The first-ever FA Cup game to be played at Station Road Collingham saw Newark and Sherwood United run out 3-2 winners over Hucknall Town.
The FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round saw the home side get off to a great start thanks to goals by Mark Dudley in the 11th minute, followed eight minutes later by captain Luke White slotting the second to make it 2-0.
The score remained at that until half-time with Hucknall's attacking element finding it hard to get going.
Soon after the break, it looked like it would be more of the same as The Highwaymen again found the net early thanks to a goal in the 47th minute by Kian Sketchley.
From there the game turned tough as, despite quite a few more opportunities, Newark and Sherwood would not find the goal again.
Meanwhile, it was more stagnation for the Hucknall side until the final ten minutes when Niall Towle stepped up to inspire his team.
He netted a penalty in the 83rd before stabbing another into the net in the 90th minute.
With the score now 3-2, the Highwaymen had done enough and took the narrow lead to the final whistle.
Report by Rob Currell, photojournalist from The Newark Advertiser, Iliffe Media.
The FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round saw the home side get off to a great start thanks to goals by Mark Dudley in the 11th minute, followed eight minutes later by captain Luke White slotting the second to make it 2-0.
The score remained at that until half-time with Hucknall's attacking element finding it hard to get going.
Soon after the break, it looked like it would be more of the same as The Highwaymen again found the net early thanks to a goal in the 47th minute by Kian Sketchley.
From there the game turned tough as, despite quite a few more opportunities, Newark and Sherwood would not find the goal again.
Meanwhile, it was more stagnation for the Hucknall side until the final ten minutes when Niall Towle stepped up to inspire his team.
He netted a penalty in the 83rd before stabbing another into the net in the 90th minute.
With the score now 3-2, the Highwaymen had done enough and took the narrow lead to the final whistle.
Report by Rob Currell, photojournalist from The Newark Advertiser, Iliffe Media.
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00:00 A crowd of 228 spectators turned up to Station Road Collingham as the Highwaymen, Ewican
00:06 Sherwood United, welcomed the Yellows, Ucknell Town, to the venue for the FA Cup Preliminary
00:13 Round.
00:15 Ewican Sherwood United's new signee, Mark Dudley, got his side off to a quick start
00:21 in the 11th minute.
00:22 He scored the first goal of the game.
00:25 Not wanting to be outdone, the Highwaymen's captain Luke White slaughtered this beauty
00:36 in the 19th minute to put his side up by two.
00:40 Ucknell Town were overwhelmed in the first half and their attack was stagnated by impressive
00:45 performances from Ryan Ebanks, Riley Thompson, Liam Mays and Kasper Rattja.
00:53 The few opportunities the Yellows did manage to grasp were easily thwarted by Ross Woolley
00:58 in goals.
01:02 The Highwaymen made it 3-0 in the very early stages of the second half thanks to a lovely
01:07 goal by Kian Sketchley.
01:10 It looked like the home team would run away with the game but Ucknell started to tighten
01:13 the screws.
01:14 The game calmed down until the last 10 minutes when the Yellows' Niall Towle put away a penalty
01:20 to get the visitors first score onto the board.
01:24 In the dying stages of the game he stabbed another one in to make it 3-2.
01:28 But by that stage it was a case of too little too late for Ucknell and the Highwaymen had
01:33 done enough to win the match.
01:36 The Highwaymen will now play Harborough Town in the next round of the FA Cup and they wished
01:41 Ucknell Town all the best with their season.
01:45 [END]
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