Men's 2's
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Sat 15 Jan 2022  ·  Men's Division 3 South East
Crostyx 3
1
2
Havering Hockey Club
Men's 2's
Crostyx III 1 - Havering II 2

Crostyx III 1 - Havering II 2

Bukki Olodo7 Feb 2022 - 20:40
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Crostyx III 1 - Havering II 2

Crostyx III 1 - Havering II 2

A late winner from Bill Birbeck earned Havering a 2-1 victory in a tense encounter at Woodford.
Crostyx started strongly and Havering took a while to settle, but it was the visitors who took the lead when a weak shot from James Walker bobbled past the surprised Crostyx defence.
The hosts soon hit back with a short-corner of their own that Havering would also have expected to keep out.
The visitors then became frustrated with some umpiring decisions and began to lose focus. Haydn Joslin and James Walker were sin binned for dissent with yellow and green cards respectively, either side of half time.

Once restored to a full compliment, Havering controlled the game and pressed hard for a winner. Ben Fairman and Matt Kennedy came close, but with less than ten minutes remaining Birbeck fired home the winner from close range.

Havering captain Ryan Lee thought he had put the icing on the cake with a late third, but his effort rightly was disallowed for being too high from a short corner, so Havering had to settle with a one goal cushion.

Match details

Match date

Sat 15 Jan 2022

Kickoff

14:00

Competition

Men's Division 3 South East

League position

3
Havering 2
8
Crostyx 3
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