Upper Beeding Res  7:2 Billingshurst Res.

Saturday 17th March 2001

It should have been the Division 4 match of the day. Beeding Res. in second
place with Billingshurst Res in third.

Billingshurst started the better as Steph Grettons' Beeding side seemed to
have left their ability in the changing room.

Within fifteen minutes Beeding were 2-0 down due to some sloppy defending
but that was their wake up call and some of their football was lovely to
watch.

Chances fell to Sam Witherden and Joe Bennett but both were sent high and
wide, adding to the grey hairs on the head of the new Beeding Manager.

John Kingsley eventually took one of the chances that Beeding were creating
and 90 seconds later it was two apiece as Bennett rammed in his first of the
afternoon.

Matt Grays' corner  was half cleared for Witherden to return the ball into a
crowded area and Darren Jordan to bulldoze the ball home.

After the break it was one way traffic with Beeding running riot and it came
as no surprise when Gray made it 4-2.

Kingsley and Bennett were running the 'Hurst defence ragged ably supported
by Witherden and Ollie Trower  on the flanks and Mid field General Lance
Trigwell.

As Bennett made it 5-2,  Gretton replaced young mid fielder Aaron Barker
with Jay "a few pounds heavier Fricker" for his first outing of the season
and it was his slick passing which added to Billingshursts' problems turning
their back line at will.

Bennett completed his hat trick and added his forth before the end but, in
truth, it could have been many more.

It was left to Manager Gretton to comment "In the end it was job done but
next time, hopefully, we will play for the full 90 minutes."

Gretton confirmed that he had signed his brother Terry from Steyning Town.

Upper Beeding Res: 1. Adrian Parsons; 2. Aaron Barker, 3. Lee Johnson, 4.
Steph Gretton,
5. Darren Jordan, 6. Ollie Trower, 7. Lance Trigwell, 8. Matt Gray, 9. Joe
Bennett, 10. John Kingsley, 11. Sam Witherden. 12. Matteo Agugario,  14. Jay
Fricker.