Goddaughter reaches footballing milestone
On Saturday my beautiful goddaughter clocked up her 100th live football game and I was fortunate enough to join both her and my uncle in watching Horley Town FC take on Epsom & Ewell FC in the Combined Counties Premier Division. It was the first time either of them had been to the New Defence, home of Horley Town, but it will be a game that will live long in all our memories - not for what happened on the pitch but the fact it was the 100th game my goddaughter (pictured below) has been to.
Things went from bad to worse for Epsom as the Houghster bagged his brace shortly after the restart. Pouncing on a simple ball over the top, which had left the Epsom defence rather flat footed, Kyle rounded the stand-in 'keeper and slotted the ball home from a tight angle (pictured below) - much to the delight of the small home support gathered behind the goal. It was soon was 3-0 when a Horley free kick from the left-hand side, which should've been easily dealt with, managed to find its way through a crowd of players to winger Adam Pullen who fired low and between the 'keeper's legs to give his side some breathing space against the 10 men of Epsom.
She has also seen 357 goals and observed 52 home wins, 34 away victories and 14 draws. Out of the 357 goals there have been 211 different scorers with Beckenham Town's goal machine Gary Gorman leading the way with 17 goals followed closely by 11 own goals. She has also witnessed 29 successful penalties which equates to one in every three and a half games. Finally the record for most individual goals in a game goes to Horley Town's very own Kyle Hough with an impressive four against Colliers Wood earlier this season.
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