Trowbridge Wanderers booked their place in the final of the AM
Print and Copy of Westbury-sponsored Spring Cup with a 4-1 away win over
Mere Town Youth.
The visitors got off to the better start and found themselves a goal to the
good after six minutes, Mark Reynolds getting the all-important touch.
It became 2-0 on the stroke of half-time as Dave Thomas scored.
With the second half only a few minutes old, Mere found themselves back in
the match as Ben Strong scored to make it 2-1.
Mere were then caught on the break going in search of for the equaliser as
Dave Thomas scored his second and Trowbridge's third goal. With full time
fast approaching Tom Barnett sealed Trowbridge's victory with a fourth goal.
Seend United Reserves 1, Bromham Reserves 4
SEEND United Reserves took on Bromham Reserves in the second semi-final and
got off to the perfect start after only four minutes by taking the lead
through Dan Humphries.
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Three minutes later the match was all-square after Mike Trego equalised.
After 23 minutes Seend's Dave Castle went into the referee's book for
deliberately kicking the ball away.
The rest of the first half was played out with the wind coming out on top
and the teams went in level at the interval.
The second half started much as the first half had ended, with the wind
doing its best to dominate the match. With both teams learning that it was
better to keep the ball on the ground, Bromham began to take control and
after 66 minutes found themselves in front as Dan Fennell scored to make it
2-1.
Seven minutes later it was 3-1 as Jack Fisher netted. Fisher then made it
4-1 after 75 minutes to put the game beyond Seend's reach.
After 80 minutes Seend had the ball in the Bromham goal, only for it to be
ruled out by the assistant referee's offside flag. Seend then played out
the last six minutes with ten men as substitute Marcus Underwood was
dismissed for swearing at the referee.
On the stroke of full-time Bromham's captain Jason Cole found himself in the
ref's notebook for a late challenge on a Seend player.
The two minutes of stoppage time were played out with no further incident
and Bromham progress to the final.
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