King's Lynn Town 2 Harrow Borough 2 [Harrow win on penalties]

 Saturday saw King's Lynn take on Harrow in the FA Trophy, in what, despite all of the turmoil at the club recently, should have been a standard win for the Linnets.

It definitely felt like that would be the case at the start of the game. The opening exchanges saw Harlow pushed back into their own half with a relentless wave of attacks from Lynn. Ross Crane opened the scoring on 10 minutes and Gold Omotayo made it 2 from the spot on 20 minutes. The rest of the half continued in a similar vein with Tom Clark in the Harrow goal keeping Lynn at bay. The teams went in at halftime with Lynn still holding a 2-0 lead, but at this point it didn't feel like Lynn were in any danger of sacrificing their lead.

The opening exchanges in the second half were a rather scrappy affair with neither team really getting on the ball. Then on the 65th minute Dernell Wynter pulled one back for Harrow. All of a sudden Harrow had some belief that they could actually get something from the game. They pushed for an equaliser but at the same time were left looking vulnerable at the back when Lynn attacked. However, disaster struck on the 82nd minute when a Lynn defender trod on the ball and gave it to Wynter who only had the keeper to beat and slotted home for an equaliser.

The game went straight to penalties on the final whistle and both goalkeepers played their part. Aaron Chapman saved 2 for Lynn, however the real hero was Tom Clark, who saved 3 for the visitors, and it will be their name that will go in the hat for the next round. 









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