The Romans are through to the 4th Round of the Memorial Cup after beating Cowes Sports Reserves on penalties at Westwood Park.
The 1st half was a tight affair with both sides having good periods of possession without creating any real clear cut chances.
Half time: Cowes Sports Reserves 0-0 Brading Town
Cowes took the lead thanks to a fortunate ricochet and a simple finish for George Holmes (1-0).
The Romans then levelled the scores when Dan Vale was brought down in the box for a penalty. Vale confidently despatched the resulting spot kick (1-1).
The game finished with Brading on top and Todd Connor having a header cleared off the line.
Full time: Cowes Sports Reserves 1-1 Brading Town
And so to penalties …
Brading’s Aaron Bennett was 1st up and blazed wildly over the bar. Cowes’ 1st pen rolled well wide of the post.
The Roman’s next penalty taker drilled it high into the net before Cowes missed theirs by hitting the bar.
No 4 Tim Shaw converted Brading’s 3rd before Tom Vokins pulled off a stunning save from the Yachtsmen’s 3rd kick.
The Romans’ Scott Lawson then stepped up knowing he could win the tie and found the top corner.
Penalties: Cowes Sports Reserves 0-3 Brading Town
After the game, winning manager Steve Lawton said:
“I’m delighted with the performance today: we played some excellent stuff and showed a lot of character after falling behind.
“The Team performance was very good indeed, and it’s hard to pick out a man-of-the-match: the full backs were outstanding and Chip looked superb before his injury.”
Memorial Cup 4th Round: West Wight 1-2 Shanklin
Goals from George Carter-Knight and Aaron Burford saw Shanklin go through to the next round of the Memorial Cup after beating West Wight by the best of 3 goals at Camp Road. Charlie Smeeton got the consolation goal for West Wight.
Ken Morris IOW Junior ‘A’ Cup Semi-Final: Ventnor 4-0 ECS Reserves
Ventnor are through to the final of the Junior ‘A’ Cup after seeing off East Cowes Sports Reserves at Watcombe Bottom. The Ventnor scorers were Emerson Tattersall (X2), Charlie Urry and Robert Gee.
In Isle of Wight Division 1 …
Vectis 3-2 Bembridge
Vectis beat Bembridge at Cowes Enterprise College thanks to strikes from Mash Wherry, Ben Cutts and Jamie Barratt.
Binstead & COB 5-1 Northwood St Johns
A Cam O’Rourke hat trick and further goals from Jacob Morley and Shay Dixon saw Binstead overcome NSJ at the Molehill.
Ryde Saints 0-4 Oakfield
Bottom-of-the-table Saints are still seeking their 1st points of the season after going down to Oakfield in the Ryde derby.
2 Division 1 games were postponed. East Cowes Sports were unable to play their fixture against Sandown due to a broken waste water pipe under their ground flooding the pitch at the GKN Sports Ground. Pan versus Whitecroft & Barton Sports did not get the go ahead because of the waterlogged Downside pitch.
In Division 2 …
High Park 0-1 Niton Community
In Saturday’s only Division 2 game, Niton beat 2nd-placed High Park at Steyne Park. George Stinton was on target for Niton. High Park require 4 points from their remaining 2 games to secure promotion to Division 1.
Isle of Wight results for Saturday 25th March 2023
The Isle of Wight Memorial Cup sponsored by Andy Butler Sports Ground Specialist
3rd Round
Brading Town 1-1 Cowes Sports Reserves
Brading win on penalties
4th Round
West Wight 1-2 Shanklin
The Ken Morris IOW Junior ‘A’ Cup Semi-Final
Ventnor 4-0 ECS Reserves
Harwoods Renault Saturday League Division 1
Vectis 3-2 Bembridge
Binstead & COB 5-1 Northwood St Johns
Ryde Saints 0-4 Oakfield
Harwoods Renault Saturday League Division 2
High Park 0-1 Niton Community
Harwoods Renault Saturday League Combination Division 1
Northwood St Johns 6-0 Vectis
Sandown & Lake 1-2 Brading Town
Shanklin v Whitecroft 0-2 Barton Sports
