Last-gasp winners dominated the second round qualifying on Tuesday evening, as the FA Youth Cup came alive with three matches decided by virtually the last kick of the game.
With Woking's match with Whitehawk going into extra time at 2-2 and North Ferriby United against Liversedge at 3-3, no-one could have predicted what came next with Woking winning 4-3 at the death and North Ferriby emerging as 5-4 winners.
The FA Youth Cup
Second Round Qualifying
Tuesday 6 October 2015
By Jack Miller
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Cheltenham Town continued their sensational run of goalscoring form in the Cup, as they swept aside Clevedon Town to run out 6-0 winners at Bishop’s Cleeve.
The Robins put an astonishing 17 goals past Oldland Abbotonians in first round qualifying, and picked up where they left off when Joe Hance put them in front on 17 minutes.
Josh and Luke Thomas stretched their lead with goals either side of half time, before Matt Bower’s fine strike on the hour put them out of sight.
And there was still time for Alex Dinsmore and Jordan Lymm to score within two minutes of each other with just over ten minutes remaining, Cheltenham showing they have the firepower to score from anywhere on the park with six different goalscorers on the night.
Meanwhile, Maidstone United also turned on the style at Thamesmead Town to win 5-1.
James Sutherland’s eighth-minute effort had given them a slender advantage at the interval, but they streaked away in the second half with Jack Richards doubling the lead, before substitute Lorenzo Cuozzo, Will Thomas, and Sam Winch scored three goals in five minutes to complete the rout.
Gosport Borough put four second-half goals past Petersfield Town to book their spot in the next round, while James Bland’s double as well as a Leon Owen-Salmon strike saw AFC Wulfrunians overcome Worcester City.
Cirencester Town saw off the challenge of Odd Down, winning 2-0 at home, while it took until extra time for Prescot Cables to find a winner at Ryton & Crawcrook Albion to win 1-0.
Elsewhere Colin Mugoya’s 21st-minute strike saw Hayes & Yeading edge past Wealdstone, and Bath City wrapped up the final game of the round with another fairytale victory, beating Taunton 3-2 in extra time.
City went 1-0 up after a quarter of an hour, when Gavin Rochford-Smith coolly slotted home.
Taunton were level soon after when free-kick slipped through Bath keeper Mitchell Woolley’s hands, but shot themselves in the foot to go 2-1 with an own goal.
But after another Taunton equaliser, this time from Max Dyer, Nathan Cridge popped up to score a 30-yard cracker in the last minute of extra time.
