F.A VASE CUP VERSUS BITTON

"MARKING THE DAY"
We present the club pennant as always for cup matches. But the daunting forecast of bad weather resulted in a poor crowd for this cup-tie. But a typical cup-tie none the less. Five goals scored, two penalties, two yellow cards and the Sun came out ?. We took the lead after 16mins, after Ryan Honey's shot took a slight deflection but found the net. But it was short lived, when Josh Fenwick up-ended in the box. Bitton levelled from the spot. Then we failed to clear a ball, it was knocked back from the bye-line and slotted home to put them in front. Just before the break, Mat Cusack found space. He shot from 30yds, everyone stopped including the keeper, thinking the ball was going wide. But it found the corner of the net to put us back level pegs. Second half both sides had chances to score. Bitton were then awarded a second penalty, much to the amazement of all behind the goal ??. But justice prevailed when the keeper Ben Elphlick picked the right side and made a great save. This for me was the turning point of the game. Mat Cusack broke away and fed the ball into the box. The second ball fell for Andy Sargent to slam home what turned out to be the winner. They came at us then, but our defence marshaled by Matty Hawke, Josh and Marc Bonney were all up for it. Having considering the league status of the two teams, it was a great win for us. Enjoyed by all, but were you there ?????.
"lidds"