Hucknall Town v Eastwood Town Notts F.A. Senior Cup 1/4 final
Hucknall play in the Conference North ( step 2), while Eastwood play in the UniBond Premier ( step 3). The teams in reality are only 8 places apart - and with Hucknall struggling big time, Eastwood had a very good opportunity to progress in the Notts FA Senior cup - a trophy the Badgers have made their own in recent years.
Ex- Badgers Mick Galloway, Peter Knox and Gary Sucharewyc were in the Hucknall squad. Ex-Hucknall players Paul Mitchell and Anthony Howells started for Eastwood.
After early Hucknall pressure - Knox hit the post and Badgers keeper Deakin made one tremendous great save - Eastwood gradually came into the game and Howells saw efforts hit the post and bar. H-T 0-0
8 minutes into the second half, Kris Mathews rose like a salmon to head home Mitchell's cross to give Eastwood the lead, a lead they kept to the end even though the home team pressed and pressed to try and level. F-T 0-1
Two other 1/4 finals -- both saw the lower league team go through to the semi-finals :
Arnold Tn (NCEL Prem) 1-4 Gedling MW (CMLS)
Gedling Tn (NCEL1) 0-2 Ollerton Tn (CMLP)
The other tie -- Southwell City v Carlton Tn -- is scheduled for 12th March.
227 were in attendance - a small crowd for such a local derby, but it was bitterly cold and there were Champions League games on the telly.
Kev went to the City ground again to see the Forest v Carlisle game on Monday - three live games in 4 days - hard-core!! ( I watched it on TV)..
Looks like the Reds will struggle to get a play-off place unless they start scoring again....
Saturday -- Belper Tn v Shepshed Dynamo looks good, but nothing finalised as yet!! Gedling Tn v Rainworth MW -- this is 2nd v 3rd in the NCEL Div 1.
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