Durham FA Sunday Cup
Sunday 26 October 2008
RCA The Barnes progressed to the first round proper of the Durham FA Sunday Cup with a scrappy 3-1 victory over South Moor Sports, at a windswept Stanley.
RCA were always in control of the match, without ever reaching the standards of the last few weeks and on a small, bobbly pitch with a strong wind, were made to struggle. Chances were missed in a disjointed first half before Martin Metcalfe pounced on a misplaced pass from a South Moor defender to drill a superb shot into the bottom left hand corner to give RCA a 1-0 half time lead.
Kicking with the wind in the second half, RCA effectively killed the tie within five minutes as Willie Crew continued his scoring form by slotting home goals two and three, to take his tally to 12 from only seven games). The match then became a bit edgy with South Moor putting in some iffy tackles and the referee not doing much about them. Ray Hartley the manager then decided to just get the game done with and used his three allowed substitutes to give Crew, Teasdale and skipper Curtis a rest and see out the remaining time. South Moor applied some pressure and were rewarded for their endeavours with a last minute penalty to give the scoreline 3-1 to RCA.
RCA now travel to Hartlepool WHTOSOB for a First Round Proper tie on Sunday, 9 November.