Slough Town
0
Romford
1
King (0-1)
FA Cup
Slough Town were knocked out of the FA Cup on Saturday by Romford by the only goal of a hard fought tie. The result upset a section of the Slough supporters who thought a "goal" scored by Tony Amos but disallowed for an infringement should have given the Rebels the right to a replay. There was a crowd of 1,500 and Romford turned in a display which stamped them as a strong all-round combination.
Many excuses have been advanced for Slough's defeat, particularly about the "goal" by Tony Amos in the 80th minute which followed a flick on by Hill from a Roger Day corner. The referee gave a foul against Hill and despite all the protests it stood and the Rebels were out of the cup.
The Slough performance was not one to be underrated, they gave everything they could but they just did not have a forward as fast and bustling as King, or as persistent as Chandler nor did they have a player who could match the skills and power of ex-Orient half back Dennis Sorrel, who controlled and patrolled the midfield as though it was his own particular area in which no one else had any rights.
Many of the spectators were incensed by the decision of referee Mr Helps who after booking Chandler in the fourth minute for ungentlemanly conduct proceeded to lose control and had the crowd so much against him that abuse was thrown at him at half-time and he had to be escorted from the pitch at full-time.
After Slough had pushed forward for the early minutes of the game they were shocked when Romford went in front. The goal started from orthodox right winger Saunders who had been fetching and carrying to great effect, his cross was headed on by Chandler for King to head back across the goal on to the post and into the net.
This was King's fifth goal in three FA Cup games and none have been more important, for Slough were in trouble from then on. In fact after Cruse had fired just wide across the goal in the 15th the visitors took complete control.
After the interval Slough should have equalised when a Day centre found the head of O'Sullivan but the ball crashed against the crossbar and rebounded to the feet of Turl who, unable to believe his luck, hastily fired the ball but it was well over the bar.
After this the game became a midfield stalemate with the visitors comfortably in control, Slough's final chance was the disallowed goal and after this it was just a question of playing out time. Slough were beaten but not disgraced and must hope that they will not have to meet as clever a side as this in the early rounds next year.
Many excuses have been advanced for Slough's defeat, particularly about the "goal" by Tony Amos in the 80th minute which followed a flick on by Hill from a Roger Day corner. The referee gave a foul against Hill and despite all the protests it stood and the Rebels were out of the cup.
The Slough performance was not one to be underrated, they gave everything they could but they just did not have a forward as fast and bustling as King, or as persistent as Chandler nor did they have a player who could match the skills and power of ex-Orient half back Dennis Sorrel, who controlled and patrolled the midfield as though it was his own particular area in which no one else had any rights.
Many of the spectators were incensed by the decision of referee Mr Helps who after booking Chandler in the fourth minute for ungentlemanly conduct proceeded to lose control and had the crowd so much against him that abuse was thrown at him at half-time and he had to be escorted from the pitch at full-time.
After Slough had pushed forward for the early minutes of the game they were shocked when Romford went in front. The goal started from orthodox right winger Saunders who had been fetching and carrying to great effect, his cross was headed on by Chandler for King to head back across the goal on to the post and into the net.
This was King's fifth goal in three FA Cup games and none have been more important, for Slough were in trouble from then on. In fact after Cruse had fired just wide across the goal in the 15th the visitors took complete control.
After the interval Slough should have equalised when a Day centre found the head of O'Sullivan but the ball crashed against the crossbar and rebounded to the feet of Turl who, unable to believe his luck, hastily fired the ball but it was well over the bar.
After this the game became a midfield stalemate with the visitors comfortably in control, Slough's final chance was the disallowed goal and after this it was just a question of playing out time. Slough were beaten but not disgraced and must hope that they will not have to meet as clever a side as this in the early rounds next year.
Slough Town Lineup
- 1 Ian Wolstenholme
- 2 Tim Turl
- 3 Ian Reid
- 4 Keith Mead
- 5 Alf DArcy
- 6 Peter Cruse
- 7 Roger Day
- 8 John Ritchie
- 9 Micky OSullivan
- 10 Tony Amos
- 11 Ray Hill