Monday 8th March 2010 - Hunts Youth Cup (Semi Final)

St Ives Town 2 Somersham Town 1

(played at Westwood Road - attendance 87)

Manager's & Players Man of the Match : Jordan Butt (St Ives Town)

Tonight saw the Young Saints of St Ives Town fire themselves into the Final of the Hunts Youth Cup after overcoming a one goal deficit to grab two late goals and see off their neighbours from Somersham.

With a menacing front line of Leon Schwier, Conor Washington and Arran MacKay the Saints worked hard to stamp their authority of the game and with almost a dozen chances falling to several players, the supporters on the sidelines felt that this wasnt going to be Saints day. Things were worsened after 65 minutes when a neat move in the midfield allowed the Somersham striker to punce and slot home form 18 yards. With more chances squandered and the visiting custodian in fine form the frustration showed in the Saints but with ten minutes remaining Arran MacKay pounced onto a blocked shot from Washington and he calmly finished to draw the game level. With extra time on the cards St Ives managed to push once again and their tiredless efforts were rewarded into injury time and Conor Washington made sure of things after wriggling himself free of the Somersham defence.

This now sets up a Final showdown between St Ives Town and, again, near neighbours, Huntingdon Town who beat a promising Alconbury side in the previous round. After the game, Saints Manager; Darnell Dodd said "We set out tonight with a view of playing all out attack and this seemed to work in the first twenty minutes but with no goals. It seemed as though our lads switched off a bit and you cant do that against teams like this." he added "We do not fear anyone in this competition. I am looking forward to Thursday night now in the League as we face a trip to Bourne Town on Thursday"

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