Eastbourne Dynamos took on another new team this week in the second round of the Eastbourne Junior Cup. Polegate Town are made up of players and management who formerly played under the name of Willingdon seconds. Dynamos manager Gary Taylor had a full team to pick from, and opted to stick with the side that played well in last weeks defeat to Little Common. Early possession went to Polegate as they pressed forward with every opportunity, but failed to really test Martin Bell in the Dynamos goal. Polegate managed to take the lead on 30 minutes after a corner was first collected by Bell but he couldn't hold onto it amid the mass of bodies and Polegate bundled the ball across the line. Polegate doubled their lead 5 minutes later after being awarded a free kick from looked like a fair challenge. Dynamos had no complaints about the goal though as the Polegate player got on the end of the set piece, unmarked at the near post to head the ball into the net. Bell was called into action again early in the second half but made a good save to prevent another goal. Dynamos came close to scoring when Likeman fizzed a shot over the bar from a free kick. Dynamos conceded a third in the 70th minute when Dynamos failed to stop the Polegate fullback, whose cross was meet at the back post and nodded in. Wayne Burke forced the Polegate keeper to make his first meaningful save when he got his free kick round the wall and it looked to be heading for the bottom corner. Neil Taylor and Stephen Fletcher combined well to fashion a good chance, but when the rebound fell to Taylor again, his shot went inches wide with the keeper beaten. Bell made another good save with 10 minutes to go, but Dynamos conceded a fourth in the 82nd minute when Polegate went straight through the middle of the Dynamos defence before beating the keeper with a neat finish. In the final minutes, Eastbourne had another free kick, which was again well saved by the keeper. In the end Dynamos went out of the Eastbourne Junior Cup to a worthy opponent, but can be pleased that with all of Polegate's possession, they failed to turn it into goals and didn't like it when Dynamos showed a little fight to win the ball and kept going till the end. |
