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Sat 16 Sep 2017
Stoke Gabriel Football Club
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Witheridge
Extra time sees us through to the next round

Extra time sees us through to the next round

Richard Organ30 Jun 2019 - 11:15
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3-3 after full time, Stoke scores again in extra time to seal the win 4-3

Stoke Gabriel 4 Witheridge 3 AET
Stoke Gabriel appeared to avoid the very wet weather that many later arrivals were reporting in the Newton Abbot and Totnes areas and most teams hope to make the most of it and put recent league problems behind them.
Witheridge started in the ascendency with William Tucker giving Stoke problems and within the opening minute rippled the side netting with a shot from 25 yards. He wasn't to be content with that and with only five minutes gone after a defensive slip he put past Scott Corderoy for one nil.
Stoke got themselves into the game and on seventeen minutes a good dummy from Tom Kelly fell to Ryan O'Callaghan whose shot was well saved by the visiting keeper.
The very next attack and Stoke were not to be denied, Alex Collins dropped the ball on his goal line and in the scramble that followed the linesman indicated that Tom Kelly had got the ball over the line for the equaliser.
A spell of Stoke pressure followed with Stoke looking particularly good down the left, Louis Roberts had a shot well saved and Ryan O'Callaghan headed just wide.
On the half hour Tucker was causing more trouble to the hosts and headed over Corderoy but the keeper managed to make his ground and clawed the ball away to safety. Witheridge finished the half with Alex Ansell stepping forward to take a free kick on the edge of the box and subsequently firing it in to the net past the hapless Corderoy. Two one to the visitors at half time.
The second half started a bit tentative with both sides aware that the next score could be crucial. Josh Webber produced the first real chance of the half on fourteen minutes with a good run for a corner followed by a long range effort tipped just over.
Twenty minutes in Withy broke against the run of play and the squared ball was tapped in by Tom Williams from close range for what the visitors thought would secure a winning lead.
Stoke seemed to get fired up at going two down and started to ramp up the pressure. First a turn and chip by Tom Kelly was well tipped over by the keeper but from the resulting corner put in by Louis Roberts, Ryan O'Callaghan rose unchallenged to head hoe and reduce the deficit, game on.
Minutes later Louis Roberts again blasted from distance an effort that crashed into the post and away.
On 77 minutes the moment that the visitors keeper will want to forget, a long range effort was fumbled by him and ran onto the post, it ricocheted back onto his legs and rolled into the net for an own goal.
In the final seconds with both sides not relishing extra time Witheridge thought they had won it with ball in the net only for the linesman to signal for an offside. Final score three each and an extra thirty minutes to come.
Stoke started the extra period as if they meant to get the job done and dusted and Nathan Hebbes was just wide with a twenty yard effort. Hebbes again then had a great dribble through the defence and hot the bar with the rebound dropping to Tom Kelly who managed to loop it over from six yards.
Right at the end of the first extra period the hosts had a corner on the left and this was met well by Tom Kelly at the near post to loop a header over the keeper for four three.
The second period and Stoke still appeared to be in command and bossing things with yet another Louis Roberts effort from twenty yards going just wide.
Witheridge had one last attempt to save the game with substitute Jamie Giffard striking from eighteen yards only to be denied by an excellent save from Scott Corderoy.
The referee brought proceedings to a close and Stoke are in the next round with trip to Sidmouth waiting for them.

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Match date

Sat 16 Sep 2017

Kickoff

15:00
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