Tower Hamlets 1 Enfield 1893 2
Joe Clark struck with just over twenty minutes to go to send Enfield through to the Last 64 of the FA Vase in a game that ended with five red cards.
With this being Rememberence Day the afternoon begun with a minutes silence being wonderfully observered by everyone involved in remembrance of the people who admirably gave up their lives for the freedoms we have today before the teams got down to action in this all Essex Senior League tie.
And in the 15th minute the hosts took the lead through Curtis Pond and gave the hosts something to build on possibly however just a minute or so later the visitors equalised when a Staunton ball in behind found Andy Tirivanhu who escaped the offside trap and fired in for the equaliser, and we were back to square one.
And midway through the half the visitors had a golden chance to take the lead when the hosts were ajudged to have committed a foul inside the box, meaning a penalty to Enfield. However keeper Pellin managed to guess the right way and save Bricknell’s low penalty.
Just before the half hour Hamlets should have gone in front as a long throw was flicked on but went agonisingly wide and then six minutes before the break Hamlets broke from a corner but Caxton was there with a superb sliding tackle to deny the shot and prevent the hosts from possibly regaining the lead.
And four minutes before half time Enfield keeper Corderoy made a routine save to deny Hamlets the lead as the hosts had dominated the final few minutes of the half. But the teams did go in all square at the break and it was all to play for in the second period.
Half Time Tower Hamlets 1 Enfield 1893 1
The visitors came close to taking the lead eleven minutes into the second period when Luke Thomas tried to stretch as far as he could to convert, however he just couldn’t stretch far enough to force the ball in, but in the 72nd minute Enfield did go in front when Bradbury whipped in a corner, causing a melee inside the box, and saw a Tirivanhu shot blocked on the line before Clark smashed home the loose ball.
Hamlets tried to respond in the 74th minute when after Corderoy punched at a cross, the ball fell to the hosts, but Clark was there to block it out for corner and maintain his sides lead.
Things then became harder for the hosts in the 76th minute when they were reduced to ten men after Tola Odedoyin was given his second yellow card after bringing down Sykes as the forward managed to escape him, and then three minutes later Hamlets saw red again when striker Luke With was sent off for a second bookable offence.
However that wasn't the end of the drama and the game descended into a farce deep into stoppage time when a melee by the corner flag led to two more red cards for Tower Hamlets, one for a headbutt from substitute Antonio Montiero, and also one for keeper Pellin for kicking Enfield forward Sykes, who then retalliatied and was also shown a red card as the game ended on a sour note.
The bottom line after all of that though was the fact that Enfield made it through to the Last 64 of the Vase and set up another all ESL showdown against Hullbridge Sports at Lower Road in South Essex. Promises to be another tough and tight encounter although hopefully no red cards this time.
Full Time Tower Hamlets 1 Enfield 1893 2
Here are some photos courtesy of http://AZsportsimages.smugmug.com
Right after all that excitement here are the Second Round Proper results in full:-
Friday 10th November
Yaxley 3 Peterborough Northern Star 0
Walton & Hersham 2 Hanworth Villa 1
Saturday 11th November
Stockton Town 4 Bootle 2 (AET)
North Shields 2 Knaresborough Town 1
Dunston UTS 0 Worksop Town 1
Marske United 2 Shildon 1 (AET)
Sunderland Ryhope CW 1 City of Liverpool 2
Hall Road Rangers 2 Pontefract Collieries 4
West Auckland Town 3 Billingham Town 2
Runcorn Linnets 1 Sunderland RCA 1 (AET)
Ashton Athletic 1 Morpeth Town 0
Bedlington Terriers 0 Newcastle Benfield 3
Thornaby 2 Whitley Bay 4 (AET)
Wolverhampton SC 2 Rugby Town 2 (AET)
Hinckley AFC 2 AFC Mansfield 0
Coleshill Town 8 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic 1
Godmanchester Rovers 3 Deeping Rangers 4
Brocton 3 Shepshed Dynamo 5
Desborough Town 7 Pinxton 4 (AET)
Quorn 0 Coventry United 6
Racing Club Warwick 2 Alsager Town 1
Leicester Nirvana 0 Eastwood Community 2
Walsall Wood 5 Holbeach United 0
Worcester City 1 Highgate United 2
Kimberley MW 0 Stourport Swifts 2
Sporting Khalsa 0 Bromsgrove Sporting 1
Tring Athletic 4 Ely City 1
Welwyn Garden City 2 Newport Pagnell Town 1
Thetford Town 1 Wisbech Town 4
Biggleswade 2 Crawley Green 0
Leighton Town 1 London Lions 0
Hullbridge Sports 3 Wembley 2
Sun Sports W - O Cogenhoe United (walkover for Cogenhoe United - Sun Sports removed)
Tower Hamlets 1 Enfield 1893 2
Enfield Borough 2 Berkhamsted 4 (AET)
Gorleston 2 Framlingham Town 1
Wisbech St Mary 1 Norwich CBS 4
Great Wakering Rovers 2 FC Romania 2 (AET)
Whitstable Town 3 Epsom & Ewell 2 (AET)
Meridian 0 Horley Town 3
Sheppey United 2 Beckenham Town 3
Westfield 1 Canterbury City 0
Thatcham Town 8 Broadbridge Heath 2
Crowborough Athletic 5 Croydon 0
Bracknell Town 8 Cricklewood Wanderers 0
Corinthian 3 Eastbourne Town 4
Christchurch 3 Fareham Town 2
Exmouth Town 1 Blackfield & Langley 3
Sholing 2 Wellington AFC 1
Wantage Town 1 Melksham Town 4
Newport (IW) 6 Hengrove Athletic 2
Baffins Milton Rovers 3 Cullompton Rangers 1
Buckland Athletic 1 Bradford Town 2
Hamble Club 5 Brockenhurst 4 (AET)
Willand Rovers 1 Westfields 2
Farnham Town 2 Bridgwater Town 3
Plymouth Parkway 4 Bodmin Town 2
Sunday 12th November
Erith Town 1 Windsor 2
Southall 1 Lordswood 2
Tuesday 14th November
1874 Northwich 5 Tow Law Town 1
Haywards Heath Town 1 Sevenoaks Town 2
Chichester City 3 Deal Town 0
Team Solent 2 Tavistock AFC 0
Horndean 3 Royal Wootton Bassett Town 2
Replays
Sunderland RCA 1 Runcorn Linnets 2
Rugby Town 0 Wolverhampton SC 2
Wednesday 15th November
Replay
FC Romania 0 Great Wakering Rovers 1
So that concluded the Second Round. This weekend sees teams battling for a Last 32 place in the competition and potentially four wins away from the final at Wembley.
Here is the Third Round fixtures taking place this weekend:-
Saturday 2nd December
1874 Northwich_ VS Ashton Athletic
Stockton Town VS City of Liverpool
West Auckland Town VS Whitley Bay
Pontefract Collieries VS Worksop Town
Newcastle Benfield VS North Shields
Runcorn Linnets VS Marske United
Stourport Swifts VS Walsall Wood
Bromsgrove Sporting VS Coventry United
Wolverhampton SC VS Shepshed Dynamo
Desborough Town VS Eastwood Community
Highgate United VS Coleshill Town
Hinckley AFC VS Deeping Rangers
Racing Club Warwick VS Wisbech Town
Gorleston VS Leighton Town
Hullbridge Sports VS Enfield 1893
Yaxley VS Norwich CBS
Great Wakering Rovers VS Cogenhoe United
Tring Athletic VS Berkhamsted
Welwyn Garden City VS Biggleswade
Lordswood VS Bracknell Town
Beckenham Town VS Eastbourne Town
Horley Town VS Baffins Milton Rovers
Walton & Hersham VS Windsor
Crowborough Athletic VS Westfield
Whitstable Town VS Chichester City_
Thatcham Town VS Sevenoaks Town
Christchurch VS Newport (IW)
Sholing VS Blackfield & Langley
Plymouth Parkway VS Westfields
Hamble Club VS Horndean
Bridgwater Town VS Melksham Town
Bradford Town VS Team Solent
I'll be at the all ESL tie at Lower Road between Hullbridge Sports and Enfield 1893, both know each other well and it proves to be a cracking cup tie.
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