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Marcos Perona scored Whitstable's goal: Whitstable Town travelled to Worthing for their latest Ryman Division One fixture on Saturday. Manager Marc Seager named an unchanged line up for the game against the Sussex side who were unbeaten in their previous nine League and Cup games.
Whitstable Town traveled to Worthing for their latest Ryman Division One fixture on Saturday. Manager Marc Seager named an unchanged line up for the game against the Sussex side who were unbeaten in their previous nine League and Cup games.
 
The Oystermen who were wearing their away yellow kit started brightly with Rikki Banks having to show alertness early on in the home goal when he was equal to a through ball aimed at John Akinde.
 
The home side replied with Ben Andrews and Danny Davis both shooting wide of the target when well placed. Centre Backs Michael Adcock and Steven Lloyd also both made telling clearances from the home attack while Jake Gess and Danny Tipple were fighting for everything.
 
It was Whitstable who somewhat suprisingly took the lead when on 39 minutes a header across goal was turned past Banks by skipper Marcos Perona for his second goal of the season. Worthing continued to look dangerous when going forward but failed to find an equaliser before half time.
 
Worthing started the second half by putting continued pressure on Whitstable's backline with Kevin Fewell saving well from Andrews and Matt Phelan blazing over when well placed.
 
The Town almost extended their lead when a cross from John Akinde was cleared only as far as Sam Denly whose shot was parried by Banks to the feet of Jon Neal whose effort was cleared off the line by a home defender before a melee insued which was eventually stopped by the Referee who awarded Worthing a free kick.
 
This miss was to be rued on the 60 minute mark when from a left wing cross by Phelan the ball eluded everybody apart from the unfortunate Lloyd who could only help the ball into his own net.
 
The home side looked to kill the game off with their passing play but continued to miss chances while Whitstable never really created to much. The killer second goal came in bizare circimstances with 88 minutes on the clock.
 
Kevin Fewell and Ben Andrews both challenged for a high ball. Fewell looked to be fouled as Andrews tapped the ball home. After a shake of the head to rule the goal out Referee McGann consulted his linesman who ruled the goal legitmate and so Worthing led 2-1.
 
The third and final goal came in injury time when Substitute Terry Dodds who had only just come on beat Fewell with a tap in with his first touch of the ball.
 
Whitstable certainly deserved a point from their longest trip of the season but it can be a cruel game at times.
 
WHITSTABLE TOWN  1. Fewell 2. Gess (Sayer), 3. Tipple (Parker), Adcock 5. Lloyd  6. Martin  7. Stubbs 8. Perona 9. Akinde 10. Neal 11. Denly
 
Unused Lawrence, Duffy, Smith

Despite the scoreline, which some might say  flattered the home side, though in truth it would have been harsh on them had Town held onto their first half single goal lead to leave the Sussex coast with all three points. The visitors Whitstable; without testing the home side keeper, or winning a single corner took the lead with their first attack, having withstood at least half a dozen attempts on Kevin Fewell’s goal and as many corner kicks, to Whitstable’s none. In the 2nd half Worthing won the game with a ball bundled over the line with Fewell on the floor, then scored their third in the last minutes of the match as the visitors pushed up-field in an effort to salvage a point. 
 
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