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The Fixture
 

Flackwell Heath 0


Second Qualifying Round Replay
Harrow Borough 1
Fabio Valenti (35)
     
Tuesday 30th September 2003
Venue: Wilks Park
 
The Report
 
David Ocquaye threads a path through the Flackwell defence
Report by Simon Grigor

Shiver me timbers, and hoist the main-sail! The good ship Harrow Borough will be setting sail across the Solent, for a Third Qualifying Round FA Cup-tie with Newport (Isle Of Wight) on Saturday week, following Tuesday evening's replay win at Flackwell.

Clemente Lopez's injury meant a reshuffle to Saturday's line up, with Danny Murphy returning in left midfield. David Ocquaye took over from Robert Charles up front, and Osman Hasan made a debut in midfield in place of Robbie Rix.

Borough were first to threaten a goal in the 16th minute, when Perry Norman, just back on the field after lengthy treatment following a fierce challenge by Shone, headed Murphy's corner against the underside of the bar from 15 yards. Murphy then had a shot blocked and Ocquaye headed Fitzsimon's cross over the bar. At the other end, Norman made a good tackle after Bowler had beaten Richard Goddard.

Harrow opened the scoring after 35 minutes. Ocquaye held off two challenges on the edge of the box and fed Fabio Valenti in the inside left position. He steadied himself and blasted the ball past Knott from 12 yards.

Valenti should have doubled the lead six minutes into the second half. He ran on to Kevin McKenna's diagonal pass but blasted the ball wide of goal as Knott advanced.

The home side had threatened little until, out of the blue, in the 55th minute, Shone hit a 25-yard shot that beat Keita Karmoko but thumped off the bar. This ought to have pushed Borough into greater efforts to get a second goal, but instead it saw them sink to the level of their Ryman Division Two opponents for much of the rest of the game. Nothing summed it up better than when Fitzsimon played a nice one-two with Ocquaye but then fell over as he shaped to shoot.

Flackwell began to get some belief, and Karamoko saved from Shone and Bowler, and Sipede shot wide of the post. However, the plucky Buckinghamshire side couldn't mount any sustained pressure, and Harrow regained the upper hand. Murphy shot wide and then put a free-kick ridiculously awarded for a far-from-deliberate back-pass over the bar.

 
The Teams
 
Flackwell Heath Harrow Borough

  1 - Lee Knott
  2 - Gordon Hill
  3 - Matt Clarke
  4 - Tristan Heywood
  5 - Matthew Wojtowicz
  6 - Lee Elliott
  7 - Ashley Smith
  8 - Leigh Elliott
   (sub Daniel Pedley 88)
  9 - Rino Sepede
10 - Jason Bowler
11 - Paul Shone

  1 - Keita Karamoko
  2 - Wayne Walters
  3 - Danny Moore
  4 - Ross Fitzsimon
  5 - Richard Goddard
  6 - Perry Norman
  7 - Fabio Valenti
   (sub Abdulai Yoki 86)
  8 - Kevin McKenna
  9 - David Ocquaye
10 - Osman Hasan
11 - Danny Murphy

 
12 - Paul O’Sullivan
14 - Stuart Poole
15 - Daniel Pedley
16 - Adam Clarke
17 - Jon Pettifer
12 - Abdulai Yoki
14 - Robert Charles
15 - Robbie Rix
16 - Daniel Dyer
17 - Stuart Elliott
 
Yellow Cards: Paul Shone (13), Jason Bowler (51), Lee Elliott (72) Yellow Cards: Ross Fitzsimon (68), Kevin McKenna (71)
Red Cards: Red Cards:
 
Referee: Mr R Matthews
 
The views expressed in this article are those of the author, and not necessarily those of Harrow Borough Football Club.
 
 
 
 
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