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Date
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Match
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Location
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Score
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29th
September, 2002
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Grapevine
v Firs AFC
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Four Ashes
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Lost
6-4 |
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T.Bird
Cup
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The
Teams
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The
Firs AFC
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1
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James
Haughty |
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2
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Viv
Philips |
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3
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Wayne
Hughes |
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4
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Steve
Walters |
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5
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Gareth
Morgan |
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6
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Jason
Booth |
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7
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Tony
McGinn |
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8
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Mick
McGinn |
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9
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Darren
Evans |
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10
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Calvin
McHale |
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11
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Bryn
Jones |
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Substitutes
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Shaun
Lee |
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Substitutes
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Lee
Bradburn |
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Substitutes
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Martyn
Vaughn |
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Substitutes
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Andy
Haughty |
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Substitutes
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Mick
Lane |
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Referee:
Phil Felton
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The
Grapevine played hosts to the Firs in the first round of the T-Bird
Cup. It was a hard fought match with plenty of goals and incident.
The first came in the fifth minute to Grapevine after which Firs were
playing well below par. In the 25th minute Bryn Jones equalised lobbing
the goalkeeper, but within a minute Grapevine were ahead again. Still
battling Firs came close once or twice alas to no avail, but through
some slack defensive play Firs went 3-1 down in the 40th minute. On
the stroke of half time Calvin McHale was unlucky to hit the post,
but with half time looming Grapevine were awarded a dubious penalty
which when taken was hit wide, justice done!
In the second half Firs seemed to step up a gear with Darren Evans
and Tony McGinn both coming close. With the pressure now piling on
by Firs the Grapevine goalkeeper stopped a terrific shot from Bryn
Jones. Firs now down to ten men due to the diabolical decision of
the referee to send off Mick McGinn the team battled on and got their
just rewards through Bryn Jones scoring off a well taken corner. James
Haughty in the Firs goal played exceptional and stopped some fine
balls, which were definitely goal bound. With seconds remaining Andy
Haughty scored a cracking equalizer to take the match into extra time.
As extra time progressed Firs seemed to be the better of the two sides
and for the first time in the match went ahead with an own goal from
Grapevine. This lead was short lived when Grapevine equalized. To
add to Firs plight Viv Philips got a Red Card for a second bookable
offence. Now down to nine men the pressure took it's toll on Firs
who conceded two more goals as the defence were stretched to there
fullest. The game finished with Grapevine winning 6-4. The match was
a well-fought game (literally), with what one could say some dodgy
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The
Firs AFC Scorers
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Bryn
Jones |
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Andy
Haughty
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Two
Goal
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One
Goal
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