Wroxham 1, Wroxham won 3 - 0 on penalties FA Carlsberg Vase Fourth Round Replay Referee : Rob Hyde (London) At last we were able to get the game on that we had all been waiting for. Then the fog started to come down but it didn' get bad enough to hold the game up. Wroxham were first on the attack and had a corner in the first minute which came to nothing. Play then switched to the other end and Armthorpe had three corners on the trot but goal keeper Howie was always available to collect safely. The game then went Wroxhams way with another corner which Howes put into the penalty area for Martin McNeil to head into the top corner of the net to give Wroxham a 6 minute lead. From then on it was end to end play with both defences having plenty to do, the game being fairly even at this stage. In the 30th minute things changed, Wroxham had a corner and Lemmon was brought down in the box and a loud call went up for a penalty. The referee waved play on, Lemmon was then stamped on by an Armthorpe player as the ball was cleared . The ref, after hearing the shouting, was now on the half way line, looked back but still allowed play to go on although Lemmon was still on the floor. By now Henry Sibenge only had Howie to beat but his shot rebounded back off Howie to land at the foot of Liam Hardy and as Howie raced out to collect the ball he was judged to bring Hardy down for the linesman to flag for a penalty.The ref then blew up for Lemmon to have treatment. Hardy took the penalty with Howie just getting a hand to it to make the score at halftime 1--1.
The second half started with Armthorpe on the attack but the Wroxham defence were coping well. Carrus came on for Challen and Daniels replaced Gilmore. Both sides had their chances, Armthorpe hit the bar, Cook had a goal disallowed but Armthorpe were now on top and again had Wroxham pinned back very deep in their own half but survive they did. With only 2 minutes of time left Wroxham rode their luck when Armthorpe put in a good shot from 18 yards which took a deflection sending the ball on to the far post with Howie stranded in no mans land.
Full time 1-1.
As the game went into extra time the fog was getting worse and the players were beginning to look tired but no one gave up trying and Wroxham looked the better in the first part of extra time.and in the 120th minute Armthorpe were down to 10 men. Ian Farmary was shown a red card for his second offence but Armthorpe seemed to lift their game again and it was as if they had an extra man instead of having only 10 men. At the start of the second half of extra time each time Pauling came past us we gave him a new bottle of Oxygen to keep him going! The bugler (hired for the day) was calling the cavalry but they never arrived so Wroxham were having to look after themselves and this they did. Armthorpe continued to pressurise the Wroxham goal but the defence stood solid with McNeil in outstanding form.With no further time left the game went to penalties. Armthorpe were first to take the penalties and with Howie, arms spread, was ready for Walker who was first up, let fly and Howie threw himself at the ball to push it wide.Shaun Howes was first for Wroxham who planted the ball into the corner of the net 1-0 to Wroxham. Next up for Armthorpe was Green, their goalkeeper, who took a 15 yard run to put the ball well over the top of the bar. Next up for Wroxham was Matty Daniels who placed his shot nicely into the corner of the net to make it 2-0 to Wroxham.Things were looking good with only one more goal needed and when Buck, for Armthorpe, put his shot over the bar it was all down to Owen Paynter to win the game for Wroxham. He looked very casual as he took a short run up to put the ball past the Armthorpe keeper for the winner. The cavalry arrived just in time to enjoy the celebrations and send Wroxham to Royston next saturday for the next round. Although Armthorpe looked the better team this Saturday they were held back by a resolute Wroxham side that never gave up trying and could not have worked any harder on a very heavy pitch.This was made playable by Alan Royall and Vernon Feltham who had spent all friday afternoon and saturday morning forking the pitch to enable us to play the game. Lets hope we can keep it going! The attendance was 175 and the officials cost £321. Submitted by Kenny.
and...press report
Wroxham 1, Armthorpe Welfare 1
(Wroxham won 3-0 on penalties)
Yachtsmen chief David Batch was the coolest man at Trafford Park after watching his side edge an epic FA Vase fourth round replay.
Wroxham prevailed in a sudden-death penalty shoot-out after four hours of footballing attrition failed to separate two evenly matched teams.
Armthorpe struck bar and post in extra time despite being reduced to ten men during the first period when Ian Farmery was red carded for a crude lunge.
Welfare stopper Jamie Green then produced a breathtaking close-range tip-over to deny Paul Cook before Wroxham's experienced keeper Scott Howie moved centre stage.
The former Norwich City and King's Lynn custodian saved James Walker's opening spot-kick and won his personal duels with Welfare duo Green and Liam Nelthorpe who both blazed over.
Wroxham's trio kept their nerve to set up a trip to Molten Spartan South Midlands side Royston Town this weekend for a place in the quarter-finals alongside fellow Ridgeons League survivors Needham Market who beat Daventry 2-0 on Saturday.
Batch's cup fighters can expect to find out their potential last eight opponents at FA headquarters tomorrow (Monday) but the Wroxham boss has already slapped the blinkers on Norfolk's sole survivors.
“You can't win a quarter-final unless you win your tie in the last 16 so there's no point us even thinking about that,” he said. “We have to deal with the next game and if we do then we can start to think about what it could feel like. Only a fool worries about things that they can't influence. What I do hope is the nature of this win means our lads will be buzzing for next week.
“We know a little bit about them because we played them here in pre-season and won 2-1. Whether they have the same team or not you don't know but that game has gone so does it really matter? It was pre-season after all and who knows how competitive that was.”
Batch admitted practice made perfect to settle this cliff-hanger after Welfare striker Liam Hardy cancelled out Martin McNeil's early close range header to level from the spot before the break.
“Funnily enough I actually felt quite calm when it went to penalties because we had practised them during midweek and the week before,” said Batch. “We knew what we were going to do so I spoke to the players who were taking them but as a manager there is not a lot more you can do at that point.
“Scott won a play-off final at Shrewsbury when he saved three out of five I think from memory which is why we decided if we won the toss, which we did, we'd go second. We knew Scott is always likely to save one and if we score then the pressure is right on them. Luckily for us, touch wood, that is how it worked out.”
Wroxham also enjoyed that priceless commodity during a stamina sapping extra time period. Welfare targeman Bruno Holden struck the woodwork twice - his late wayward potshot clipping the base of Howie's far post after Gavin Pauling's deflection had totally wrong footed the stranded keeper.
“It was a bit of luck but the flip side is if it had gone in then for me that would have been a bit of bad luck,” said Batch. “It would have been harsh because the ball is going nowhere near the goal when he hits it. The elation is massive in our changing room but the funny thing is I didn't think we played well. Maybe we got going for the last ten minutes of normal time and extra time.
“Possibly it was due to our lack of activity in terms of games recently but I also know they are a good team. They are strong, they have pace, they are technically good with the ball and they can run at people. It's not always about us but how good the opposition are and there wasn't too much between the sides in both ties.”
Wroxham: Howie, Pauling, Howes, Challen (Carus 59), McNeil, Simpson, Spriggs, Lemmon (Daniels 83), Cook, White, Gilmore (Paynter 59). Subs (not used): Self, Eastaugh.
Goal: McNeil (11)
Bookings: Simpson, Cook
Armthorpe: Green, Nelthorpe, Farmery, Morley (Stead 90), Sharpe, Buck, Davis, Walker, Holden, Hardy (Fletcher 112), Sibenge (Preston 74). Sub (not used) Wheat.
Goal: Hardy (41)
Bookings: Holden, Buck, Green.
Sending off: Farmery.
Referee: RA Hyde.
Attendance: 175.
Penalties - Welfare misses: Walker, Green, Nelthorpe.
Wroxham scorers: Howes, Daniels, Paynter. Full report to follow. End of normal time : Wroxham 1, Armthorpe Welfare 1 Full report to follow. End of first period of extra time : Wroxham 1, Armthorpe Welfare 1 Full report to follow. FT : Wroxham 1, Armthorpe Welfare 1 Full report to follow. Wroxham won 3 - 0 on penalties |
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