Hassocks will have an end of November date with Little Common following the postponement of the original fixture between the Robins and the Commoners.
Russell Eldridge’s side had originally been due to visit the Beacon on Saturday 2nd November but the tie was lost to the biblical rainfall that batted Mid Sussex in the week leading up to the game.
The match referee had a very easy decision to postpone on the morning of the fixture as a waterlogged pitch also claimed the Under 18s home game with Mile Oak and the Ladies meeting with Parkwood Rangers that had been due to take place on the Sunday.
Common will now visit the Beacon on Tuesday 26th November with a 7.45pm kick off, giving Hassocks four home games in a row in what is becoming an increasingly packed schedule.
That run starts with the visit of AFC Uckfield Town on Tuesday 19th November, itself a rearranged fixture having originally been due to take place on Saturday 19th October.
Four days after that and Hassocks host Newhaven. That’s followed by the new date for the Common game with top four chasing Peacehaven & Telscombe rounding off the sequence on Saturday 30th November.
Common are so far enjoying what is only their second ever season of Premier Division football. They had a solid debut campaign last time out, never really being dragged into the dogfight and eventually finishing in 16th spot, eight points clear of the relegation zone.
Player-manager Eldridge will be keen for progress to be made in 2019-20 and they’re going reasonably well so far, sitting in 13th spot with four wins from 12 games coming against Lingfield, Horsham YMCA, Saltdean United and Loxwood.
They also claimed the notable FA Cup scalp of Isthmian League side Three Bridges on a run to the first qualifying round of the competition, their best ever performance.
All this continues a remarkable upward journey for a club who were playing in the East Sussex League as recently as 2004. Over the past 15 years, they’ve climbed three divisions through the Southern Combination League and are no beginning to establish themselves as a Premier Division club.
Hassocks took just one point off them last season, a 1-1 draw at the Beacon thanks to Liam Benson’s late leveller following on from a 4-2 defeat at the Oval in which Hassocks were 4-0 behind with an hour played.
