Ryan Blackstone provided one of the goals Great game of football at the Recreation Ground on Saturday on a fabulous playing surface against league leaders Willingdon Athletic. Good for anytime of the season let alone in January, 35 games into a season & after a week of weather extremes! Goals from by Jacob Prince & Ryan Blackstone and a Man Of The Match performance from Phil Teague.

Thanks to Richie for a great job deep spiking our pitches today. A few days of dry weather meant conditions were perfect to aerate the pitches ahead of their winter break, & just before the next rain storm arrived! Aeration is the most important maintenance activity for our pitches given the poor Wealden silt soil. The work coincided with a visit from the Grounds Management Association Regional Pitch Advisor & Sussex County FA Facilities Manager with whom we had invaluable di

The scene had been set on dry and sunny day in Rotherfield, as they welcomed league leaders Barcombe, where a win for either side would confirm top-spot to close the year out . The side has learned a lot from their previous meeting with Barcombe, and manager Bowen had set the side up to counter the wide-threats of the away side, only to find that neither of those players had made the league leaders squad! Rotherfield initially started the brighter, retaining the ball across t