FA Cup

ISLANDERS STAND FIRM

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 October 2020

CANVEY ISLAND 3
CRAY W’DRERS 2
By Glen Eckett
CANVEY ISLAND edged through, surviving a late fightback.
They got off to the perfect start after two minutes. A ball from the right by Conor Hubble was worked across to Evans Kouassi whose low shot caught a deflection and found the back of the net.
Kouassi scored again eight minutes later, when he nudged the ball past a defender to send himself through on goal. Keeper Lewis Carey came off his line but Kouassi got to the ball first, rounding the keeper and smashing high into the goal.
It was 3-0 on 22 minutes when Kouassi held the ball up w...

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