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Pollard sends Herne Bay joint top with Maidstone

Herne Bay 3-0 Lordswood

Go Travel Kent League Premier Division

Saturday 11 October 2003

Attendance: 116

by Darrell Harman

Lordswood returned to Kent League action after a week's break and for the first fifteen minutes looked comfortable without looking world beaters and they also had the first shot of the game when Sam Colyer saw his shot from outside the penalty area go wide.

Much fancied Herne Bay, had their first chance two minutes later when a deflected shot from Marc Pollard was pushed away by debutant Lordswood goalkeeper Steve Williams.

The home side increased the pace of the game and after 19 minutes Robbie Summers cross from the left was headed clear and Pollard struck the crossbar.

Another chance for Herne Bay came after 21 minutes when Justin Smale's right wing cross found Summers at the far post and in space but his effort was blocked by James Day.

Herne Bay scored their three goals in the space of twelve minutes.

Their first, came in the 31st minute when a free kick on the left was deflected towards goal by Neil Crust and Pollard on the back post from one year headed home.

A Steve Williams free kick seven minutes later found Pollard and from twenty yards passed the ball into the empty net and then Nathan Eastwood ran onto a long ball into the Lordswood penalty area and scored from an acute angle.

The second half stated off at a slower pace which suited Lordswood and after 54 minutes half-time substitute John Gissing, who replaced Mike Cunningham, crossed to the back post for Colyer who headed wide.

Herne Bay's first chance of the second half came in the 65th minute when Jason Hughes came out of his goal and passed down the line for Pollard who got to the by-line and crossed low into the near post and Eastwood touched the ball wide of the far post.

The only other chance for Lordswood came in the 75th minute. Grant Gallagher on the right passed inside to Colyer who set up John Gissing who shot wide from twenty yards.

With seven minutes left on the clock, Steve Weeks and Jamie Cook tussled for the ball and once the dust settled both players were given their marching orders.

After six games apiece, Maidstone United and Herne Bay are both in the top two places with sixteen points each.

Lordswood: WIliams, Crust, Clements, Day (Gallagher 63), Woodland, Johnson, Colyer, Cunningham (Gissing 45), Short, Freeman (Weeks 70), Thorburn