Callander Gets First As Points Gained

Goalkeeper Marcus Garnham celebrated his return to the club by saving a first half penalty and 30-year-old birthday boy Luke Callander opened the scoring for Sudbury as Jamie Godbold’s team battled hard to clinch their first away win for five games.

The wide open spaces of the Cricklefield Stadium is never the easiest of places to get a result. But after the home side levelled early in the second half Sudbury upped their game and goals from Ryan Henshaw and a last minute penalty from Craig Parker secured a deserved victory.
Godbold made five changes from the side that started in the midweek defeat. One of them was forced with central defender James Baker serving a one game ban. A notable inclusion was return of keeper Garnham starting his second spell with the club after leaving Lowestoft Town.
This was a match that never rose to any great heights and neither keeper was tested until the 27th minute when Barkingside were awarded a penalty after Henshaw was adjudged to have fouled George Lutaaya as he broke into the box. But Sudbury keeper Garnham celebrated his return by saving Lutaaya’s spot kick which was fired down the middle.

Three minutes later Garnham was again in action when he made a fine save to deny Lutaaya and from the keeper’s long clearance up field Sudbury broke the deadlock. The bounce caught the home defence out and Callander latched on to the loose ball and fired past the home keeper who had left his line, to give Sudbury the lead at the break.

The second half was only four minutes old when Barkingside levelled following a left wing move when the ball was squared to the unmarked Michael Spencer who gave Garnham no chance.

From then on Sudbury upped their game and two good chances were squandered before they regained the lead after 71 minutes. A Henshaw header brought a great tip-over save from the home keeper Darren Bechet and from the resulting corner Henshaw netted from close range.

Parker headed straight at Bechet before Barkingside squandered a chance when Tyrone Scarlet headed wide from a good opening.
But it was Sudbury that looked the more likely to score and they sealed victory with a third goal in the final minute when Parker scored from the penalty spot after being brought down as he broke into the box by Alfie Wren who was red carded for denying a goal scoring opportunity.

AFC Sudbury: Garnham, Robinson, Newman, Bailey (Berquez 73), Henshaw, Mallardo , Blackwell, Clarke, Callander, Parker, Blackman (Wales 62) Unused subs: Martin, Gilbert & Godbold.