Havant & Waterlooville 6-1 Evesham United
Monday 30th March 2026
Pitching In Southern League Premier South

Match Report by Simon Purfield

Evesham made the trip to the south coast on Saturday to take on Havant and Waterlooville and came away with their biggest defeat of the season.

After a tightly contested opening twenty minutes, the home side began to assert themselves, applying increased pressure to the Evesham goal. The breakthrough came in the 24th minute when Pendlebury delivered a free kick that found Wilson. His attempt was spilt by Evesham goalkeeper Alex Harris, resulting in the ball creeping over the line to give Havant the lead.

Shortly afterwards, Havant almost doubled their advantage. Whittingham surged forward and released Oudnie-Morgan, whose low cross into the box was met by Hutt, preventing the home side from getting another shot at goal.

Evesham responded in the 32nd minute, drawing level through midfielder Josh McConnell, who capitalised on good play from Barlow to restore parity and give the visitors hope. The Hawks attempted to regain the lead when Seager connected with a pass from Oudnie-Morgan, but Harris denied him a chance to shoot. A good move was created for Awadh, but he could not take advantage of the opportunity for the Robins.

Overall, the first half was evenly matched, with both teams creating chances and keeping the contest tightly balanced.

The second half saw Havant seize control. Just two minutes after the interval, Laidlaw’s corner was returned to him via Patten, and he struck the loose ball first time into the net to restore the hosts’ lead. Havant extended their advantage in the 56th minute when Laidlaw won an aerial duel and set up Whittingham, who calmly found the net.

The Hawks made it 4-1 on the hour mark. Substitute Giwa-McNeil won the ball in the air, Seager collected the loose ball and played it to Whittingham, who finished clinically from close range. Havant’s dominance continued as Giwa-McNeil twisted and turned inside the area before curling a composed finish into the back of the net, bringing the tally to four goals within sixteen minutes.

As the match progressed, Havant maintained their dominance. In the 90th minute, two attempts were cleared off the line by the Evesham defence. With the final kick of the match, Seager slotted the ball into the bottom corner, rounding off the score at 6-1.

Following this result, Evesham, having collected just three points from their last seven matches, find themselves two places and one point above the relegation zone.

ROBINS STARTING X1:
1 Alex Harris (GK), 2 Liam Hutt, 3 Owen Foye, 4 Josh Barlow, 5 Josh McConnell 32′, 6 Ioan Richards, 8 Jac Lee Poffley, 10 Amer Awadh (C) (66′ 17 Ethan Dunbar), 11 Brandon Liggett (66′ 7 Roger Francis James), 12 Andre Wright (80′ 21 George Alston), 15 Jyrel Bojang (57′ 20 Kai Churchley)

ROBINS UNUSED SUBSTITUTES:
13 Brendan Beard (GK)

ATTENDANCE: 782