A WET December meant that the Stringers only managed a single game before the end of the month, that coming on Saturday 2nd when a last-gasp Reece Coughlan goal gave Hailsham a 1-0 win at home to Storrington in the League Cup.
The Swans, who Hailsham drew 2-2 within the league earlier in the season, came into the game as favourites after winning the Division Two Cup the next season, but Hailsham played well, holding off the cup holders and proving a threat to their own. Eventually, in the third minute of stoppage time, Coughlan, who has now scored four goals since his arrival at the club in October, turned in the box to lash home from close range, setting up a Quarter Final tie for the Stringers against local rivals Jarvis Brook (date TBC).
Hailsham’s next league game was scheduled for Saturday, 30th December, when they travelled the short distance to Jarvis Brook, with January fixtures to be announced.
