Marigolds Sunk
His name was Gary Peters and in the second half, he had already sent in a wicked far-post cross for the six-feet-plus Leighton Allen to head the goal that cancelled out Marigolds' half-time lead.
It was in the 80th minute that he tried to get round Shameen Sadough near the corner flag on Peacehaven's left flank.
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Hide AdThe Littlehampton youngster got in a good tackle and the ball squirted high in the air. When it came down, it spun vicously back to Peters with Sadough completely wrong-footed.
Peters promptly knocked the ball across the six-yard box, Allen stretched to divert it onto a post and got up well to force the rebound over the line for 2-1.
Five minutes later, Allen completed his hat-trick, without the aid of spin or luck. He simply showed fine control, a wonderful turn and a fierce shot low into the corner of goal from 20 yards.
Score - Littlehampton 1, Peacehaven 3
For the full report, see the Gazette, February 21.