Sunday 9 December 2007

Sheffield 2 Colwyn Bay 2 (Bay win 5-4 on pens)

Another long trip to Colwyn Bay now beckons following the Seagulls dramatic win over Sheffield. This was the best game of the run so far and, on balance I think Bay deserved to win.

They were delayed in arriving by traffic problems so only had the briefest of warm-ups before baing made to start the match. However, they started off like a house on fire and dominated the early exchanges, deserving the early lead that they took. Sheffield were playing poorly but gradually got back into the game getting an equaliser just before half time. A closely fought second half produced no further goals so we were into extra time.

Bay drew first blood with a spectacular goal from Wade and looked confident enough to win through. For the third time in the tie, however, Sheffield came back with an equaliser to set up a penalty shoot out. An early miss from Colwyn gave Sheffield the early advantage but two dreadful misses from the home side allowed the Seagulls to progress and set them up for the Burton match.

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