Hunts FA Senior Cup Quarter Final – Saturday 3^rd February

Alconbury 0 - Yaxley 1

Cuckoos through to semi-finals …

 As fellow UCL clubs St. Neots and Huntingdon Town bowed out of the Hunts Senior Cup to Peterborough League opposition, a second half goal from Cuckoos top goal scorer Mark Paul put Yaxley through to the semi-finals. The first half saw Yaxley not really get into gear as Alconbury made most of the running but never really threatened the visitors goal. The home team played seriously physical football which seemed to trouble Cuckoos in most areas of the pitch and with 3 key mid-fielders absent they found it difficult to live up to their league standing with plenty of forced errors.  

It wasn’t until the hour mark that Yaxley finally started to dominate and string their passes into meaningful opportunities and making the home defence work. In the 78^th minute Alconbury finally cracked as Mark Paul latched onto a superb ball played over the top of the home defence and slotted it into the net. Alconbury rallied but to no avail sending Yaxley into the semi-finals.  

After the match, manager Gary Clipston said that as expected Alconbury had put up a spirited performance but that his team got the result they needed.

Yaxley travel to S&L Corby on Tuesday night to replay the 2^nd round League Cup fixture that was abandoned (0-0) on 28^th January due to a frozen pitch.