Match Report
County League:Division One
 Sidley United 1 Woodburn 50 |  Horsham YMCA 1 Cork 70 |
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Date: 4th March 2006 Location:Sidley
Source: West Sussex County Times
A LACK of goals is threatening to derail YM's defence of their Division 1 title.
Chasing leaders Ringmer, the Gorings Mead outfit have two games in hand and trail by eight points, but manager John Suter admits they need to start finding the back of the net, after several good opportunities came and went in the 1 -1 draw at Sidley.
"It was two points lost," commented Suter.
"We need to convert more from the amount of possession we have, and we need a better ratio of goals from chances made.
"Ringmer still have some difficult matches ahead though and there are a lot of points still to be won."
New signing Shaheen Sadough made his first start for the club and was guilty of three glaring misses, as YM continued to frustrate in front of goal.
Matt Russell had a header saved and James Grant saw a shot fly over the bar before Sadough
missed his first chance, failing to connect with a header from a Dean Carden cross.
Suter said: "Maybe it was because it was his first start that Shaz [Sadough] wanted to try and prove something, all he had to do was make contact."
Another chance fell to the former Shoreham man when he picked up a long ball from Ian Chatfield, and controlled it with his chest before shooting wide in a one-on-one.
Undeterred, YM continued to play good football either side of the break, Dave Gellatly failed with two attempts after Grant's cross had been half cleared.
Glen Woodburn finally made the breakthrough YM so desperately required. The defender rose highest from Gellatly's free-kick and directed a header past the keeper and a defender's outstretched boot.
Sadough could have doubled YM's lead minutes later, but shot straight at the keeper from Russell's flick on.
Sidley took heart from the visitors' wasteful display, and when Joel O'Hara was caught in possession high up the field, Simon Cork wrong footed the YM defence from the resulting cross to score an unlikely equaliser with United's first shot on target.
Cork almost turned the YM defence inside out minutes later, but poked his effort wide of the post.
"We could have lost it on that," remarked Suter.
"It was a ridiculous game."
YM face a trip to HailshamTown on Saturday in need of goals and points to catch Ringmer.
Team: (4-4-2):Chatfield; Carden, Woodburn, Hooper, O'Carroll; Grant (Duffield 77), Potter, Gellatly, O'Hara; Sadough, Russell.