The early exchanges were very even and Brentwood defended well after some strong runs from the Thurrock backs. A well struck penalty from 35metres, by Mark Brandon opened the scoring, after an infringement by the home side’s forwards.
It was a hard fought midfield battle with very few chances being created by either side but the one real chance created by Gemma Shepherd was converted by Carly Roache and sees the hammers progress into the 4th round draw at the FA on Monday morning.
TILBURY considered themselves unlucky to be beaten at Maldon, where Ollie Berquez, earned the ten-man home side the Ryman One North points with a 78th-minute spot-kick, just two minutes after Aaron Matthews wiped out Joe Sweeney’s first-half goal for the hosts.
When the match started we only had 27 seconds on the clock before Staines went ahead, the ball was played out wide to the left where Alex Duffy collected and drove in a low cross towards the near post, with Richard Butler closing in it was Thurrock’s Liam Harwood that got there first but he could not stop the ball hitting the back of the net.
The turning point came when keeper Steven Northwood upended in the box. with the gusting wind behind him, stepped up to take the penalty but the ball lashed against the crossbar back onto the pitch and was scurried away by a very grateful Grays.
Fleet will have learnt a few things from the midweek defeat at Woking. Expect them to come bouncing back at Staines while it is a key time now for Millermen as it looks they are part of five teams cut adrift at the bottom of the league.
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Grays bowed out of the Essex Senior Cup as they lost against League Two opposition in Southend United. The Roots Hall outfit were on the scoresheet within the first 30 seconds. Grays stuck to their guns and got their reward when Simon Thomas scored in the 22nd minute.
The new Gordon-Garvey regime suffered their first defeat after five unbeaten in a dour battle at the Kingsfield Stadium last night (Tuesday). The difference between the teams was a 60th minute strike from Elvis Hammond
Manager Carl Griffiths tried to make changes, with Josh Llewellyn, fresh from his three match suspension and Jerome Ingram on the comeback trail from injury, but it didn’t change proceedings in the home side’s favour. Hendon missed a chance to round off the display when Aite-Ouakrim fluffed his shot wide, whilst at the other end Stanley’s shot landed on the roof of the net and then saw a later effort saved by Berkley Laurencin.
FORMER William Edwards student and West Ham star, Chris Cohen returns to his first club today for the first time in the FA Cup 4th round tie against Nottingham Forest. Chris made his debut for the Hammers at the age of sixteen in 2003. He went on to play for three seasons before going on to Yeovil and then Nottm Forest for whom he played over 150 times.
Once again Thurrock upset the form book and turned over a team that were unbeaten in their last thirteen games and have had six consecutive league wins.
The new management team have exceeded all expectations with four wins and one draw in their first five games.
