OK WHERE DO U START , THIS GAME HAD EVERY THING , FIRSTLY THE PITCH, RAIN SOAKED GROUND NEARLY PUT PAYED TO THE TIE BUT OFFICIALS DECIDED IT WAS FIT AFTER AN INSPECTION , WEARING THERE NEW SPONSERED STRIP < ARMSTRONG & EARL > GILLFORD MADE AN INSTANT IMPACT WITH LEE OTWAY FIRING A LOW SHOT PAST THE KEEPER FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX , GILLFORD MUST OF WONDERED HOW THEY DIDNT ADD TO THE TALLY WITH A STRING OF MISSED CHANCES ,WITH WINGER CRAIG THOMPSON MISSING A SITTER WITH A HEADER WHICH LOOPED UP OVER THE BAR FROM 8YARDS , BUT JUST BEFORE THE BREAK ASPATRIA HIT BACK WITH A WELL TAKEN GOAL . THE SECOND HALF WAS ALL CUT & THRUST TACKLES FYING ,
SHOTS AT EITHER END SOMETHING HAD TO GIVE , LATE LATE INTO THE HALF GILLFORD WERE PRESSING FOR THE WINNER AND THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD IT WHEN ADDISON SHACKLED THE BALL HOME FROM A LOW CROSS , BUT THE DRAMA CONTINUED AS ASPATRIA HURLED A CROSS INTO THE BOX , CONFUSION BETWEEN THE DEFENCE AND THE KEEPER SAW DEFENDER NOCTOR HEAD INTO HIS OWN NET , FULL -TIME 2-2 .

EXTRA TIME WAS JUST AS EXCITING , WITH ASPATRIA GRABBING 2 GOALS WITHIN THE FIRST PERIOD TO MAKE THE SCORE 2-4 TO THE VISITORS , GILLFORD MADE 2 SUBS , STRIKER RICHIE ELLWOOD & MIDFIELDER STEVEN SKINNER CAME ON & THERE IMPACT WAS INSTANT WITH THE 2 COMBINING TO PULL ONE BACK FOR GILLFORD WITH SKINNER SLOTTING HOME FROM CLOSE RANGE , GILLFORDS NEVER SAY DIE SPIRIT WAS EVIDENT AS THEY CONTINUED TO PRESS FOR THE LEVELLER & DEEP INTO THE SECOND PERIOD THEY GOT IT, A CORNER BY BUTLER WAS MET FULL ON THE BUTTON BY DEFENDER ALLY LANG WHOS HEADER PUT THE GAME TO PENALTIES .

PEN TAKERS : GILLFORD PARK

R. SHORT : SAVED
A. LANG : SCORED
M. BUTLER : SCORED
C. GRAINGER :SCORED
S. SKINNER : SCORED

*** GILLFORDS KEEPER JACK TWENTYMAN EARNED THE MOM AWARD WITH A STRING OF TOP DRAW SAVES , AND HE MANAGED TO SAVE ONE OF ASPATRIAS PENALTIES WITH THE OTHERS PUT OFF WITH HIS JERZEY DUDEK ANNTICS .