FA Cup Preliminary Round
Reports
Glossop North End 0-1 Kendal Town FC
The road to Wembley opened up before Kendal Town as they knocked Glossop North End out of the Emirates FA Cup.
Kendal bounced back from Tuesday's defeat to Bootle beating Glossop North End 1-0 with Eric Yahaya scoring from the penalty spot. Manager Chris Humphrey asked his team a few questions after his side lost on Tuesday night, this answer was just the reaction the gaffer would have been after.
Glossop started the brighter of the two teams, but after 20 minutes Kendal started to show Glossop what they were about and soon gained a penalty through Yves Zama, which Eric Yahaya coolly slotted into the bottom left-hand corner with the Glossop keeper going the wrong way. The goal motivated Town and they really started to dominate the game going in 1-0 up at the break.
Glossop came out fighting after half time putting Town under some real pressure bringing Morgan Bacon in goal into the action a number of times and dominating the final 30 minutes of play. Nevertheless, Kendal held out for the 1-0 win and Morgan Bacon, who made some exceptional saves, was deservedly awarded Kendal's man of the match.
Prestwich Heys 0-3 Warrington Rylands
Prestwich Heys bowed out of the Emirates FA Cup as they were beaten 3-0 by Northern Premier League Warrington Rylands, but Manager Matt Barnes’ side put up a real fight before succumbing to the current holders of the FA Vase. After conceding an early goal, Heys rallied superbly and could have gone in level, if not in front, at halfway.
However, Rylands came out of the blocks strongly at the start of the second period and two goals in a three-minute spell took the game away from the home side.
For an FA Cup tie, the game had opened in sedate fashion with neither side threatening. That mood may well have played a part in the opening goal as it came from an unforced error in the 6th minute. James Dwyer under hit his back pass and Rylands striker Luke Sephton was quick to round Heys ‘keeper Russell Saunders and slot home.
Despite the pedigree of the opponents Heys regained their composure to begin to put together some nice football and Brad Sixsmith saw a shot held by the visitors ‘keeper Graham McCall. Rylands responded in the 20th minute when Luke Wall fired in a cross that was met by an overhead kick from Callum Less that flew just over, but by and large Heys were keeping the visitors at arm’s length.
Heys gradually asserted their authority with the surging wide runs of Jamie Hill providing a constant threat. Indeed, they came close to an equaliser in the 33rd minute. A ball in behind the defence saw McCall come flying out of his goal, but the pace of Hill left him stranded. When the Heys wide man crossed, Coop let fly from the edge of the area, but Richard Smith got across to block the goal bound shot.
Heys continued to press and on the stroke of half time a stray pass was seized upon by Coop, who bore down on goal, only for McCall to get enough on his shot to push it wide.
The second half was a different story. Saunders was soon in action in goal for Heys, firstly doing well to come out and block a Sephton effort in the 47th minute and then pushing away a header from Smith. Kyle Sambor, then broke through to lift a shot over Saunders, but Taylor Share got back to clear.
Under mounting pressure Heys cracked in the 55th minute. A cross to the far post picked out an unmarked Smith, who headed inside for Joe Denman to slot home from close range. Three minutes later they were undone in the air again when Smith again found space at the far post to head home and effectively seal the game.
To their credit Heys remained unbowed and almost reduced the arrears when the irrepressible Hill jinxed into the box to pick out Sixsmith who glanced a header just wide, but only the crossbar saved Heys in the 73rd minute when Walls shot from inside the box, and Rylands were able to see out the game out, despite Prestwich’s spirited efforts.
Bishop’s Cleeve 2 Tring Athletic 0
Whilst the hosts controlled a lot of the ball early on it was the visitors who looked the most threatening, with Tommy Twelves having a couple of efforts, including a powerfully struck shot which flew just over, going close.
Emmanuel Gbejuade, then saw an effort well saved by Sam Gilder before Bishop’s Cleeve started to create chances of their own through Blaine Waugh and Linden Dovey.
Bishop’s Cleeve nearly took the lead straight from the restart as Jack Watts crossed to Kieran Alder in the box but the midfielder slipped on the greasy surface as he struck his shot, making it easy for Dave Saunders in the Tring goal. Tring then saw Oliver Butler and Kieran Turner have several shots on target blocked as the hosts started to really push for the opener.
It was Cleeve who made the breakthrough on the hour mark. Waugh won a freekick on the right-hand edge of the box and some pinball in the area saw the ball end up in the back of the Tring net, with Matthew Sysum deemed to have got the all-important final touch.
The goal was the turning point of the game as Cleeve started to threaten with the tireless Waugh and sub Zac Guinan, making his debut on youth loan from Cheltenham Town, causing problems for the Tring defence. Waugh’s determination led to Cleeve’s second goal when slight hesitation in the Tring defence was seized upon by him to cross to Harrison Reeves for the winger to calmly convert with eight minutes to go.
Tring hadn’t given up and it took several fine saves from Sam Gilder to prevent them forcing their way back into the game and to seal Cleeve’s 2-0 win.
Shorts
Ilford performed a giant-killing act at Barking, opening the scoring after only seven minutes, but were under some pressure until the sending-off of Barking’s Jay Leader just before half-time changed the game. In the end the 2-3 result somewhat flattered the hosts.
Barton Rovers saw off West Essex to progress after an evenly contested first half in which the first goal came from a Lewis Thomas header in added time. The second half saw the homesters on top and their dominance resulted in further goals from Sam King and Lewis Thomas against hard-working opposition.
Herne Bay were well-fancied, but fell behind in the first minute of their tie at Bedfont Sports, but had got well on top by the time they equalised through Adam Ramadan in the 33rd minute. This injected some life into Sports, who went 2-1 up through Darryl Saunders on half-time. The second half saw the Sports retain the advantage and Kevin Diamond put them 3-1 ahead and although Herne bay fought back strongly there were no further goals.
The most westerly club in this season’s FA Cup, Mousehole, were brought down to earth by higher-league Plymouth Parkway. The Cornish club’s preparations had been disrupted by Covid and it was Plymouth whose strength and composure shone through. Nevertheless Mousehole’s hopes were high when they netted after a mere 20 seconds, but their joy was short-lived as Parkway equalised in the fourth minute. After that Plymouth dominated and at times only keeper Cory Harvey was keeping Mousehole in the game. Thirty-five minutes in Parkway took an inevitable lead and though the second half saw Mousehole increase their share of possession, they didn’t really look like scoring and the game ended as a contest when Parkway scored from an 80th minute penalty through captain River Allen.
High-octane Halesown Town eased through 3-0 against Sutton Coldfield with a hat-trick from the clinical Chris Lait, Belper Town went behind after three minutes against Whitchurch, but eased through with goals from Tom Wilson (2) and Jonny Margetts, and Barnstaple came out on top in a local derby at Bideford 1-3 in which all the goals were scored in the final eight minutes, first through Al Angel Joseph, a second from Tornado Bello, and a third from Theophilus Ofori, with Buchan netting for Bideford in the dying seconds.
Daniel Ogunleye’s first senior goal for Brentwood Town was enough to see off Leighton Town 1-0 and Canvey Island came from behind to beat Waltham Abbey, who had taken a stunning top-corner lead from Ace’a Laurent, thanks to goals from man of the match Evans Kouassi and Matt Price.
Uttoxeter Town were swamped at Chasetown, fell behind after only six minutes and were never in a game that ended 7-0 to the home side. Chipstead grabbed three late goals to see off Faversham with Chris Boulter, Karn Miller-Neave, and Kieran Lavery all scoring the last six minutes for a 3-0 win.
Nathan Burke livened up City of Liverpool’s tie with AFC Emley with a stunning 35 yard strike and though Emley created several half chances they paid the price when the wonderfully named Xenon Bahula came on as sub and proved himself far from inert to bundle home a second to see Liverpool through 2-0. Cleethorpes were convincing winners over Loughborough Dynamo 3-1 in a game in which Alan Flett grabbed a goal and man of the match. A deflected Alie Bangura effort was enough to see Berkhamsted safely through at Coggeshall Town 0-1, whilst Corby and Soham must play again after a 3-3 draw which also featured a missed penalty.
Daventry Town made the mistake of taking the lead against Cambridge City through Taylor Orosz, which sparked the opposition into such life they cruised through 1-5. Veteran striker Paul Brayson’s goal only served to make the score line more respectable as Newcastle Benfield want down 1-2 to Dunston UTS for whom Lee Mason grabbed a brace. A fightback by Southend Manor from 4-1 down gave Felixstowe and Walton United a scare, but in the last few minutes Miles Powell burst forward to seal a 5-3 win.
Lichfield City took just 15 seconds to take the lead at Evesham through Regan Smith on his debut, but although Evesham were twice able to level, goals from Christian Blanchette and Felix Miles saw City go though. A 17 year-old home debutant lit up the tie between Hanwell Town and Athletic Newham. Halim Bangura on as sub’ for his skipper fired a 25-yarder past Wilkinson Boateng with his very first contribution to play in a game which Hanwell dominated and in which they ran out 5-0 winners. Frickley crashed out at home to Sunderland RCA. Despite dominating play they kept conceding and failing to reply. RCA soaked up the pressure and scored through Taylor Richardson, Mark Davison and Thomas Best to win 0-3. Marlow comfortably despatched Slimbridge 3-0, Great Wakering netted five times in an all-action tie with Heybridge Swifts and Marske banged in seven against NPL East rivals Pickering Town.
Sherwood Colliery, in front of BBC cameras, were not overawed and took little notice of Sheffield’s 148 year history in the competition with goals from Belgrave and Norcross, to which only Newsham could reply for Sheffield. Despite one way traffic from Melksham Town Shepton Mallet held out for a 0-1 win thanks to a Jack Filleringham goal. Leicester Road also caused an upset when substitute Callum Earls fired in the only goal of the game to take them through at Newcastle Town. A day of misery saw Punjab United reduced to nine men, with two sendings-off, and concede seven at Phoenix Sports including hat tricks for Lejan Ojideko and Jeff Duah-Kessie. Two goals in first ten minutes set Chichester City on the way to a 1-3 win at Winchester, whilst an 80th minute header from Dave Kendall for Ware was the only goal of the game and effectively returned Hashtag United’s interest in this season’s competition to social media.
Into the last five minutes Brighouse Town were leading at Shildon 0-1, but a penalty reprieved the home side a minute later. There was still time for a player from each side to be dismissed and for Danny Craggs to snatch a late, late winner to edge Shildon through 2-1. Whitstable Town led from the seventh minute and hammered Alfold 5-0, whilst Hebburn Town netted seven against Yorkshire Amateurs on their own pitch.
Amateur night at Mangotsfield Hall has long been a theatrical byword for a chaotic production, but Mangotsfield United proved themselves a far more organised outfit winning 2-0 against Tavistock. A wonder goal by Alex Akrofi was enough to put Maldon& Tiptree in a jam, and three first half gaols were enough to see Liversedge well on their way to a comfortable 5-0 win over Knaresborough Town.
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Reports
Glossop North End 0-1 Kendal Town FC
The road to Wembley opened up before Kendal Town as they knocked Glossop North End out of the Emirates FA Cup.
Kendal bounced back from Tuesday's defeat to Bootle beating Glossop North End 1-0 with Eric Yahaya scoring from the penalty spot. Manager Chris Humphrey asked his team a few questions after his side lost on Tuesday night, this answer was just the reaction the gaffer would have been after.
Glossop started the brighter of the two teams, but after 20 minutes Kendal started to show Glossop what they were about and soon gained a penalty through Yves Zama, which Eric Yahaya coolly slotted into the bottom left-hand corner with the Glossop keeper going the wrong way. The goal motivated Town and they really started to dominate the game going in 1-0 up at the break.
Glossop came out fighting after half time putting Town under some real pressure bringing Morgan Bacon in goal into the action a number of times and dominating the final 30 minutes of play. Nevertheless, Kendal held out for the 1-0 win and Morgan Bacon, who made some exceptional saves, was deservedly awarded Kendal's man of the match.
Prestwich Heys 0-3 Warrington Rylands
Prestwich Heys bowed out of the Emirates FA Cup as they were beaten 3-0 by Northern Premier League Warrington Rylands, but Manager Matt Barnes’ side put up a real fight before succumbing to the current holders of the FA Vase. After conceding an early goal, Heys rallied superbly and could have gone in level, if not in front, at halfway.
However, Rylands came out of the blocks strongly at the start of the second period and two goals in a three-minute spell took the game away from the home side.
For an FA Cup tie, the game had opened in sedate fashion with neither side threatening. That mood may well have played a part in the opening goal as it came from an unforced error in the 6th minute. James Dwyer under hit his back pass and Rylands striker Luke Sephton was quick to round Heys ‘keeper Russell Saunders and slot home.
Despite the pedigree of the opponents Heys regained their composure to begin to put together some nice football and Brad Sixsmith saw a shot held by the visitors ‘keeper Graham McCall. Rylands responded in the 20th minute when Luke Wall fired in a cross that was met by an overhead kick from Callum Less that flew just over, but by and large Heys were keeping the visitors at arm’s length.
Heys gradually asserted their authority with the surging wide runs of Jamie Hill providing a constant threat. Indeed, they came close to an equaliser in the 33rd minute. A ball in behind the defence saw McCall come flying out of his goal, but the pace of Hill left him stranded. When the Heys wide man crossed, Coop let fly from the edge of the area, but Richard Smith got across to block the goal bound shot.
Heys continued to press and on the stroke of half time a stray pass was seized upon by Coop, who bore down on goal, only for McCall to get enough on his shot to push it wide.
The second half was a different story. Saunders was soon in action in goal for Heys, firstly doing well to come out and block a Sephton effort in the 47th minute and then pushing away a header from Smith. Kyle Sambor, then broke through to lift a shot over Saunders, but Taylor Share got back to clear.
Under mounting pressure Heys cracked in the 55th minute. A cross to the far post picked out an unmarked Smith, who headed inside for Joe Denman to slot home from close range. Three minutes later they were undone in the air again when Smith again found space at the far post to head home and effectively seal the game.
To their credit Heys remained unbowed and almost reduced the arrears when the irrepressible Hill jinxed into the box to pick out Sixsmith who glanced a header just wide, but only the crossbar saved Heys in the 73rd minute when Walls shot from inside the box, and Rylands were able to see out the game out, despite Prestwich’s spirited efforts.
Bishop’s Cleeve 2 Tring Athletic 0
Whilst the hosts controlled a lot of the ball early on it was the visitors who looked the most threatening, with Tommy Twelves having a couple of efforts, including a powerfully struck shot which flew just over, going close.
Emmanuel Gbejuade, then saw an effort well saved by Sam Gilder before Bishop’s Cleeve started to create chances of their own through Blaine Waugh and Linden Dovey.
Bishop’s Cleeve nearly took the lead straight from the restart as Jack Watts crossed to Kieran Alder in the box but the midfielder slipped on the greasy surface as he struck his shot, making it easy for Dave Saunders in the Tring goal. Tring then saw Oliver Butler and Kieran Turner have several shots on target blocked as the hosts started to really push for the opener.
It was Cleeve who made the breakthrough on the hour mark. Waugh won a freekick on the right-hand edge of the box and some pinball in the area saw the ball end up in the back of the Tring net, with Matthew Sysum deemed to have got the all-important final touch.
The goal was the turning point of the game as Cleeve started to threaten with the tireless Waugh and sub Zac Guinan, making his debut on youth loan from Cheltenham Town, causing problems for the Tring defence. Waugh’s determination led to Cleeve’s second goal when slight hesitation in the Tring defence was seized upon by him to cross to Harrison Reeves for the winger to calmly convert with eight minutes to go.
Tring hadn’t given up and it took several fine saves from Sam Gilder to prevent them forcing their way back into the game and to seal Cleeve’s 2-0 win.
Shorts
Ilford performed a giant-killing act at Barking, opening the scoring after only seven minutes, but were under some pressure until the sending-off of Barking’s Jay Leader just before half-time changed the game. In the end the 2-3 result somewhat flattered the hosts.
Barton Rovers saw off West Essex to progress after an evenly contested first half in which the first goal came from a Lewis Thomas header in added time. The second half saw the homesters on top and their dominance resulted in further goals from Sam King and Lewis Thomas against hard-working opposition.
Herne Bay were well-fancied, but fell behind in the first minute of their tie at Bedfont Sports, but had got well on top by the time they equalised through Adam Ramadan in the 33rd minute. This injected some life into Sports, who went 2-1 up through Darryl Saunders on half-time. The second half saw the Sports retain the advantage and Kevin Diamond put them 3-1 ahead and although Herne bay fought back strongly there were no further goals.
The most westerly club in this season’s FA Cup, Mousehole, were brought down to earth by higher-league Plymouth Parkway. The Cornish club’s preparations had been disrupted by Covid and it was Plymouth whose strength and composure shone through. Nevertheless Mousehole’s hopes were high when they netted after a mere 20 seconds, but their joy was short-lived as Parkway equalised in the fourth minute. After that Plymouth dominated and at times only keeper Cory Harvey was keeping Mousehole in the game. Thirty-five minutes in Parkway took an inevitable lead and though the second half saw Mousehole increase their share of possession, they didn’t really look like scoring and the game ended as a contest when Parkway scored from an 80th minute penalty through captain River Allen.
High-octane Halesown Town eased through 3-0 against Sutton Coldfield with a hat-trick from the clinical Chris Lait, Belper Town went behind after three minutes against Whitchurch, but eased through with goals from Tom Wilson (2) and Jonny Margetts, and Barnstaple came out on top in a local derby at Bideford 1-3 in which all the goals were scored in the final eight minutes, first through Al Angel Joseph, a second from Tornado Bello, and a third from Theophilus Ofori, with Buchan netting for Bideford in the dying seconds.
Daniel Ogunleye’s first senior goal for Brentwood Town was enough to see off Leighton Town 1-0 and Canvey Island came from behind to beat Waltham Abbey, who had taken a stunning top-corner lead from Ace’a Laurent, thanks to goals from man of the match Evans Kouassi and Matt Price.
Uttoxeter Town were swamped at Chasetown, fell behind after only six minutes and were never in a game that ended 7-0 to the home side. Chipstead grabbed three late goals to see off Faversham with Chris Boulter, Karn Miller-Neave, and Kieran Lavery all scoring the last six minutes for a 3-0 win.
Nathan Burke livened up City of Liverpool’s tie with AFC Emley with a stunning 35 yard strike and though Emley created several half chances they paid the price when the wonderfully named Xenon Bahula came on as sub and proved himself far from inert to bundle home a second to see Liverpool through 2-0. Cleethorpes were convincing winners over Loughborough Dynamo 3-1 in a game in which Alan Flett grabbed a goal and man of the match. A deflected Alie Bangura effort was enough to see Berkhamsted safely through at Coggeshall Town 0-1, whilst Corby and Soham must play again after a 3-3 draw which also featured a missed penalty.
Daventry Town made the mistake of taking the lead against Cambridge City through Taylor Orosz, which sparked the opposition into such life they cruised through 1-5. Veteran striker Paul Brayson’s goal only served to make the score line more respectable as Newcastle Benfield want down 1-2 to Dunston UTS for whom Lee Mason grabbed a brace. A fightback by Southend Manor from 4-1 down gave Felixstowe and Walton United a scare, but in the last few minutes Miles Powell burst forward to seal a 5-3 win.
Lichfield City took just 15 seconds to take the lead at Evesham through Regan Smith on his debut, but although Evesham were twice able to level, goals from Christian Blanchette and Felix Miles saw City go though. A 17 year-old home debutant lit up the tie between Hanwell Town and Athletic Newham. Halim Bangura on as sub’ for his skipper fired a 25-yarder past Wilkinson Boateng with his very first contribution to play in a game which Hanwell dominated and in which they ran out 5-0 winners. Frickley crashed out at home to Sunderland RCA. Despite dominating play they kept conceding and failing to reply. RCA soaked up the pressure and scored through Taylor Richardson, Mark Davison and Thomas Best to win 0-3. Marlow comfortably despatched Slimbridge 3-0, Great Wakering netted five times in an all-action tie with Heybridge Swifts and Marske banged in seven against NPL East rivals Pickering Town.
Sherwood Colliery, in front of BBC cameras, were not overawed and took little notice of Sheffield’s 148 year history in the competition with goals from Belgrave and Norcross, to which only Newsham could reply for Sheffield. Despite one way traffic from Melksham Town Shepton Mallet held out for a 0-1 win thanks to a Jack Filleringham goal. Leicester Road also caused an upset when substitute Callum Earls fired in the only goal of the game to take them through at Newcastle Town. A day of misery saw Punjab United reduced to nine men, with two sendings-off, and concede seven at Phoenix Sports including hat tricks for Lejan Ojideko and Jeff Duah-Kessie. Two goals in first ten minutes set Chichester City on the way to a 1-3 win at Winchester, whilst an 80th minute header from Dave Kendall for Ware was the only goal of the game and effectively returned Hashtag United’s interest in this season’s competition to social media.
Into the last five minutes Brighouse Town were leading at Shildon 0-1, but a penalty reprieved the home side a minute later. There was still time for a player from each side to be dismissed and for Danny Craggs to snatch a late, late winner to edge Shildon through 2-1. Whitstable Town led from the seventh minute and hammered Alfold 5-0, whilst Hebburn Town netted seven against Yorkshire Amateurs on their own pitch.
Amateur night at Mangotsfield Hall has long been a theatrical byword for a chaotic production, but Mangotsfield United proved themselves a far more organised outfit winning 2-0 against Tavistock. A wonder goal by Alex Akrofi was enough to put Maldon& Tiptree in a jam, and three first half gaols were enough to see Liversedge well on their way to a comfortable 5-0 win over Knaresborough Town.
Sorry it's late. I'm a lazy person.