Whitecroft & Barton beat Brading Town to advance to the semi-finals of the Isle of Wight Senior (Gold) Cup on Saturday (26th March).
W&B took revenge on the Romans at Vicarage Lane for their defeat at Sandy Lane in the Memorial Cup in February.
Whitecroft & Barton scored 1st against the run of play with a goal by Matt Evans from a break away from a Brading corner to lead 0-1 at half time.
W&B started well in the 2nd half, and the home side had a lucky escape when they hit the post. Brading then grew in confidence and believed they should have had a penalty when Dan Vale was knocked over in the box.
15 minutes from full time, the Romans equalized through a Todd Connor header. Brading then had chances to win the tie with Aaron Bennett almost getting on the end of an excellent through ball, Jacob Treagus firing just wide from the edge of the box, and a Matt Oatley free kick narrowly missing the far post.
IOW Gold Cup Quarter Final: Brading Town 1-1 Whitecroft & Barton
(W&B won 5-3 on penalties)
Brading Town: Gearing, Ranson, Sayers, Youngson, Connor, Hitchcox, Treagus, Oatley, Vale, Chugg, Bennett. Subs: Page, Calvert, Hanmore
Whitecroft & Barton: Payne, Martin, Shaw, Bast, Ovnik, A. Sainsbury, Yelland, Lambert, Appell, Evans, East Subs: Williams, Kalaker, True (gk)
After the game Brading Town manager Steve Lawton said:
“I was gutted to lose on penalties, but extremely proud of the effort the lads put in today. Again, the side changed due to players not being available, but the lads more than matched the champions in waiting. Penalties are a lottery and unfortunately for us we missed one and they scored all theirs.
“I’m delighted with the effort, commitment, and some of the football we played today. A good shift from all and more positives than negatives. W&B are the team to beat, have been for 7 or 8 seasons now, and we gave them a good game today.”
For Whitecroft & Barton, manager Gareth True said:
“I was disappointed it got to penalties. I thought we battled well in the 1st half and were the better side. Then, we took our foot off the gas in the 2nd half and gave a cheap goal away, which let them back in to the game. But on reflection, I suppose doesn’t matter in a cup competition how you get through as long as you do. “
W&B will meet either Cowes Sports or West Wight in the Gold Cup semi-finals. The Quarter final between Cowes Sports and West Wight is at Westwood Park on Tuesday evening. Kick-off is at 19:30.
In the other cup competitions …
Shanklin advanced to the Quarter Finals of the Memorial Cup by beating Binstead 0-2 at the Molehill with goals from Brian Hill and Jake Wright.
Northwood St Johns Reserves have reached the final of the Junior ‘A’ Cup by knocking 5 past East Cowes Sports at Cowes Community Club. The scorers for Northwood were Leigh MacKenzie (2), Ollie Cousins (2) and Oscar Grant. Northwood will meet Pan Community in the final of the competition.
The final of the Junior ‘B’ Cup will be between Bembridge A and Vectis Reserves after the 2 sides beat opponents Wootton Reserves and ECS Reserves respectively on penalties. The final will be held at Beatrice Avenue East Cowes on Thursday, 21st April at 19:30.
In Isle of Wight Division 1 …
West Wight overcame Cowes Sports Reserves 0-4 at Westwood Park with goals from Jason Moore, Cam Ring, Charlie Smeeton and Jack Butler. The game was marred by a serious injury to the Yachtsmen’s captain Gareth Bricknell, who suffered a dislocated shoulder.
Oakfield rebounded from their Gold Cup defeat to Newport in midweek by knocking 5 past Sandown at Slade Road with Liam Bennett scoring 4 times and Elias Lomas once.
In the battle between the bottom 2 sides in Division 1, Ryde Saints beat Niton at Smallbrook with Tom Lavell striking the only goal of the game for Saints.
Isle of Wight results for Saturday 26th March 2022
Harwoods DACIA Senior (Gold Cup) – Quarter-Final
Brading Town 1-1 Whitecroft & Barton Sports
Whitecroft & Barton won on penalties
Isle of Wight 1st Irish Rifles Memorial Cup 4th Round
Binstead & COB 0-2 Shanklin
The Ken Morris Isle of Wight Junior ‘A’ Cup – Semi-Final
Northwood St Johns Reserves 5-0 East Cowes Sports
The U.N.I.S.O.N Isle of Wight Junior ‘B’ Cup – Semi-Finals
Bembridge ‘A’ 2-2 AFC Wootton Reserves – Bembridge ‘A’ won on penalties
Vectis Reserves 1-1 East Cowes Sports Reserves – ECS won on penalties
Harwoods Renault IOW Saturday League Division 1
Cowes Sports Reserves 0-4 West Wight
Oakfield 5-1 Sandown & Lake
Ryde Saints 1-0 Niton Community
Harwoods Renault IOW Saturday League Division 2
Adgestone 3-1 High Park
East Cowes Vics Reserves 1-2 Wootton
Pan Community 8-1 Carisbrooke United
Ventnor 1-1 Wroxall
Yarmouth & Calbourne 0-6 Osborne Coburg
Harwoods Renault IOW Saturday League Combination Division 1
Sandown & Lake 4-3 Ryde Saints
Shanklin 1-1 Oakfield
West Wight 1-2 Bembridge
Whitecroft & Barton Sports 4-1 Brading Town
Harwoods Renault IOW Saturday League Combination Division 2
Carisbrooke United 2-0 Ventnor
Results courtesy of IOW DFA
