Saturday, March 03, 2007

Southport 1 Dagenham & Redbridge 4

The sun was shining and given the draw last time these teams met anything could have happened today. Southport were missing Boyd and Lane but with 4 strikers named it was obvious they would be looking to score. Sadly the goals were all going the wrong way. Within minutes Southport were a goal down and despite some good saves by Harrison and hard work by Holland Southport were outclassed by an average looking Dagenham and it finished 2-0 at half time.
Southport came out in the secondhalf looking much better but 15 minutes later it was 3-0 after a penalty save was fumbled by Harrison.
Southport didnt give up though and managed to get a goal back, not from a striker but from a substitute defending midfielder Michael Powell.
The celebrations had barely finished when the Daggers scored again making the full time score 4-1.
Although there was no boo-ing today lots of people who had answered the Chairmans invite said they wouldnt be coming back.
My Man of the Match was Holland clearly the most experienced player we have. I dont see the point of Tait.

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