With what was a pretty makeshift side fielded against Haywards Heath on this Bank Holiday Monday due to injuries, suspensions and unavailability, Uckfield more than held their own against the current best team in the league.

With three U18's & two U21's drafted in for the game Uckfield matched their opponents across the field, but with their final touch in the opponents half letting them down. It was the home side maybe just edging the early exchanges, but with the Uckfield back line looking strong and repelling every attack thrown at them, both sides went in at the break even handed.

At the start of the second half AFC Uckfield nearly grabbed the lead with a goalmouth scramble with the final shot passing just by the post to save Haywards Heath's blushes. The visitors created several goal scoring opportunities and came close several times to taking the lead, whilst at the other end the closest the home side came was due to a mistake and with the keeper beaten it was down to Storming Norman to clear it off the line and to keep the visitors in the fray.

It wasn't until the 69th minute when Haywards Heath's Josh Spinks broke the deadlock further to a cross to behind the far post that was met by a powerful header which although it didn’t hit the back of the net, the linesman felt it had crossed the line, so 1-0 to the home side and League leaders.

Town were not finished and the substitutes carried on the good work and the team fashioned several good opportunities by pressing the home side into mistakes and further to a header that looked goal bound it was an AFC foot that somehow put it over the bar in another goalmouth scramble.

Uckfield continued to press the home side leaving them to try and catch the visitors on the break with the long ball ,but the visitors held firm and were very unlucky not to have taken a point from this game at least and with maybe the more clear cut goal scoring opportunities maybe they should have taken all 3 points although I am sure this quality Haywards Heath side would have felt more than hard done by although a draw would probably have been a fair result for a very competitive and resilient Uckfield under the guidance of Anthony Storey & Clift Cant