(for Bolarinwa 58)
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Seventeen days after belatedly seeing in the New Year with a resounding victory over Tonbridge, United at last played their second game of 2010, the League Cup third round tie against Division One South side Croydon Athletic finally going ahead at the fourth time of asking. Croydon had been out of action for three weeks themselves, and the two sides' recent inactivity was evident in a generally low key encounter, which was settled by a superbly taken early goal from Croydon striker Gareth Williams, making his first appearance for the Rams. United, who handed starts to all three of their new signings, went closest to an equaliser when Sam Adams' lob was clawed off the line by Croydon's debutant keeper Nicky Morgan. The U's lacked a cutting edge on the whole though, despite playing plenty of decent passing football, and the visitors might have added to their tally on the break in the closing stages.
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| Match facts | Efforts on target | Efforts off target | Free kicks conceded | Corners won | Offsides against |
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| Hastings United | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 7 |
| Croydon Athletic | 3 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 3 |
| Hastings United (4-4-2) | Croydon Athletic (4-4-2)
| 1 Steve Williams | 1 Nicky Morgan
| 2 Josh Jirbandey | 2 Joe Howe
| 3 Jimmy Elford | 3 Chris Bourne
| 4 Nathan Russell | 4 Bentley Graham |
5 Sean Ray | 5 Jeremy Williams |
6 Harry Pell | 6 Ben Lewis (c)
| 7 Steve Elliott | 7 Tom Bolarinwa
| 8 Tim Olorunda (c) | 8 Danny Waldren
| 9 Adrian Stone | 9 Gareth Williams
| 10 Sam Adams | 10 Gary Noel
| 11 Russell Eldridge | 11 Rory Hill
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| 12 Scott Ramsay (for Stone 70) | 12 Scott Forrester (for G Williams 56)
| 14 Luke Newman (for Adams 70) | 14 Nathan Green
| 15 Joe Barham | 15 Charlie Sharman (for Noel 83)
| 16 Matt Maclean | 16 Leslie Thompson | (for Bolarinwa 58)
| 17 Neil Smith
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Attendance 139
Referee Tim Robinson (Bognor Regis)
Assistants Baris Erguven (Brighton) & Lloyd Rendell (Worthing)