This was probably our worst performance of the season to date with two goals in the last 11 minutes securing all three points.

Haverfordwest started the better they were finding their players better and their work rate was excellent while we couldn't pass from a to b for long periods of the game. It came as no surprise that after 14 minutes Haverfordwest took the lead, the only surprise was how it came about. They had the ball right out on their right hand touchline and Josh Cockings appealed for a throw in which wasn't given. The Haverfordwest player cut inside, shot over Rory McCreesh who had left his line to receive a back pass from Josh, and into the far corner of the net. Following a Haverfordwest corner we broke Damon Thomas cleared to Joel Kabia who shot from outside the area, the ball went well wide but at least we'd had a shot. We put some pressure on them by winning a couple of corners but they were cleared and we finally produced a fine passing move involving several players but the final pass went through to the keeper. Defensively were had difficulty in clearing corners and Haverfordwest went two up on 34 minutes when we failed to deal with a corner. We now had a mountain to climb and needed a goal before the interval, Luke Borrelli tried his luck from 30 yards but it was straight at the keeper but then on 44 minutes the ball was played in to Joel Kabia just inside the box, he took the ball on a couple of yards before shooting low to the keeper's right to get us back in the game.

At half time we replaced Steve Hughes with Remi Whitelock and he knocked in a free kick on 50 minutes which they managed to clear for a corner. Again we had a series of corners but no-one managed to get a head to them then from the final one they headed the ball out to Luke Borrelli 25 yards out, he controlled the ball but shot just wide. Sean Sullivan picked up a loose ball on half way and ran 20 yards before shooting, the keeper got down well to turn the shot away for another corner. On the hour Carl Payne replaced Joel Kabia and almost immediately he played a 1-2 with Corey Thomas who headed the ball goalwards but he was given offside. Darren Franks played a great ball through to Carl Payne with twenty minutes to go, Carl played it into Remi Whitelock's path and from 25 yards he shot first time but again the keeper made a good save. 

We finally equalised on 79 minutes when from a right wing corner Remi Whitelock knocked it into the middle and Carl Payne headed the ball goalwards. Somehow it went through a mass of players ending up in the net with Damon Thomas and Sean Sullivan also in the frame for the goal. Spurred on by this we went looking for a winner and Luke Borrelli from wide right found Carl Payne and yet again their keeper made a good save. The winner duly arrived on 87 minutes when Carl Payne wide right crossed in to Corey Thomas who from 8 yards headed the ball just inside the post having wrong footed the keeper who gambled on him heading to the opposite side of the goal. Haverfordwest now pushed forward in pursuit of an equaliser and won a free kick and a late corner but we held on to take the three points.

Lido side Rory McCreesh Andrew Collins Jonathan Hood Josh Cockings Darren Franks Damon Thomas Luke Borrelli Sean Sullivan Steve Hughes Joel Kabia Corey Thomas

12 Matthew Doyle for Darren Franks 78
14 Carl Payne for Joel Kabia 60
15 Remi Whitelock for Steve Hughes 46

Report by Peter Reynolds

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