HORNCHURCH 1 SUTTON UTD 1 - report and line ups

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Saturday 09-February-2013

HORNCHURCH 1 SUTTON UTD 1

HFC – Joe Woolley – James Love - Alex Bentley – Andy Tomlinson – Paul Goodacre – Reiss Noel – Tambeson Eyong (Billy Coyne 80) – Frankie Curley © - Martin Tuohy (Leon McKenzie 83) – Lewis Smith (Wayne Gray 72) – Michael Spencer

Subs – Joey May – Chris Bourne

 

SU – Wayne Shaw – Michael Boateng – Sam Rents – Jamie Stuart – Simon Downer – Tom Jordan – Marvin Williams – Richard Pacquette (Harry Ottaway 69) – Craig Dundas – Dean Sinclair (Anthony Riviere 53) – James Folkes (Harry Beautyman 53)

Subs – Leroy Griffiths - Paul Telfer

 

Scorers – Dundas 84 (SU) – Gray 88 (H)

Attendance 352

Bookings – Love 83 (H) – Tomlinson 84 (H)

Officials A Sannerude with J Block and A Guy

Duration 47.34 + 49.46

Weather – 4 degrees, rain, wind speed 11 mph

 

HORNCHURCH 1 SUTTON UTD 1

 

Sutton Utd have stand-in goalkeeper Wayne Shaw to thank for their point. Shaw made several good, if at times unorthodox, saves to keep his side in with a chance, and when they took the lead in a few minutes to go, it seemed as if they would take all three points.

 

Hornchurch started confidently against a Sutton team who packed their defence. Keeper Shaw made his first save in the second minute when he kicked away a Martin Tuohy through ball. The ball rolled out to Lewis Smith, and his lobbed shot went over the bar.

 

Shaw punched away from a Tambeson Eyong centre, which was followed by the best move of the first half. Tuohy made ground before crossing to Eyong, who played the ball quickly back to Frankie Curley, and Jamie Stuart charged his first time shot down.

 

Sutton rarely threatened, though when Marvin Williams found himself unmarked on the edge of the area, his chipped shot dropped onto the roof the net.

 

Smith went close with a solo run, followed by a shot which was charged down, and when Smith sent Tuohy clear, it took a well timed interception by Stuart to prevent a goal, at the cost of a corner. Andy Tomlinson sent the ball over and Shaw punched away.

 

Shaw was in action again when he dived to keep out a shot from Lewis Smith, and at the other end it was Joe Woolley to the rescue when James Folkes found himself in a shooting position.

 

Five minutes into the second half, and Hornchurch should have been home and dry, as they attacked into the rain. Lewis Smith made a fine solo run, but his shot was diverted around the post by Shaw, and a minute later Shaw made an excellent save from Martin Tuohy to keep his side in with a chance.

 

Two more corners were punched away by Shaw, and Woolley reciprocated at the other end with a Sutton corner.

 

Woolley made another excellent save when he tipped a Dundas header onto the bar, following a Sutton corner.

 

A goal seemed likely when Tambeson Eyong raced in from the right and homed in on goal, but he was scythed down on the edge of the area. The referee took no action, other than to award a free kick, and Lewis Smith hit the free kick hard into the wall of defenders, with Andy Tomlinson’s follow up meeting the same fate.

 

Wayne Gray came on for Lewis Smith, and immediate Hornchurch looked more dangerous. Billy Coyne came on for Tambeson Eyong, taking up a midfield position.

 

Hornchurch thought they had taken the lead when Gray headed on for Martin Tuohy, who ran on and neatly slipped the ball past Shaw and into the net – but a linesman decreed otherwise, and the goal was disallowed for a highly controversial offside decision.

 

Leon McKenzie replaced Martin Tuohy, and James Love was booked for what most considered to be a perfect tackle.

 

It was a Wayne Gray header which led to the opening goal for Sutton, when the ball was quickly played back up field, and CRAIG DUNDAS weaved his way through to score.

 

With two minutes left in normal time, Hornchurch drew level. Billy Coyne hurled a long throw into the goalmouth, and WAYNE GRAY turned sharply to fire the ball home.

 

In stoppage time Sutton were awarded a free kick following a Michael Spencer tackle, and Sam Rents hit the ball hard against the bar.

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Billy Coyne was signed during the week, from Concord Rangers - he started with Arsenal, and then played for QPR before joining Hornchurch in August 2008. He made 129 appearances, scoring four goals, in his three seasons at Hornchurch, before joining Concord Rangers.

 

Chris Bourne, who was also signed during the week, made 69 appearances for Canvey Island between 2006 and 2009, and has played on loan for Billericay, Welling Utd and Brentwood, before joining Staines in 2009, and then Croydon Athletic. For the last two seasons he has played for Metropolitan Police. He has made 16 full international appearances for Guyana, scoring two goals. His first international appearance was against Cuba in 2008.