WG PARR TROPHY REPORT: AFC Bell spot on to end Brunel’s cup dreams

And it lived up to expectations as it needed a penalty shootout to find a winner, AFC Bell winning the spot kick battle 4-3.

FC Brunel, who had been in great league form, were missing Craig Manley, Mark Nolan, Adam O'Keeffe, Karl Everett, James Meaton and Marc Blake for the game which started at a frantic pace, Bell creating the first chance which hit the side netting early on.

Brunel looked dangerous on the counter attack with Mike Hill and Ross Menghini.

However the first 25 minutes despite being end to end failed to provide a real goal scoring opportunity for either team.

Menghini then dropped into central midfield and Brunel started to control the game.

Brunel created a few half-chances through Menghini and Steve Mallard but again neither caused any damage.

Bell were struggling to get a foothold in the game but as each team were cancelling each other out it looked as it the deadlock wouldn’t be broken.

But on 44 minutes, James Hiscox was chopped down on the edge the area and a pinpoint free kick from Mallard found the head of Stuart Field who powered it in to the roof of the net.

The second half saw Bell come into the game more but again Mike Hill and Nick Gapper missed chances to increase Brunel’s lead.

On 70 minutes Bell seized the chance to level matters when a long clearance from defence fell to Jonathan Couch who fired home to make it one each.

With extra time looming Bell were awarded a penalty but Craig Townsend was closer to hitting the corner flag than the goal.

The unwanted added time kicked off with Brunel in the ascendancy, but a succession of corners failed to find an opening.

Mike Hill engineered a chance for James McLaughlin, whose effort was put out for another corner which was headed inches over by Stuart Field and from another corner Gapper hit the bar and Mike Few had a shot cleared off the line.

Mike Few put Brunel ahead two minutes into the second half of extra time with a well-placed shot, but with seconds left a defensive mistake let in Craig Townsend who fired home to take the tie to penalties.

Successful spot kick from Gareth Veitch, Gary Campbell, Craig Townsend and keeper Nick Mooney saw Bell into the draw for the second round.

Biddestone White Horse 3 Sutton Benger 1

HAVING suffered two defeats at the hands of Biddestone White Horse last term, Sutton Benger were hopeful of ending the hoodoo their opponents seemed to have over them.

But despite them taking the lead the outcome was the same as usual as Benger were beaten 3-1.

Matt White saw his opener for Benger cancelled out by Sam Collier, who netted to make it one apiece at half time and set up an interesting second half which saw Biddestone come out on top thanks to goals from Warren Jones and Ned Jones.

Bradford News v Corsham Park Rangers - walkover to Corsham Park

ALONG with The Mallard who received a bye into the second round, third division Corsham Park Rangers found themselves in the last 16 without kicking a ball after they were given a walkover after opponents Bradford News withdrew from the league.

Bromham (Sunday) 4 Kings Arms (All Cannings) 2

BROMHAM (Sunday) may not have registered their first league win of the season, but when it comes to Trophy action the villagers usually rise to the occasion.

Having reached the last four in two of the last three seasons they will hope to build on their extra time win over high-flying third division opponents’ Kings Arms (All Cannings) as they look towards another good cup run.

Bromham, who won 4-2 after extra time, took the lead through Freddie Paget, Devlin Keane restoring parity in an entertaining first half.

Danny Thompson put Kings Arms ahead only for Jim Sandiford to strike late on in the second half and take the tie to added time.

The contest was finally won when further goals from Freddie Paget and Jim Sandiford sealed victory for the New Road club.

Chippenham West End 0 AFC Melksham 3

PREMIER Division AFC Melksham, who won the competition in 2009, kept their hopes of another cup final appearance on track thanks to a 3-0 win at second division Chippenham West End. With both teams needing a pick-me-up after hard starts to the season, it was Melksham who got of to a lively start at Kington Langley despite losing their left back to an early tackle.

But with Dan Barnett back from injury they had a ready-made replacement.

Melksham, who had most of the possession, had to wait until the 30th minute for their opening goal.

However it was worth the wait as Jack Morris latched on to a ball and rifled home an unstoppable drive from 25 yards out past Dan Hibberd.

The remainder of the half was a battle between Melksham and Hibberd and the keeper was eventually beaten for a second time when Ashley Fletcher for the first time this season showed the touches that got him 22 goals last season before breaking his leg.

He was rewarded by a well-taken goal after some nice wing work from Jenkins and energetic Barnett.

With a 2-0 lead at the break Melksham seemed content to see out the game, but when they did threaten the found keeper Hibbard on top form.

He was unable to deny the visitors a third which came on 75 minutes when Ian Dowell hit a screamer into the rippling net for 3-0 and then it was game over.

Both teams got a well needed boast from the game and referee Chris Morris enjoyed the good atmosphere this cup game was played in.

Corsham United 14 Blue Circle (Sunday) 1

CORSHAM United lived up to their tag a favourites to win their all-Division Two battle with Blue Circle (Sunday), but their task was made a lot easier than they would have expected as Circle turned up at Leafy Lane with just eight players.

It was little surprise that they were soundly beaten, losing what should have been an evenly-matched game 14-1.

Nathan Lynch started the ball rolling for Corsham, Jay Murphy on his debut for Corsham scored a four-timer.

Andy Wilkins scored three, Joe Pritchard grabbed two as did Dayle Townsend whose double brought him his first goals for the club.

Paul Newbury also scored his first for Corsham and along with James Hernandez single it completed the hosts goal glut.

Dale Rowland replied for the losers.

FC Colerne 6 Bremhill View Boys 1

WG PARR Trophy winners from 2002 and 2006 FC Colerne avoided a potential banana skin by beating third division opponents Bremhill View Boys 6-1.

Bremhill, who are currently 17 places behind their hosts in the standings, were in which a chance of causing a shock after 45 minutes which saw the teams locked at one apiece with Liam Fullam scoring for Colerne and Ollie McAminch turning a Lee Maidment effort into his own net for the Boys equaliser.

After the break it was one way traffic as Adam Osbourne scored two, one of which was from the penalty spot, and Mike Bowler scored twice to put Colerne 5-1 in front.

Sam Puckett completed the scoring at the death wit ha well taken goal to make up the winners' half dozen.

Green Bell 1 Trowbridge Town Supporters Club 2

FOURTH division Trowbridge Town Supporters Club claimed the scalp of first division Green Bell, who were hoping for some respite after their run of poor league results.

But Paul Clark’s side didn’t get any as Kevin Williams' side booked their ever appearance in round two thanks to a 2-1 win.

Bradley King-Taylor put the supporters ahead but then missed a penalty allowing Green Bell to level before half time when Mark Roberts scored from the penalty spot.

An exciting tie was settled before half time when King-Taylor atoned for his missed spot kick when he struck a brilliant goal to earn his team a deserved win.

GRFC 0 Crossblades 1

CROSSBLADES and GRFC played out a tight game in the autumn sunshine as Sutton Benger, with Crossblades just about deserving to win the tie despite having less possession.

With the inspirational James Squire missing, Crossblades took a while to settle in this game.

GRFC were causing trouble with an array of passing and aerial prowess but chances proved few and far between, with both defences on top for much of the first half.

GRFC were always dangerous from set pieces, but Crossblades held firm.

After good work from TimChilton, Ben Owers was released to break forward, with the final shot well saved by the GRFC keeper.

The second half started more brightly for both teams, with Crossblades keeper being the busier of the two keepers in the early exchanges.

John Hampshire made two fantastic saves from a GRFC looking to kill the game off.

Chilton rallied his troops and with both teams chasing victory the match opened up.

Crossblades Carl Gilbert was opening up the opposition defence, but the final ball was not quite good enough to breach the GRFC defence. Crossblades captain Chilton kept plugging away, and after his good work in the middle, his deft pass found Carl Jacobi. Jacobi expertly slotted it past the keeper for a 1-0 lead. Crossblades struggled to stay on top for the next 15 minutes, with the GRFC showing immense desire to get back in to the match.

Hampshire, in the Crossblades goal made another fine save but apart from that was untroubled.

Crossblades had several chances to kill the game off, but the end result was probably a fair one.

This victory was owed to fantastic defensive displays from Liam Matthews, Chris Walker and Jack Lowe, and through a desire to win from all the Crossblades players.

North Star A 2 Somerford 1 (AET)

FIRST division North Star A did just enough to see off the threat from third division leaders Somerford, who went into the game looking to claim the scalp of Liam Westland’s side but crashed out after suffering a 2-1 extra time loss.

Dan Quinsey was in excellent form for Somerford between the posts but he was unable to prevent Aaron Hopkins from giving North Star a half-time lead.

Ryan Wilkinson scored for Somerford to take the game to extra time, but keeper Quinsey was the villagers' real star as he saved a Karl Sharratt penalty to keep it at one each.

Sharratt had the last laugh as he scored the winner for North Star in the second period of added time to give the hosts a nervy, but deserved, win in what was a very sporting contest between two teams who really wanted to progress further into the competition.

Prestige Body Works 9 North Star B 2

NORTH Star B, who were reinstated to the competition after cup holders Gladstone Arms were eliminated after fielding an ineligible player in the preliminary round match, probably wished they hadn’t been handed a second chance as the dreams of causing a cup upset at first division Prestige Body Works lasted a short while.

Once Dan Clements had given Prestige the lead the goals flowed as the hosts ran out 9-2 winners.

Tom Bentley, Jamie Winks and Jamie Treweke all scored doubles with Treweke’s second being a 20 yard wonder strike.

Marcus Young fired past former teammate Steve Warner to claim one of the Star’s consolation goals, the other coming via a Chris Scollen own goal who headed past his bemused keeper.

Stefan Klukowski and second-half substitute Julian Collier completed the rout for Prestige.

Southwick Wanderers 2 Christian Malford 4

A BATTLING performance from third division Christian Malford saw them advance in this competition for the first time in many seasons at the expense of second division Southwick Wanderers with a 4-2 win at Southwick.

Southwick dominated the early play with Stuart Powell forcing Malford keeper Ben Munns to make a couple of good saves.

Tom Mann was clearly winning the midfield battle for Southwick as they continued to press forward.

Malford’s only chance came when Stephen Lynch headed over the bar from a corner on the right.

After 40 minutes Malford broke out on the right and Peter Angell’s cross was met by Chris Crome’s diving header giving Southwick keeper Olly Turner no chance as Malford took a 1-0 lead against the run of play.

Despite further pressure Southwick were unable to respond and it remained 1-0 at half-time.

Southwick again started strongly and pressed for the equaliser.

After 53 minutes they were awarded a penalty when Stuart Powell was adjudged to have been pushed in the penalty area.

Powell took the penalty himself and his low shot was saved by Ben Munns feet, the rebound being put wide.

This seemed to demoralise Southwick and Malford began to get more into the game.

After 69 minutes Malford substitute John Angell was first to react to a rebound after Olly Turner had saved Paul Knight’s fierce shot, and headed home to give Malford a 2-0 lead.

After 72 minutes Southwick pulled a goal back when Stuart Powell headed home a Jack Parker corenr.

Although Southwick were pressing for an equaliser, the Malford defence was coping well and Malford’s forwards were troubling the Southwick defence.

After 83 minutes Malford were reduced to 10 men when Shahram Hemmati had to leave the field after injuring his ankle, their three substitutes having already been used.

Southwick now pressed forward but after 87 minutes Paul Knight increased Malford’s lead when he saw the keeper off his line and hit a long range shot from the sidelines which soared into the net for a 3-1 lead.

On 89 minutes Malford again broke out and were awarded a penalty when Peter Angell was tripped in the penalty area.

Malford keeper Ben Munns took the penalty making no mistake with a shot wide of the keepers right to give Malford a 4-1 lead.

In the final minute Southwick pulled a goal back when Nick Ross headed home a Gary Bratherton flick on but it Malford who ran out 4-2 winners.

The game was well refereed by John Duncan.

Sportzcoach United 1 Bradford Renegades 4

THINGS went to form at Stanley Park where first division Bradford Renegades progressed to round two at the expense of fourth division Sportzcoach United, who suffered a 4-1 loss against one of the sides fancied to do well in the competition.

Renegades were unlucky not to take the lead on five minutes when Lloyd Kettlety’s drive hit the post.

A few minutes later Kettlety opened the scoring with a well controlled volley.

Good work from Lance Davis and Max Hepenstall set George Palmer away and he beat the keeper and rolled the ball into an empty net for 2-0.

Aaron Thornton opened his account for Renegades when he thumped a close range effort into the top corner to give the visitors a 3-0 interval lead.

Renegades’ gamble of putting all three substitutes’ on at half time backfired when they lost Thornton through injury, but they still pushed forward looking for a fourth which came when Mike Maguire set Lance Davis clear for goal number four.

Then came moment of real controversy as what appeared to be a foul on Renegades keeper Darren Gant resulted in a penalty for Sportzcoach and a red card for Ashley Styles who had too much to say to the match referee.

The penalty was tucked away by Mark Bowsher to give the home team their consolation.

Steeple Ashton Rangers 4 FC Boroughs 2

STEEPLE Ashton Rangers hosted FC Boroughs in the all-second division tie at St Marys and it was the hosts who were triumphant thanks to a 4-2 success despite Boroughs taking an early lead.

Boroughs went ahead after neat work down the right by resulted with a cross into the box that Ashton were unable to clear.

The ball was knocked back in from the left side of the area and Paul Bains was unmarked 12 yards from goal and finished well into the bottom corner past Nathan Taylor. Ashton were soon back level, as a free-kick from half way was lofted into the box by Adam Potter.

Boroughs' keeper Dale Hicks under pressure from Ashton players was unable to hold onto the ball and it fell to the feet of Craig Brown and he made sure with his finish from three yards putting the ball into the roof of the net. It wasn't long until Ashton were on top and ahead in the game, neat play down the left by Sean Brereton ended in a cross to the back post and the unmarked Lee Mounty coolly converted from eight yards.

Ashton continued to dominate and extended their lead with Adam Potter providing again, after Jake Sainsbury was bought down on the corner of the box.

A free-kick from the right was met perfectly by Craig Brown who on the stretch converted a powerful header from 12 yards.

FC Boroughs were soon back in the tie, a neat flicked ball found Adam Potter on his heels and from the inside left of the box Bains took the shot early on his left and finished impressively across Ashton keeper Taylor.

The last goal of the game came on 40 minutes courtesy of Wayne Kibble, but unfortunately for FC Boroughs it was into his own net.

A Lee Mounty corner was swung in from the left side and Kibble diverted into the net leaving Borough's keeper Hicks helpless in the goal.

In a second half of no goals there was also few chances for either side.

The best falling for FC Borough's, they were awarded a penalty and a lifeline when Mark Hunt clumsily bundled Borough's defender Dale Hext to the floor from a set piece.

It was Dan Pike that stepped up but he dragged his penalty wide of the post.

The game became scrappy with Boroughs picking up two yellow cards, but Ashton held on for the victory and progressed into the second round.

The Talbot FC 1 AFC Calne 3

THIRD division Talbot FC gave a good account of themselves against local rivals and top-flight opponents AFC Calne, but it was Gareth Hadden’s Premier Division side who progressed to the final 16 thanks to their 3-1 win.

The damage to the Talbot was done in the first half with Alex Lewis, John Summers and Aaron Clegg scoring to give Calne a 3-0 lead.

Jamie Van Crump pulled a goal back for Talbot in the second half, but it wasn’t enough for Jim Bettles side who, despite creating many chances, were unable to find a way back into the game.

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