Goals aplenty in Junior Cup ties
TWO teams hit double figures away from home in the Parkers Pitches Suffolk Junior Cup on Saturday.
Lakenheath Casuals were 10-0 winners at Stonham Aspal, while holders Stowupland Falcons went one better at Waveney ‘A’ to book their place in the last 16 of this season’s competition.
There were goals aplenty in the 16 ties – a total of 88 at an average of 5.5 goals per game.
Thurston put nine goals past Puddlebrook 68, while two teams each scored six times – Stanton were 6-1 winners at home to Elmswell and Bacton United 89 triumphed 6-2 at Achilles.
Mutford & Wrentham, runners-up to Stowupland Falcons in each of the last two seasons, were 5-0 winners at home to Capel Plough, while Ipswich Athletic also went nap, defeating Carlton Colville Town 5-2.
Capel plough goalkeeper Stu Hunt is pictured above making a fine save from Mutford & Wrentham striker Sam Shepherd (black & white striped shirt). Photograph: Ian Smillie
Two ties went to penalties, Hundon progressing 5-3 at the expense of visitors Cavendish following a 3-3 draw, while Tattingstone United emerged 4-2 winners after drawing 1-1 at Tuddenham Rovers.
The draw for the third round will be broadcast on BBC Radio Suffolk’s Non-League Hour between 8pm and 9pm on Thursday.
Holders AFC Sudbury were knocked out by Needham Market in an eight-goal thriller in the MH Goals Suffolk Women’s Cup on Sunday.
Visitors AFC Sudbury led the second-round tie 3-2 at half-time, but Needham Market scored three times in the second period to go through.
East Bergholt United defeated fellow Eastern Region Women’s Football League Division One side Haverhill Rovers 2-0 to reach the last eight, and Brett Vale, losing finalists in 2018-19, beat Woodbridge Town 3-0.
Bungay Town were 7-0 winners at Halesworth Town, while Stowupland Falcons scored the only goal of the game to go through against Needham Market Reserves.
The draw for the third round will be broadcast simultaneously on BBC Radio Suffolk’s Non-League Hour between 8pm and 9pm on Thursday night and via the Suffolk FA Twitter feed.
Midweek Result
Thursday
Veo Suffolk Boys’ U18 Midweek Cup Second Round: Beccles Town v Cornard Utd – postponed.
Weekend Results
Saturday
Parkers Pitches Suffolk Junior Cup Second Round: Achilles 2 Bacton Utd 89 6, AFC Waveney 0 Somersham 5, Beccles Caxton 1 AFC Kesgrave 2, Bramford Road Old Boys 1 Redgrave Rangers 0, Great Blakenham Chequers 1 Cockfield Utd 3, Hundon 3 Cavendish 3 – Hundon won 5-3 on pens, Ipswich Athletic 5 Carlton Colville Town 2, Kesgrave Kestrels 3 Kirton Athletic 0, Kirkley & Pakefield U23s 0 Saxmundham Sports 4, Mutford & Wrentham 5 Capel Plough 0, Spexhall Huntsman & Hounds 3 AFC Oulton 0, Stanton 6 Elmswell 1, Stonham Aspal 0 Lakenheath Casuals 10, Thurston 9 Puddlebrook 68 0, Tuddenham Rovers 1 Tattingstone Utd 1 – Tattingstone Utd won 4-2 on pens, Waveney ‘A’ 0 Stowupland Falcons 11.
Sunday
Suffolk Boys’ Under-12 Cup Second Round: AFC Sudbury Blue 4 Lavenham 2, AFC Sudbury Yellows 2 Haverhill Rovers Black 1, Clare Town Lions v Long Melford Colts – Away Win Walkover, Moreton Hall Blues 1 Brandon Town Community 5, Moreton Hall Raiders 5 Elmswell 0, Walsham-le-Willows 0 Haverhill Rovers White 3, Stowupland Falcons Blues 1 Stowmarket Town 3.
Suffolk Boys’ Under-13 Cup Second Round: Bury Town EJA 19 Capel Plough 0, Beccles Town Bees 0 Beccles Town Wasps 10, Leiston EJA 7 Waveney Thundercats 1.
Suffolk Boys’ Under-14 Cup Second Round: Bury Town Rams 0 AFC Sudbury Blue EJA 5, Lavenham 2 Bures Utd 1.
Suffolk Boys’ Under-15 Cup Second Round: Stowupland Falcons 1 Leiston EJA 6.
Suffolk Boys’ Under-16 Cup Second Round: Beccles Town Hornets 2 Ipswich Vale Exiles 2 – Ipswich Vale Exiles won 5-3 on pens, Brantham Athletic EJA 3 Stowmarket Town EJA 1, Long Melford Colts 1 Needham Market EJA 3.
Suffolk Girls’ Under-15 Cup Match Day 2: Group A – Haverhill Rovers 3 Thurston 0.
MH Goals Suffolk Women’s Cup Second Round: Brett Vale 3 Woodbridge Town 0, East Bergholt Utd 2 Haverhill Rovers 0, Halesworth Town 0 Bungay Town 7, Ipswich Vale Exiles v Chantry Grasshoppers – Home Win Walkover, Ipswich Wanderers v Beccles Town – Away Win Walkover, Kesgrave Kestrels v AFC Kesgrave – Away Win Walkover, Needham Market 5 AFC Sudbury 3, Stowupland Falcons 1 Needham Market Res 0.
Midweek Fixture
Tuesday
Veo Suffolk Boys’ Under-18 Midweek Cup Second Round: Bungay Town v Brantham Athletic (7.45pm).