RCA Grangetown Florists 3 Eden Vale 0

It was a case of 6th time lucky for the outstanding 2nd round tie between RCA Grangetown Florists of the Sunderland Sunday league and their Merseyside opponents, Eden Vale, from the Ormskirk & District league, which was finally played six weeks later than scheduled!

It was the home side who struck first, when lively winger Martin Metcalfe fired passed the keeper from close range after only 3 minutes of play.

Eden Vale spurned a great opportunity to draw level mid-way through the first half, when a superb strike from outside of the penalty box was parried on to the bar by RCA keeper, Kris Snowball. With the goal at his mercy, Vale's Phil Stancombe headed over the bar.

RCA doubled their advantage just before the interval, when a Metcalfe corner was headed home by defender Phil Hall.

RCA wrapped the game up mid-way through the second half, when they failed to halt a run from man of the match Metcalfe, whose cross from the byline was converted by Richard Jordan to extend their lead to 3-0.

Vale kept going to the end but were unable to penetrate the home defence, so RCA can now look forward to a trip to Nottinghamshire, where they will face T8's for a place in the 4th round.

Sunday 6th January - Results

2nd Round
RCA Grangetown Florists 3 v Eden Vale 0 - match report to follow

3rd Round
Burradon & New Fordley 1 v Oyster Martyrs 3
Allerton 5 v Home & Bargain 3 AET
Hetton Lyons 3 v Northallerton Police 0

Upshire v CB Hounslow United - game abandoned 30 minutes, when an Upshire supporter collapsed pitch side with a suspected heart attack. As he was the Grandfather of two Upshire players, it was agreed that the game would be abandoned.

Let's hope the gentleman concerned makes a full and speedy recovery.

Many thanks to Ian Martin and John Treleven for supplying results.

Sunday 6th January

With dry and mild weather forecast for most places this weekend, the FA Sunday Cup will hopefully be able to catch up on some of the outstanding fixtures, as there are still several 3rd round games and one 2nd round tie to be decided.

Of the five games scheduled for this Sunday, three of them are due to be played in the North East, which is where I will be headed for on Sunday morning. I aim to watch the much delayed 2nd round game between RCA Grangetown Florists and Eden Vale. However, Hetton Lyons are due to play Northallerton Police at nearby Seaham, so I may end up there instead!

Like Eden Vale, Oyster Martyrs are also making the long journey up from Merseyside, as they travel to Morpeth Town to play Burradon & New Fordley.

The remaining games are in Liverpool (Allerton v Home & Bargain at Alder Sports Club) and at CB Hounslow, who entertain Upshire.

HT Sports v Salisbury Athletic
I am reliably informed that this tie is now the subject of an FA review, following some after match shenanigans on 16th December at Brighouse.

Updates
Once again, the computer gremlins have struck, so it looks like a new PC is in order. I'll try and update the blog on Sunday evening with the results but as this will be done via my Blackberry, I can't promise that this will be successful! I may have to do this on Monday at work.

4th Round Draw

Ties to be played on 20th January - 1.00pm kick off

HT Sports v T8s or RCA Grangetown Florists/Eden Vale

Hetton Lyons or Northallerton Police v Allerton or Home & Bargain

Kelloe WMC or South Bank (2006) v Punchbowl

Oyster Martyrs or Burradon & New Fordley v Alder

Upshire or CB Hounslow v Rayners Lane

Barnes Albion v Bedfont

Club Lewsey v Lebeqs Tavern Courage

Sporting Khalsa v Comets Sports Club

Results from Sunday 16th December

2nd Round
Bolton Woods 2 v South Bank (2006) 8
JOB 0 v Hetton Lyons 5
Eden Vale v RCA Grangetown Florists - match postponed
El Sol 0 v Upshire 1

3rd Round
Oyster Martyrs v Burradon & New Fordley - match postponed
Alder 2 v Humbledon Plains Farm Nissan 1
Allerton v Home & Bargain - match postponed
HT Sports 3 v Salisbury Athletic 1 Sporting Khalsa 6 v AC Cadoza 3
RHP Sports & Social 2 v Club Lewsey 5
Hundred Acre 2 v Comets Sports 3
Punchbowl 4 v Britannia United 1
Lebeq Tavern Courage 2 v Sporting Bristol 0
Bedfont Sunday 4 v Loughborough Saints 2
Rayners Lane 2 v Lambeth All Stars 1
AFC Kumazi Strikers 2 v Barnes Albion 5

Many thanks to all who have provided the above results.

2nd Round Results

Hetton Lyons v JOB – Postponed

South Bank V Bolton Woods – Postponed

RCA Grangetown Florists v Eden Vale – Postponed

Coxhoe WMC 0 v HT Sports 5

Canada 2 v Kelloe WMC 3 – tie reversed – played at Eppleton CW

Humbledon Plains Farm 2 v Newton Aycliffe WMC 0 – tie reversed – played at Newon Aycliffe

Thornton United 3 v Punchbowl 7 – tie reversed – played at Highgate United

Stanbridge & Tilsworth 3 v Britannia United 4

El Sol v Upshire – Postponed

Rayners Lane 4 v Belstone 1 - tie reversed - played at Belstone

Sporting Bristol 4 v All Saints 0

2nd Round Results

Oyster Martyrs 5 St John's Fisher OB 0
Poulton Royal 0 v Northallerton Police 3
Clumber 1 v Hundred Acre 4
Sporting Khalsa 3 v Bilsthorpe Celtic 2
Bedfont Sunday 4 v Manor House 1
Barnes Albion 3 v Knighton Arms 1
Marquis Rangers 2 v Lambeth All Stars 4
FC Camberley 0 v Kumazi Strikers 5
Comets Sports Club 3 v Windmill (Yarmouth) 2

Many thanks to those who emailed/text messaged the above results.

3rd Round Draw

Only three games survived yesterday's torrential downpour. The remaining 29 ties are scheduled to be played this coming Sunday.

Congratulations go to Burradon & New Fordley, T8's and CB Hounslow United, who all made it through to the third round

3rd Round Draw
Games to be played on 16 December - 1.00pm kick off

Suttonfields or Alder v Humbledon Plains Farm Nissan or Newton Aycliffe WMC

Oyster Martyrs or St John Fisher OB v Burradon & New Fordley

Canada or Kelloe WMC v South Bank (2006) AFC or Bolton Woods

T8's v RCA Grangetown Florists or Eden Vale

Allerton or Paddock v Home & Bargain or Dawdon Colliery Welfare

Hetton Lyons Cricket Club or JOB v Poulton Royal or Northallerton Police

Coxhoe WMC or HT Sports v Salisbury Athletic or Nicosia

Thornton United or Punchbowl v Stanbridge & Tilsworth or Britannia United

Clumber or Hundred Acre v Comets Sports Club or Windmill (Yarmouth)

Sporting Khalsa (Sunday) or Bilsthorpe Celtic v AC Cadoza or Seven Allstars

RHP Sports & Social or Whitwick Compass v Club Lewsey or AC Sportsman

El Sol or Upshire v CB Hounslow United (Sunday)

Bedfont Sunday or Manor House v Loughborough Saints or Wymeswold

FC Camberley or AFC Kumazi Strikers v Barnes Albion or Knighton Arms

Rayners Lane (Sunday) or Belstone (Sunday) v Marquis Rangers or Lambeth All Stars

Lebeqs Tavern Courage or The Railway Inn v Sporting Bristol or All Saints

Blog Update

1st Round Review
I was hoping to have updated the blog with a review of some first round games by now but unfortunately, I've been far too busy clearing a house that we have for sale! I'll try and get this for done by the end of next week.

2nd Round Results
I may struggle to update the blog with 2nd round results tomorrow, as I'm setting off shortly to Plymouth for a family christening! I won't be setting off back home until Sunday tea time and yes, I will miss a 2nd round game because of this :(

With an anticipated 6 hour journey home (probably longer with 3 young children with us) I don't expect to be back until late. However, if you can text your result to me on 07791 546597, I'll try and update it when I return.

If the weather forecast is accurate, it looks like a lot of games will fall foul of the weather. Being selfish, I hope this does happen, so I can watch a game next week!

Outstanding 1st round results

Britannia United 6 v Highfield Social Club 0
Upshire 6 v Torrun United 1
Windmill (Yarmouth) 5 v Enfield Rangers 0
Sungate 0 v El Sol 1
Worthing Park Vale 0 v Barnes Albion 2
Sporting Bristol 5 v Kings Tamerton CA 1