Evesham United and county rivals Redditch both went into the hat for the next round of the FA Cup after the sides drew a blank in their First Qualifying Round tie at the Jubilee Stadium.
Higher ranked Redditch bossed the first-half and signalled their intentions straight from the kick-off when the dangerous Jermaine Hylton thumped a shot against a post inside the opening couple of minutes. Ashley Sammons was then a whisker away from firing the Red`s ahead but Evesham wethered the storm as the half wore-on and went close themselves through skipper Matt Sysum`s header from Sean Wood`s free-kick after visiting keeper Bradley Catlow had failed to reach the midfielder`s deadball kick. Jamie Molyneux who was another threat going forward for Redditch, pulled his shot across the face of goal with half-time approaching but no colleague was on hand to turn the ball home.
HALF-TIME: Evesham United (0) Redditch United (0)
Brown: Went Close
The second-half was a more even affair with Evesham matching their Southern League Premier Division opponents. A combination of Sysum and Jared Wilson did between them deny Hylton with a last-ditch block when the striker was about to pull the trigger then at the opposite end Catlow pushed aside Lance Smith`s drive only for George Washbourne to fire the loose ball into the side-netting. Robins keeper Kevin Sawyer made flying saves from George Carline and Sammons but in the closing stages Evesham went close to grabbing a late winner when substitute Carl Brown had his shot blocked on the line by Joel Caines before Redditch cleared the danger and the contest finished all square.
EVESHAM UNITED:
Sawyer, Wilson, Binns, Wood, Sysum, Dovey, Kennedy (Watts 75), Stanley, Edenborough, Smith, Washbourne (Brown 72).
SUBS NOT USED: Tambling, Wellon, Harding, Drake, Slack.
REFEREE: Mr R.Watson (Heath Hayes)
ATTENDANCE: 309
Photographs by Stuart Purfield to follow
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