Martin Westcott nets the first Haverhill goal
photo courtesy of Paul Tebbutt

A hard fought, well earned and much needed win came Haverhill's way as they secured their first victory for nine weeks.

They took the lead right before the half time whistle 3 minutes into added time, Neil Cogger getting the bye line, away goalkeeper Ben Nower not getting enough on to his cut back and Martin Westcott hooking the shot into the net from behind him.

An increasingly tense finish to the match almost took a turn in Felixstowe's direction in the 83rd minute after Cogger was given his marching orders for violent conduct.

This geed Haverhill up for a second goal instead as, five minutes later, Jamie Challis laid the ball down the left wing for Westcott to run up it, turn inside a defender and put his shot past the advanced Nower.

With plenty of second half injury time the travellers got a goal back eight minutes into it when Andrew Claydon got the slightest of touches onto a drilled shot from the edge of the area to divert it just into the post, but it was too late to find the second goal they had searched for.

ROVERS : Ed Campbell, Luke Hughes, Gareth Thomas, Neil Hammond, Stuart Kingham, Jamie Challis, Daniel Marshall, Marcus Hunt, Martin Westcott, Louis Harper, Neil Cogger.
Subs : Ryan Kent (for Martin Westcott, 90), James Walker (for Daniel Marshall, 76), Jim Hollingsworth, Shaun Banham, Ben Cowling (for Louis Harper, 86).
Goals : Martin Westcott (45+3, 88)
Bookings : Luke Hughes (41, foul).
Red cards : Neil Cogger (83, violent conduct).

FELIXSTOWE : Ben Nower, George Blewers, Grant Monoghan, Gavin Frost, Neil Calver, Sean Bell, Paul Berry, Bradley Barber, Adam Hampson, Andrew Claydon, Danny George.
Subs : Gavin Crane (for Adam Hampson, 57), Karl Andrade (for Bradley Barber, 57), Mark Roper (for Danny George, 57), Liam Butcher.
Goals : Andrew Claydon (90+8).
Bookings : Grant Monoghan (25, handball), Paul Berry (84, ungentlemanly conduct).
Red cards : None.