Back home: It's delayed derby time for Little Common and Bexhill United

James Miriam-Batchelor was on target for Little Common at Eastbourne United

Little Common and Bexhill play their delayed derby tomorrow to mark Common’s long-awaited return home.

Their SCFL premier division meeting, a first game back at Little Common Rec for the hosts after nearly five years away, was rained off on December 27 but should go ahead this time.

Both sides go into it in fine spirits, Common having drawn away to Eastbourne United on Monday and Bexhill having beaten Eastbourne Town 3-1 in front of a Polegrove crowd of 406.

Common manager Russell Eldridge said: “It was good to get back out on the pitch and playing again after a couple of weeks’ break and a draw was probably a fair result.

Bexhill boss Ryan Light / Picture: Old Town Photography

“It was a relatively stress free game and Matt (Cruttwell, keeper) didn’t have too much to do. We probably created the better chances in the game. It was never going to be a free flowing game given the conditions but I thought we acquitted ourselves well though couldn’t quite find that little bit of quality when we needed it.