HORSHAM

Ben Collier

Anthony Jupp

Jacob Waller

Ollie Clarke

Harry Garman

Jake Legrange

Tom Killner-Brown

Subs

Harry Hole

Stanley Rice

Zak Comber

Harry Smith (not used)

Goalscorers

MAN OF THE MATCH: Ben Collier

Polegate Grasshoppers 0 HORSHAM 3

Sunday 6th November 2011

Sussex Sunday Youth Knockout Cup

Two games in a week between these two league A teams resulted in Horsham going through to the next round of the knockout cup with ease.

Polegate, as always, showed good determination and proved hard to break down but, across the 90 minutes, showed little threat to the Horsham goal with the back five of Lewis Blaney, Anthony Jupp, Jacob Waller, Greig Gander and Ben Collier not being seriously tested by the homee forwards.

Horsham, for all their efforts, had little change out of the Polegate defence but on 20 minutes Connor Cushing rifled a right footed shot from all of 25 yards which beat the diving outstretched hand of the Polegate 'keeper and went in off his right hand post. Horsham were good value for their lead but failed to press home their advantage so they went in at half time with just the one goal advantage.

H/T Polegate Grasshoppers 0 Horsham 1

The second half began with Horsham playing into the wind and this ensured they played their football on the ground, which best suits their style of play, and it was Jake Legrange who finished off a smart move between George Hole and Tom Killner-Brown who played the ball to the far post for Legrange to finish off smartly.

Horsham looked more assured in the centre of the park with Alex Parsons returning to the side and, when the ball got cleared to Man of the match Ben Collier on 61 minutes, he cut inside one player and hit a right footed shot from the edge of the box which hit the underside of the Polegate crossbar and into the net. Five minutes later and, for the second week running, Horsham had a late effort ruled out for offside when Cushing put Killner-Brown through and was ruled offside as his pass was converted by Legrange.