Bromsgrove Sporting have been eliminated from the Smedley Crooke Cup after losing 1-0 against a strong Lye Town who have only lost once in their last 31 matches.
The quarter final played at the Victoria Ground was a pretty even game with both teams having equal possession and creating chances inside the opening half.
Lye Town's Richard Anslow had the first challenging effort of the game and brought a good save out of Sporting goalkeeper Tom Savage. His second moments later was a great chance to take an early lead but the shot was high and wide.
Joe Brooks was able to create two efforts of his own for the Rouslers inside the opening quarter but both long ranged shots failed to threaten the away goal.
Lye Town were creating more chances inside the first half with Ben Jevons and Richard Anslow supplying two more chances before the break. Neither found the target.
The second half was again equal in terms of possession but it was the away side who created more efforts on goal.
Richard Anslow had a great opportunity to give the away side the lead straight after the restart but Tom Savage again denied the striker after he went into a one on one position.
Minutes later Lye almost opened the scoring when a Sporting back pass hit the post. The ball was the right side of the post in Sporting's eyes as the ball rolled out for a corner.
The home side responded well and almost grabbed the lead just over the hour mark. Bromsgrove proved a threat from outside the box and Joe Lawley reinforced this when his shot, destined for the bottom corner, brought a good diving save to Danny Watson's left.
Eventually the away side broke the deadlock after 64 minutes. A long ball was switched from the far side into the box and found an unmarked Ben Hadley who then side footed the ball past Tom Savage to give Lye Town a 1-0 lead.
Late into injury time Bromsgrove pushed everyone forward, including goalkeeper Tom Savage, for the corner and once cleared Lye Town had the chance for their second. Their attempt was blocked by a Bromsgrove defender and they failed to knock the ball into an empty net.
In the final moments of the game frustration kicked in and Bromsgrove's Keith Draper was shown a second yellow card for tripping Lee Dimmock after he kicked the ball away. Dimmocks poor reaction to the incident earned him a straight red after he head-butted Draper.
Lye Town was able to see off the remainder of the game to progress through to the next round. |