That’s the full-time whistle and the Poachers are safely through!
It means we’ll now play Sherwood Colliery at home in the next round on Saturday 22 August, Our league trip to Coventry United scheduled for that day will be rearranged.
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Here’s how the match unfolded – thanks to Jez Ashberry and James Lovelace for the updates:
90+5 mins – Josh Wilson, another debutant, makes a flying save from an overhead kick.
90+1 mins – Daventry force three corners but then the visitors break through Bayliss on the right. He finds Siddons seemingly for a tap-in but the home side manage to clear it off the line.
DOUBLE SUB – 88 mins – Ollie Houlston on for Limb for his competitive debut and Luke Wilson on for Kallum Smith.
85 mins – Into the final 5 mintues of normal time and still 2-1 to the Poachers, but the home side are creating chances now
84 mins – An offside flag saves Daventry’s blushes after Bayliss charges down a free-kick and scores into an empty net.
SUB – 70 mins – Tom Siddons on for Munton for his competitive debut.84
68 mins – Cotton has his head in his hands as he misses a golden chance for a hat-trick! He heads a deep Limb cross over from close range.
60 mins – McAdoo tips a Limb shot over the bar.
DOUBLE SUB – 59 mins – Fraser Bayliss and Ted Gibbons on for Graves and Shaun Archer. Gibbons has gone to right back with Burdass moving into central midfield.
GOAL 53 mins – COTTS gets his second of the game!
After the Poachers had forced a string of corners early in the second half, Zak Munton fed Cotton who turned his man and blasted home from 12 yards.
52 mins – Point blank save from keeper McAdoo denies Jordan Tate
We’re back underway for the second half.
That’s the break – Chris Funnell will be frustrated that his side are not ahead, but they have a man advantage going into the second period.
RED CARD – The hosts are down to 10 men after Merston Styles receives a second yellow. He spoke out of turn to the officials just minutes after being booked for fouling Limb.
39 mins – Daventry equalise on the counter attack through Nathan Bobowicz – pretty much the first chance they’ve had.
19 mins – Limb squares a dangerous ball from the right but Harvey Graves swings and misses from the penalty spot.
GOAL! 9 mins – MATT COTTON gets Boston Town’s first ever competitive goal as a Step 4 club!
After an injury delay, Harry limb put the corner in and Cotts poked iover the line after a scramble.
Kick off – We’re underway here at The Master Abrasives Stadium in the FA Cup extra preliminary round.
Here’s your starting XI to kick off the competitive season:
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