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[stretfordendling©]

Hayes 2 – 1 Billericay

What a game that was!! We went into the game after the 0-0 first leg. Billericay took the lead 14 mins into the first half thanks to some crap defending from Hayes. Just before half time we equalised thanks to a magnificent 25 yrd curler from Liam Feeney. This got to one of their players (No. 11 – Short arse prat!!) and he started to moan and we gave him the usual stick for anyone who moans on pitch. In the end he started to swear at us and the referee did nothing about it!!! Considering the SAME ref sent off our captain for the same reason in the first leg was pretty rich!! So we gave the ref some stick about it calling him You FAT Bastard!! etc… but all of a sudden he stopped play and went over to our management and complained that we were racially abusing him!! He thought we were saying You BLACK Bastard! AS any of you who’ve been to Hayes before would know, we are one of the most multi racial towns arounds! So the stewards came round to have a word and we complained back with the reason I mentioned! So this gave the second half more spice.

We took the lead with another goal from Liam Feeney and there was more chitchat with No. 11 and us (ala Wayne Shaw) and when he was eventually substituted we started “Cheerio, Cheerio, Cheerio!!” The stewards came to us again saying that we had better watch ourselves and stay together because of the the Ricay fans are 'gunning' for us. The police were also called in to look after things and make sure their fans didnt start a ruck! And for the first time in years they closed our segregation gates and wouldn't let us out until their fans had left the ground. The first song we played on the clubhouse dukebox was 'I predict A Riot'!

One of the best matches I’ve enjoyed so far this season! We now have Bromley in the next round, a game I’m not looking forward to considering their recent form and top table position

[Giggy of Telford]

Leek Town 0-1 AFC Telford United

Telford got a double over 4 days against bottom of the table Leek, unlike Saturday's thrashing this game wasn't half as easy. At their own ground Leek were up for a fight and the weather didn't help either team play well. The ref couldn't cope with the conditions at all, calling every slip up back for a free kick and/or a booking.

Match started off even, Leek seemed to adapt better to the conditions but we still ahd the lion's share of chances. The only goal came on 16 minutes when loanee from Tamworth Lee Moore scuffed a tap in from inside the 6-yard box but the keeper still completely missed it.

The game was scrappy at the best of times, the Leek keeper had a poor game, almost gifting us goals on two occasions, one where he held the ball at his feet for two long after a passback only to be tackled by the Unibond's top scorer and Saturday's hat-trick hero Steve Foster and another occasion when he slipped over trying to get the ball.

Despite some bizzare decisions the pick of them would have to be 76 minutes into the game, Foster was called offside, no problems with that but Leek defender sees fit to throw him to the floor and punch him. The ref sees this calls the Leek player over, holds up a card and it's......yellow how a player can stay on the pitch for behaviour that off the pitch would be considered assault is beyond me. He got his comeuppance just two minutes later when he held substitute striker Dean Perrow back just outside the box, book comes out again, card comes out and it's yellow, followed by the long awaited red.

Telford had the majority of possession and chances in the last few minutes, holding out through 5 minues of injury time to keep the 3 points. Goalkeeper Brockie pulling off a few good saves to keep the clean sheet

Final Score: LTFC 0-1 AFCTU
My MotM: 1) Stuart Brock - pulled off some great saves throughout the night to keep hold of a clean sheet.

Followed closely by 8) Steve Palmer, excellent performance in midfield, held up the ball well and brought it forward very well.

[Giggy of Telford]

Speaking of 'I predict a riot' we have that played as the players run out onto the pitch. It was manager Rob Smith's request, thnk it's supposed to fire the players up, former manager chose U2. We once let the players choose but never again, all because of 'Who let the dogs out.'

Great song 'I predict a riot' must be tempting fate though surely. Think under the old manager's regime we had it played before the match, our captain Sean Parrish got sent off and there was a fight in the dugouts after on of Wakefield Emley's officials ran up and attacked midfielder Luke McNally as he took a throw in, unfortunately he was manager Bernard McNally's son so quite naturally all hell broke loose on the touchline. Luckily the only red card there was for.....Wakefield's kitman.

[ambersalamander]

I would just like it recorded that I hate Bromley and hope Hayes go through!

[stretfordendling©]

ambersalamander said:

I would just like it recorded that I hate Bromley and hope Hayes go through!

Duly noted

But they are tough going by their form this season in Ryman Prem

[medibot]

People thought that about the other form team Horsham, until they got beat 5-1 by a team who'd only scored three goals all season beforehand. Form means nowt.

[Giggy of Telford]

When we played Halesowen we'd only conceeded 4 goals in out 7 games, then we conceeded that many again. We've now conceeded 6 in 11 games. Form seems to go out of the window in cup games. Or maybe our defence was stretched to the limit with both wing-backs beig sent off......you decide.

[Col ISIHAC.]

giggy said:

When we played Halesowen we'd only conceeded 4 goals in out 7 games, then we conceeded that many again. We've now conceeded 6 in 11 games. Form seems to go out of the window in cup games. Or maybe our defence was stretched to the limit with both wing-backs beig sent off......you decide.

Yep.

You could say that playing with just the nine was a tad unfortunate