FA Cup Saga
On Tuesday night Ely City took on Wroxham in the FA Cup Preliminary Round replay. The game was only been being played because despite Ely being 2-0 up in the game on Saturday and then they let Wroxham get back to 2-2 despite Wroxham being down to ten men.
Anyway, as you may have guessed a mid week cup tie at the Unwin was never going to be settled after just 90 minutes and I had taken both the kids with me, so I'm expecting the NSPCC to knock on the door at any moment.
The first half was a fairly turgid affair with neither side really getting a grasp on the game, although Richard Chadwick was causing some problems for the Wroxham defence. However, the deadlock never really looked like being broken and at half time at 0-0.
The second half was more of the same, although Simon Warren finally broke the deadlock on 72 minutes. Ely needed to shut up shop and keep a rather impotent Wroxham at bay. However, they didn't manage to keep them out and on 80 minutes Wroxham equalised. There were a few chances for both Chadwick and Mason to finish off Wroxham in the last 10 minutes and stoppage time, but in the end the game drifted to penalties.
When Robbie Mason hit the bar with his penalty it looked like Ely wouldn't get through, but well struck penalties by Warren, Robbins and Dixon saved the day. However, the real hero of the night was Lee Pacey, who as well as saving 2 penalties stepped forward to smash the winning penalty home.
Anyway, as you may have guessed a mid week cup tie at the Unwin was never going to be settled after just 90 minutes and I had taken both the kids with me, so I'm expecting the NSPCC to knock on the door at any moment.
The first half was a fairly turgid affair with neither side really getting a grasp on the game, although Richard Chadwick was causing some problems for the Wroxham defence. However, the deadlock never really looked like being broken and at half time at 0-0.
The second half was more of the same, although Simon Warren finally broke the deadlock on 72 minutes. Ely needed to shut up shop and keep a rather impotent Wroxham at bay. However, they didn't manage to keep them out and on 80 minutes Wroxham equalised. There were a few chances for both Chadwick and Mason to finish off Wroxham in the last 10 minutes and stoppage time, but in the end the game drifted to penalties.
When Robbie Mason hit the bar with his penalty it looked like Ely wouldn't get through, but well struck penalties by Warren, Robbins and Dixon saved the day. However, the real hero of the night was Lee Pacey, who as well as saving 2 penalties stepped forward to smash the winning penalty home.
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