Ducks shocked in FA Cup
Aylesbury United fell to a surprise 1-0 home defeat in the FA Cup Preliminary Round this afternoon, to lower ranked Biggleswade United of the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division, and said good bye to £1925 in prize money. The 172 crowd saw a very up-tempo game with the Ducks having most of the possession but failing to break down a very resolute and determined Biggleswade team who chased everything down, and whose defence was quite superb. Too often for the Ducks the final ball was lacking and, although they pressed increasingly harder in the second half, they were caught on the break in the 87th minute when Charlie Black scored with a fierce left footed shot into the top corner. Biggleswade had a couple of good chances before that, very well saved by Ducks Keeper Zaki Oualah. In the final frantic minutes a Ducks free kick hit the crossbar and they had two more golden chances to score but plucky Biggleswade held on. Both teams kept the ball on the deck and tried to pass their way upfield on the very smooth Thame United pitch. Biggleswade United’s Director of Football is Guillem Balague, author, journalist and Sky Sport’s La Liga correspondent, and he seems to have the club heading in the right direction. Ducks Manager Glyn Creaser, unusually quiet today, did a great job in keeping them up last season and they already have nine points from their first four games in the Evo-Stik Division 1 Central, but they lost prolific scorer Stacey Field in the summer (108 goals in 217 games) and, on today’s showing, have not replaced him yet. Their best player is captain Jack Wood, still only 24 but with over 300 games under his belt for the Ducks. He is a very classy player for this level, plenty of time on the ball and reads the game very well. Normally a central defender he played at left back today before being pushed forward in the second half. Before the game a group of Ducks fans walked from their former, now derelict, ground in Buckingham Road, to the ASM Stadium in Thame, to mark 10 years of playing away from Aylesbury. I do hope they get back home soon.
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Thanks for the very interesting report Steve.