Sat 16th Mar 2019
Herts Junior Cup semifinal
TAFC A team 1-1 (4-3 on pens) Mill Lane FC
TAFC goals: Liam Irons
A team come from behind to win on pens. to reach the final of Herts. Junior Cup. Match report taken from West Herts League Weekly News Bulletin
Saturday March 16th 2019
Reports
Herts FA County Junior Cup - Semi Final
Tring Athletic A' entertained Mill Lane (East Herts) for a chance to reach the County Final for the second year running, on a day better suited to flying a kite.
With the pitch far from perfect, the game was never going to be a classic.
Tring started up the slope, against the gale and were very happy to end a scrappy half at 0-0.
Both sides were giving their all but Mill Lane scored from a corner midway through the second-half, when the ball somehow bypassed the front post markers and was knocked in by the Mill Lane centre back. Score 0-1.
Tring then threw everything at Mill Lane with the wind assisting and finally, in the 85th minute, a corner was misjudged by the Mill Lane Keeper and the ball just went over the line direct from Liam Irons' corner. Score 1-1.
Both sides had chances to win the game in Extra Time but it ended 1-1 and almost inevitably, it went to penalties.
Tring held their nerve better and it was left to Martyn Travers to calmly finish the last penalty, to win 4-3 and to take Tring to the Final.
The game was played in a very good spirit and either side could have won on the day.