Newhaven’s FA Carlsberg Vase first round replay at Cove was abandoned after 41 minutes last night.
The Dockers were leading 1-0, thanks to a Jayson Sowter header, when torrential rain fell so hard that referee Chris Wicks was forced to take the players off the pitch.
After a short delay Wicks went back out to examine the pitch and deemed it unfit to carry on and made the decision to abandon the match.
The teams will try again at Cove’s Oak Farm Stadium on Tuesday 29th October, 7.45pm kick off.
[…] is also the second time Newhaven have seen a long midweek away trip be abandoned after their FA Vase first-round replay at Cove came to a premature end when heavy rain forced the players off the […]