Hunts Senior Cup

[ianh]

Well Done to Yaxley and St Ives, who I beleive face each other in the Semi-final

[pslhobbit]

i know pboro afc fletton beat st neots 2-0, do u know who won hampton v huntingdon ian?

[ianh]

2-1 Hampton - fair result

[pslhobbit]

umm wld seem that the pboro sat prem r doing well in the county cups this season,

have we got better or has it slipped a bit in the ucl?

theleagues look much closer nowa days

[Administrator]

I was shocked at the St Neots result if I am honest.

I am not sure if the leagues are getting closer to be honest. The results this season would suggest it though I suppose. Yaxley have now only beaten Ramsey and Alconbury by single goals when last season they were despatching lower division sides by 5 or 6.

So if there is a perceived closing up of the leagues it is because the UCL isnt as good this season as opposed to the Peterboro' league getting better.

For me anyway!


Oh and Hobbit, stop using text speak spelling, its lazy!

[pslhobbit]

its how we do things in the shire jimmy xx

u still steaming from your pre season lazy team effort v us? beat u with real ease!
oh yeah it was your stiffs NOT!!!!! haha

when the going gets tough the manager gets on his bike yeah?

[Administrator]

pslhobbit said:

when the going gets tough the manager gets on his bike yeah?

ha ha, something like that

[Administrator]

Hunts FA Senior Cup Quarter Final – Saturday 3rd February



Alconbury 0 - Yaxley 1



Cuckoos through to semi-finals …



As fellow UCL clubs St. Neots and Huntingdon Town bowed out of the Hunts Senior Cup to Peterborough League opposition, a second half goal from Cuckoos top goal scorer Mark Paul put Yaxley through to the semi-finals. The first half saw Yaxley not really get into gear as Alconbury made most of the running but never really threatened the visitors goal. The home team played seriously physical football which seemed to trouble Cuckoos in most areas of the pitch and with 3 key mid-fielders absent they found it difficult to live up to their league standing with plenty of forced errors.



It wasn’t until the hour mark that Yaxley finally started to dominate and string their passes into meaningful opportunities and making the home defence work. In the 78th minute Alconbury finally cracked as Mark Paul latched onto a superb ball played over the top of the home defence and slotted it into the net. Alconbury rallied but to no avail sending Yaxley into the semi-finals.



After the match, manager Gary Clipston said that as expected Alconbury had put up a spirited performance but that his team got the result they needed.



Yaxley travel to S&L Corby on Tuesday night to replay the 2nd round League Cup fixture that was abandoned (0-0) on 28th January due to a frozen pitch.

match report for www.yaxleyfc.com