Southport 3 Crawley Town 1

After telling everyone at work I was off to watch Southport play Canvey Island it was a nice surprise to see us play Crawley Town today. As the teams came out I felt a surge of optimism not often felt on the terraces of Haig Ave. that optimism was obviously shared by the team as they had the perfect start and a very nice goal from Alex Smith after 4 minutes. Southport passed well and had more skill with the ball than any Southport side for quite a while. Southport again beat the defence and Dino scored his first goal. The first half saw great performances from Dino, Hoolickin, Blakeman, Smith and Clancy. For the first time Lane was not the best player! Dino and Hoolickan will both be upset they didnt get more goals. Dino made it three with a penalty after some debate and appeals to the bench over who got to take it.
The second half wasn't quite as good, Crawley scored a goal met by silence and Southport played too deep backing off rather than challenging. Although Southport had some very good chances they failed to score. Crawley seemed to have hundreds of corners and Scully was able to do what he liked on the leftwing. He would be a brilliant signing for any team.
It all ended after a tense last 15 minutes 3-1.
MOTM Hoolickin.