Bromsgrove Sporting 1 vs 0 Lye Town FA Vase

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Bromsgrove Sporting have progressed to the second qualifying round of the FA Vase after a late header from Richards sealed the 1-0 victory over Lye Town.

This victory acts as somewhat as a sweet revenge for Bromsgrove, after Lye Town’s victory last March in the Smedley Crooke Cup quarter final against Sporting.

Bromsgrove Sporting began well by applying pressure early on in the game. Sporting’s Jack Wilson and Will Tibbetts played a key part in Bromsgrove’s domination of the first half with a combination of trickery and key passes from either wing.

The opening chance fell to Sporting’s Matt Poyner after a great run from Wilson on the near touchline, though his effort failed to find the target.

Minutes later and Will Tibbetts drifted in from the far wing and unleashed a shot goal bound, taking a deflection off a defenders hand on the way. The penalty was awarded to Bromsgrove but Jacob Snape’s powerful drive hit the outside of the post, keeping the score line goalless.

A string of Sporting chances from Ricardo Richards and Jack Wilson should have been enough to give the home side the lead, though all efforts again failed to hit the target.

Thirty-Eight minutes in and a low through ball put Jacob Snape in a one on one position for the Rouslers. Had Snape not taken too much time on the ball, allowing the Lye defence to catch the Sporting striker and make the vital tackle, he may have got Sporting’s much deserved goal before the break.

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Lye failed to make an impact in the first half, with their only shot taking a deflection after a skilful run from Chris Pontz. The away side could count themselves lucky that the score line was still goalless at halftime.  

Lye Town emerged a better side at break but still not a side that looked like scoring. Their only real testing effort on goal came from, substitute Simon Williams who let lose a shot towards the Sporting near post. Bromsgrove’s Jake Bedford had a good afternoon and got down quick, diving on top of the ball, making the save look easier than it was.

Bromsgrove Sporting managed to find the target more in the second half but still failed to find the net after a hat-trick of shots from Ricardo Richards.

The game looked to be going to extra time had it not been from a fantastic diagonal cross from Bromsgrove’s James Johnson with a minute to go. The ball found the head of Ricardo Richards who redirected the ball into the goalkeeper’s left hand side of the net to win the match 1-0.

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A good performance from Bromsgrove and it was clear they was the better of the two sides on the day.  Had they not been so wasteful in the first half then they could have easily been two or three goals up at half time. Still a strong performance from the Rouslers who kept mounting on the pressure with chance after chance. They left it late but they got their goal, Sporting will now play Stafford Town in the second qualifying round of the FA Vase on Saturday the 21^st September after they beat Bewdley 3-2 AET.

Attendance: 328 

Referee: John Okole

Bromsgrove Sporting: Bedford, Duggan, Edwards, Clarke, Gleadow, Darby ©, Tibbetts, Poyner, Richards, Snape, Wilson SUB: Ashman, Mander, Johnson, Davis, Lowe

Lye Town: James, Moore, Dimmock, Whitcombe, Lodge, Pugh, Pontz, Gennard, Weaver, Johnson, Edwards SUB: Shilvock, Simon, Williams, Bennett, Evitts, Gayle

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