Hollands & Blair concede three late goals in a SCEFL Premier Division defeat at Glebe after Clint Gooding’s first game in charge ends in a penalty shootout win over Holmesdale

Clint Gooding’s had little time to settle after taking over as manager of Hollands & Blair for a second time.

Gooding was appointed last week as the permanent replacement for Luke Jessup and enjoyed a dramatic first-game penalty shoot-out win over Holmesdale in the Kent Senior Trophy.

He was agonisingly close to a second successive win on

Tuesday - Blair losing 3-2 at home to Corinthian in the Southern Counties East League after conceding twice in injury-time.

His side are at home again this Saturday when they face Larkfield & New Hythe.

Gooding previously managed Blair at the back end of the 2017/18 season, taking charge and guiding the club to safety. He worked as assistant boss to current chairman Paul Piggott at Star Meadow and at Chatham.

He was handed the job last Wednesday night, taking over a team who were sitting 17th in the table, and their midweek defeat means it’s now three wins in 12.

Gooding, speaking before the Corinthian match, said: “It went from getting the job last Wednesday, meeting the boys Thursday to playing Saturday, so there wasn’t much time.

“We only really had introductions on the Thursday, we were a little bit working on the fly on Saturday but the reaction, application and commitment from the lads from what we spoke about was brilliant and it was what I was looking for.

“I couldn’t have asked for much more in the 90 minutes and then I could have done without a penalty shoot-out in my first game!”

Holmesdale are currently in the play-off places but Blair were spot on to win the shoot-out 4-3 to progress to round two of the Trophy.

Blair keeper Jack Reeves saved two of the kicks and Jack Peters scored the winner with a panenka.

Gooding said: “I am not a lover of penalties but I said before the