Loanees sink Swifts

DIEHARD Worthing supporters clanked through the turnstiles as usual on Saturday and were rewarded with a deserved victory which saw Rebels leapfrog not only their opponents but also Chelmsford, into seventh place.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Apr 2005, 14:12 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 00:57 BST

It was a match of little consequence between two sides who, barring the unlikeliest reversals of form, have missed out on this season's promotion play-off places.

Worthing were without main striker Sam Francis, all three goals came from deadball situations and both Worthing's were scored by their on-loan players from Lewes.

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Just before half-time Swifts were made to pay for a succession of fouls. Mark Knee was brought down for the umpteenth time, and Chris Dicker's kick was brilliantly headed in by defender Marc Cable.

Knee made a lively return after a lengthy injury lay-off but, sadly, he was to limp off again just before the end.

Worthing merited their interval lead, but appeared to be still in the dressing room when Swifts equalised soon after the restart. A right-wing corner floated over Mark Ormerod's reaching fingers and Ian Cousins headed in.

The Worthing keeper fell just below his usual high standard, being in trouble several times with crosses. His lapse didn't prove costly, however. The Rebels revived, bringing on Andy Alexander, who in the closing stages proved a real handful for the Heybridge defence.

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