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Sports in Lewes
Lewes’ managers shoot from the hip
Steve King
Lewes FC Manager
“As I write this we’re just gone
halfway through October, and it’s
been quite a month, particularly
in the FA Cup. When you read
this you’ll probably know the
result of the Crawley game in
the fourth and final qualifying
round of the competition, played
on October 28th. Whatever the
result, getting to play a dream
derby against our local rivals
from the Conference proper has
been quite a result for Lewes
Football Club. I’m just sorry that
none of the games so far have
been at home, so most of our
fans haven’t been able to see us
in the competition.
We started out with a modest victory
at Hendon. It wasn’t a great
game against a team which is one
rung down the league ladder, and
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70 minutes to get our first goal,
and we didn’t wrap the game up
until deep into injury time. Having
said that they barely managed
to create a chance, and in the
Cup it’s not the performance that
counts, it’s the result. I was very
pleased to be in the draw for the
next round.
The FA did us no favours with
that, pitching us against Dorchester
away. It was a long journey
to play a team in the same division
who had made a similar start
to the season as us. On paper it
looked like anyone’s game, then:
but on the pitch we absolutely
battered them. We ended up winning
4-0, with goals from Juke
Box (Andy Drury), Gary Holloway
and two from Boothie (Paul
Booth). After a bit of a dry patch
at the start of the season, Boothie’s
really hit form, scoring five goals
in as many games, and creating
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Steve King “Crawley was a dream draw”
every single player was magnificent
that afternoon. Afterwards
their manager told me we were
the best team they’d played that
season by a mile.
We made a so-so start to the season,
but I think we’ve turned the
corner now. We’ve won four out
of the last five games with clean
sheets. The only hiccup was the
game against Bishops Stortford at
home, which we lost 3-2. It was
a game we should have won by
a mile, but their goalkeeper and
defence were magnificent, and
while we had to work bloody hard
for our two goals, we gifted them
their three. The last goal in the
87th minute was a real catalogue
of errors. Leon Legge gave away
a needless free-kick, Wilko (Paul
Wilkerson) didn’t get enough
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