Those Were The Days; 2nd February 2005

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THOSE WERE THE DAYS
2nd February 2005

Isthmian (Bryco) League Cup 4th Round

Eastleigh 1(Bowers 88’) HRBFC 2 (Allen 30’, Fernandes 89’) Att; 192

HRBFC;-
Kieron Drake; Darren Deegan, Dean Wells, Marcello Fernandes, Matt Elverson, Orlando Jeffrey, Dudley Gardner, Luke Fontana (Eric Kwayke, 79’), Adrian Allen (Elliott Godfrey, 68’), Ryan Ashe, Andy Morley.
Unused Sub; Alan Inns

This match was the third between the clubs during the season. Each one seemed to have an extra edge. A 3-3 away draw was followed by a 5-1 thrashing of Eastleigh at Beveree with three players sent off and three penalties scored. On this occasion, Hampton, a man short won the contest with a superlative strike in the last minute of normal time. Hampton led with a goal on the half-hour. One second, they were defending a free-kick, the next Ashe was threading a through ball for Allen to run onto, a quick shimmy, a drop of the shoulder and he fired the ball between Eastleigh keeper Lee Webber’s legs. With five minutes to go and still leading, Ashe attempted to shrug a defender off his back, contact was made and he was sent off. With two minutes to go Tyrone Bowers scrambled home the equaliser. Extra time loomed. No one expected quite what happened next. Fernandes ran on to a loose ball some 35 yards out and struck a first time shot that soared into the top corner. Cue a mobbing of Fernandes, followed by the final whistle. A heck of a goal to win a game.



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