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Crystal Palace Res. 3-2 Eastbourne Res.

Posted on: Tue 23 Mar 2010

Crystal Palace got back to winning ways with a 3-2 win at home to Eastbourne Borough at the KT Stadium.

Goals from Nathaniel Pinney, Kieron Cadogan and Matthew Wright were enough to first cancel out Matt Smart's opener on 15 minutes and then see off a late strike by Jamie Taylor as the visitors threatened a shock.

Ronnie Jepson fielded two changes to the side that drew 1-1 in their last home fixture, with Wright and trialist Joel Ledgister brought in to the starting line up.

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Eastbourne started the game the brighter of the two sides, carving out an early opportunity that almost saw Palace keeper, Lloyd Anderson lobbed from inside the box.

But the visitors took a surprise lead on 15 minutes when a low cross from the right was slotted past Anderson by Smart from eight yards.

Palace brought the scores level ten minutes later when a good piece of play down the right hand side led to a low cross along the six yard box for Pinney to tap home.

The home side then completed the turnaround five minutes later when Cadogan picked the ball up 30 yards from goal, carried it five yards before hitting a looping strike over keeper Chris May.

In the second half chances were limited and it was a case of first chance, third goal for Palace as a neat, flowing move in the middle of the park led to Cadogan slipping Wright in to the area and the striker confidently slotted home from 15 yards.

The visitors caused a late scare when Jamie Taylor got the wrong side of Jerry Nnamani and played the ball over Anderson, but Palace held out for their sixth win of the season.

Teams

Crystal Palace: 1. Lloyd Anderson; 2. Michael Abnett; 3. Hakeem Adelakun; 4. Jack Holland; 5. Jerry Nnamani; 6. James Comley; 7. Joel Ledgister (trialist); 8. Alassane N'Diaye; 9. Matthew Wright; 10. Nathaniel Pinney; 11. Kieron Cadogan

Subs 12. Matthew Parsons; 14. Jack Randall; 15. Charlie Holness; 16. Dominic Matcham (trialist); 17. Ibra Sekajja

Eastbourne Borough: 1. Chris May; 2. Ollie Rowe; 3. Michael Racher; 4. Matt Hurley; 5. Gary Elphick; 6. James Fraser; 7. Matt Smart; 8. Simon Johnson; 9. Andy Atkin; 10. Jamie Taylor; 11. Joseph Benjamin

Subs 12. Jack Fry; 14. Ethan Strevett; 15. Andy Hales; 16. Michael Lloyd

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