Seven star Lancers claim win at reigning champions

Lancing celebrate at Shoreham on Saturday

LANCING Football Club stunned reigning Southern Combination Football League champions Littlehampton with a seven-star showing as they ran riot at The Sportsfield on Wednesday.

There was little sign of the chaos that was to ensue when Scott Packer put Golds ahead early on and, after Dave O’Callaghan equalised for Lancers, the match turned on the sending off of the hosts keeper Jordan Matthews five minutes into the second half.

Naz Rouane put the visitors ahead, then braces from Alex Fair and Will Berry, who also had a penalty saved, along with a late Ross Adams strike completed the rout.

Lancers boss Richard Whittington was proud of his players and hailed an incredible night for his side.

He said: “No-one saw that coming.

“I’m so pleased and very proud of the team, what was most pleasing for me was the way that we kept going forward and attacking even when we had scored five.

“We were relentless, scored some cracking goals and could have had more, it’s just hard to believe and it’s incredible.

“I was hopeful of a win but never imagined a scoreline like this.