Late goals defeat Harwich

Unavailablity of players meant that Harwich had to shuffle their line up. Hatfield Peverel made a good start with Ross Jones giving them the lead in the 8th minute from a corner. Harwich came back strongly and two well taken goals by Matt Geen gave them a deserved 2-1 lead at half time.
Hatfield Peverel levelled the scores early in the second half when a deep cross was headed home by Leon Humphries. On the hour centre half James Radley came forward to put Hatfield Peveral back into the lead following a corner kick. Harwich were not done and Matt Friend scored their equaliser. With ten minutes remaining Shaun Parsons forced the ball just over the goal line and Hatfield Peverel were back in front. Harwich tired now and late goals from Chris Tutt and Ross James secured the home side victory but made the score line unkind on Harwich.
Harwich finish on 26 points from 26 games and a likely finish in 9th spot in the league. They can look back on some highlights which included a cup victory over West Bergholt, league draws with top teams Gas Rec, West Bergholt and the excitng 3-3 draw with Little Oakley on the Oak in front of a bumper crowd. In difficult circumstances Managers John Fidgett and Martin Warnes can be congratulated on a job well done. Also encouraging was the excellent support from home fans throughout the season.