ABBEY HEY ended Bury AFC’s unbeaten run stretching back over 12 months with a comprehensive victory that puts the club into the fourth round of the FA Vase for the first time.
There are 22 clubs in this season’s FA Vase third round who have never got this far in the competition before, including Berks County, Buckhurst Hill and Shefford Town and Campton. All three are in their debut Vase campaigns.
Atherstone joint-boss Adam Davies says his side are more than capable of beating anyone at home after Mitch Piggon capped a fine afternoon with a brace to see off Long Eaton.
WALLINGFORD TOWN’S Lawrie Aitchison probably thought his part-time goalie heroics were complete for one season after saving two in their FA Vase penalty shoot-out – then the defender-turned-goalie went one better in the first round by saving three!
An impressive crowd of 619 were on hand to watch the Tyneside outfit fall to a 5-2 defeat against the Northern Counties East League Premier Division promotion challengers.