our part. After that, its out of our hands.
Our only chance of silverware this season - unless someone tells us that we cant be in it for some reason or the other - is in the Brighton Charity Cup. We play Seaford next in the quarter final at their place next Tuesday 10 March and obviously a win would leave us 1 game from a final. I really hope we are fortunate enough to make the final as I think it’ll be a fitting tribute to the great squad that have represented Ringmer this term. Of course in league terms if we had our 10 points back we’d have 42 points, in sixth place and pushing for a top three finish. All this from a squad who’s average age is 19.4 years old and the average distance from Ringmer between all of the players is 5.2 miles. 7 players coming from Lewes Town centre itself.
For those who couldn’t make it or felt it would be politically incorrect to do so, the game against Hailsham I have to say, was as good a performance from our first team as I have seen this term. Shame you missed it really. Throughout the side we played some fast penetrative football that impressed all - including the management. Scoring 7 goals in any game is impressive but to score and win at a time when it really matters is particularly satisfying.
Last Saturday we drove the 47 miles to sunny Selsey and we did not repeat the standard we’d got used to whilst playing Hailsham. At half time we were lucky to go in honours even at 0-0. After a half time debate, the players worked harder and we became more and more dominant as we found rejuvenated pace and energy. At both ends there were opportunities and Selsey should have sown it up in the first half and we should have done the same in the second period. 0-0 full time and a fair result and four points from two games is acceptable to us provided we take three points on Saturday.
On Saturday we meet Arundel away who, in true points form, would be below us. Their form has been indifferent of late - two points from their last two games - and we all intend to go there and get the three points to make our requirement 5 from 11 games left. We’re leaving players out at the moment who are desperate to play and over the next few weeks with the games coming both Steve and I are confident that all squad players who can train will be involved.
So training at Falmer on Tuesday night for all and again on Thursday at the club, weather permitting.
The reserves entertained Hastings United who sit second to top in the Reserve Premier. We lost the game and I await a report from the web site and those involved.
We had a break-in to the changing rooms on Thursday night and the reserves medical bag, with countless items in it, together with a ball-pump, 1 match ball and 3 of the opposition balls you have to leave in the away changing rooms and a cd from the cd player (but not the player itself(?)), were stolen. The thief signs himself as “Beaver” on the changing room mirror and on the dry wipe board and on the windows of the club itself. So just so we’re all clear of the profile of this master-thief, - we’re looking for someone who can write their own name (more than once too) has the physical ability to force a door (possibly fat then) has their own cd player (as they didn’t nick ours) doesn’t know a good football from a crap one (as there were good balls in the home changing rooms) and has a dependency on liniment oil and freeze spray - or perhaps has a bit of a thing for red medical bags, who knows. If you know who this dingbat is, I don’t want you to catch him, I want you to kick
him really hard up the arse. Thank you.
See you players Tuesday night.
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