Marine 4 - 3 Colwyn Bay - 30/09/00 - FA Cup 2Q
The
Bay crashed out at the first hurdle of the FA Cup at Marine despite a brave
second half fightback, when it seemed they had done enough to earn a replay at
Llanelian Road.
The
Seagulls were below par in the first half and Marine took advantage of defensive
errors to take the lead in the ninth minute. Neil Black broke on the right to
square the ball for Jonathan Bainbridge to slot home from 12 yards.
For
the Bay, a Deiniol Graham effort was fumbled by ‘keeper Clarke which was then
cleared, while Jonathan Cross went wide.
Marine
went 2-0 up in the 24th minute, when Karl Robinson found a gap at the near post
to squeeze a shot in the net. Bay came close to reducing the arrears just before
half time, when Marc Limbert’s 25 yard free kick was tipped over the bar by
Clarke.
There
was more determination and purpose to the Bay’s play in the second half, with
the Seagulls attacking from the start. Substitute Frank Gibbons was unlucky to
see his shot hit the post on 54 minutes. Four minutes later Gibbons was on
target, after good work from Graham.
But
two minutes later, Marine had restored their 2 goal advantage, when Robinson
headed in Gamble’s corner at the near post.
But
Bay did not give up, and incredibly within a minute it was 3-2 when Limbert’s
corner was headed in by Deiniol Graham.
The
Bay were refused what appeared to be a blatant penalty in the 75th minute, when
Limbert’s free kick was clearly handled by a defender, but the Referee decided
against awarding a free kick.
The Bay were awarded a penalty soon after, when following a Limbert corner a foul was committed. Deiniol Graham stood up to take the penalty and he coolly slotted home the equaliser.
The
game was heading for a replay, until two minutes into stoppage time, when a long
free kick down the middle caught the Bay defence napping and Mark Schofield sent
a glancing header past Richie Roberts, and thus end the Bay’s FA Cup dreams
for another year.
Colwyn Bay:
R Roberts, O Roberts, P Jones, S Gelling, A Fenton (F Gibbons), M Woods, M Limbert, G Roberts (C Caton) [M Price], D Graham, A Evans, J Cross. Subs(Not used): J McIlvogue, A Hill