Charlwood Village dedicate wins on Remembrance Day

On Sunday 12th November, Charlwood Village FC and their respective opponents paid their respects on Remembrance Day with a period of two minutes silence before kick-off.

Prior to kick-off at the home fixture, players and members from the club attended a ceremony at St Nicholas Church in the village of Charlwood, where the club were among many community organisations laying poppy-wreaths and paying their respects at the war memorial.

In the home fixture at the Charlwood Rec, CVFC Reserves played out an entertaining fixture with Division 4 top-of-the-table side B-Town FC Reserves. Charlwood got off to a perfect start with a lovely left-footed finish by Jason Suckling, the club's 4th all-time top-goalscorer, only to be pegged back by B-Town just before half-time, leaving the score at 1-1 and the game in the balance.

Charlwood fell behind 2-1 early in the second-half, only to muster a stunning comeback win, with another goal from Suckling, and one each from fellow club veterans Steve Walker and Ross Hollingshead to cap off a 4-2 victory.

CVFC First team played away from home v East Sussex Seagulls FC, taking an early 2-0 lead including a goal and assist from Oliver Hollingshead, only to find the scores level at 3-3 come the interval.

With the game in the balance, Charlwood's Luke Reid turned in a virtuoso performance, scoring a total of FIVE goals, as Charlwood ran out comfortable 9-3 winners, bringing back memories of the 9 goal rout v Lancing PHD from two seasons ago (a game in which Reid scored SIX!).

Charlwood Village FC dedicate their wins to all those who gave their freedom so that we might have ours, in honor and respect of Remembrance Day. Thanks to the officials and opposition sides on the day for also paying their respects.