11 Goal thriller

This was one of the most frenetic, exciting and tense games this correspondent has ever seen. It kicked started early into the game, Alyn Meredith crashing the ball into the roof of the net. A few minutes later Long Sutton equalised with a good finish. This prompted S & S to pile on the pressure, Liam Stevens, Chris Fell and Lewis Bridger all going close. S & S deservedly took the lead, Meredith brilliantly ghosting past three players and providing Elliot Jones the chance to score with a diving effort.
It was then the turn of Long Sutton to pile on the pressure and they scored two quick goals to go into the break 3-2 up. S & S started the second half well & equalised, Stevens latching onto a loose ball. The game then swung back to Long Sutton as they collected two more goals to go 5-3 up.
At this point S & S could easily have let the game go, but with Stuart Robson & Meredith pulling the strings, Jones pulled one back, drifting across the goal & drilling the ball into the bottom right hand corner. The fifth goal was a good team effort Meredith finding Bridger down the right, his cross was well met by Fell who finished with aplomb. With five minutes left a goalmouth scramble saw Bridger's miss fall to youngster Stevens, who made no mistake with the finish.

The last few minutes were tense, but S & S continued to show the determination that had typified their performance under skipper Jeff Hall. The final whistle was a relief and ended a cracking game in which both teams could have claimed the win. So four from four for this young S & S side, next week they welcome Norwich City at Fortress Sandy.