Northwood St Johns – the only Isle of Wight team to have played on Saturday – have reached the quarter finals of the Hampshire Trophy after beating Kingswood United on penalties.
The game – played on a 4G pitch – finished 1-1 in normal time. Ollie Cousins was the scorer for Northwood with a glancing header from a long throw from Joe Tigwell in the 25th minute.
The Island side had a 2nd goal ruled out for offside on the hour mark. This was a curious decision from the linesman, as it was an own goal.
Southampton Premier League Kingswood then scored an equalizer with 9 minutes left to full time.
In the penalty shootout, goalkeeper and captain Andy Payne stopped Kingswood United’s 8th penalty, for Bertie Watson to bag the winning penalty.
Full time: Kingswood United 1-1 Northwood St Johns
(Northwood St Johns won 8-7 on penalties)
Northwood St Johns: Andy Payne Charlie Butt, Bertie Watson, Joe Tigwell, James Flux, Luke Flux, Lewis Blackmore, Jordan Whittle, Callum Bowen-Clarke, Ollie Cousins, Vinny Morgan Subs: Leo Jones, Dan Woodford.
After the game, Northwood St Johns’ captain and goalkeeper Andy Payne said:
“The bad weather in the morning made us get the 12:40 Red Jet. This didn’t give us a lot of time to warm up.
“We started the game strongly and went 1-0 up at half time. Knightwood Utd play some nice football triangles, but we worked hard as a team defending. We had a goal disallowed for offside, but it didn’t look offside.
“We defended well. I made a good couple of saves to keep it 1-1. Then, it went straight to penalties.
“I saved the 7th penalty, and Bertie Watson scored our 8th penalty to win 8-7.”
Northwood St Johns winning manager John Cook commented:
“It was a good competitive game, but we were certainly the better side and deserved to go through.”
