Hassocks will kick off October with a Premier Division fixture against familiar opponents as Peacehaven & Telscombe visit the Beacon on Saturday 3rd with a 3pm kick off.
It will be the Tye’s second visit to Hassocks inside of two weeks after the FA Vase First Qualifying Round meeting between the sides last Saturday.
Peacehaven came out on top on that occasion, winning 3-0 through a Tyler Scrafton brace and a stunning Jake Brocklebank free kick.
The Robins will be hoping for better next time around, although it is a fixture which they do not have a good recent record in – you have to go back to August 2016 to find the last Hassocks win over the Tye.
A week later and Dave John and his players travel to Broadbridge Heath for their second ever visit to the new High Wood Hill Sports Ground.
Last season’s trip to the Bears’ impressive new stadium saw Hassocks suffer a 2-1 reversal with all the goals coming in a 15 minute period early in the second half.
Max Howell gave Heath the lead on 51 minutes, Ben Bacon cancelled that out on 60 before Jamie Taylor hit the winner on 65.
Tuesday 13th October sees a midweek trip to East Preston for a 7.30pm kick off at the Lashmar. Hassocks did a Premier Division double over EP last season, winning 2-1 at the Beacon in August and then again by the same scoreline away from home in December.
Blagomir Mastagarkov and Dan Turner were on target for their first senior goals down at EP; Phil Johnson and a home debut goal for Jack Troak did the damage in Mid Sussex.
Horley Town are the visitors on Saturday 17th October at 3pm. The Clarets won 6-1 at the Beacon in the FA Vase in 2019-20 and 1-0 in the Premier Division.
Hassocks are yet to beat Horley in a competitive game, so there is a chance to make history for the Robins in that one.
Another Tuesday night road trip follows on October 20th with the Robins making the journey to Gorings Mead to take on Horsham YMCA, again kicking off at 7.30pm.
Hassocks took four points from YM last season, drawing 2-2 away from home in August. YM then came to the Beacon in the final first team game the ground hosted before lockdown.
It was a memorable way to bow out as Hassocks rallied from 2-0 down inside the opening 15 minutes to come back and win 3-2.
James Westlake and Johnson levelled things up to set up a grandstand finish in which George Galbraith-Gibbons notched a 92nd minute winner from the bench.
The month is rounded off with a final home game against Langney Wanderers on Saturday 24th, kicking off at 3pm.
Wanderers provided the opposition on three occasions last season. Hassocks won the FA Cup meeting 2-0 in August at the Beacon, lost 4-0 at Priory Lane two months later in the Premier Division and then slipped out of the Peter Bentley League Cup in a 4-2 home defeat seven days after that.
Entrance for Hassocks home games is £6 adults, £3 concessions and under 16s go free and tickets can be bought on the gate.
