Durham FA Avec Sunday Cup
31 August 2008
RCA The Barnes finally got their season of and running with a comfortable 4-1 victory over St Johns Chapel, in the Durham FA Avec Sunday Cup Preliminary Round tie.
RCA started strongly kicking down the slope and were rwarded for their dominance after 15 minutes when Willie Crew headed home after good work down the left from Teasdale and Surtees. St Johns then had a spell of possesion which brought about a couple of half chances and a strong appeal for a penalty when RCA keeper Errington went down at a forward's feet.
RCA then picked up the pace and should have added to their score but for some wastefull finishing and a couple of decent saves from the St Johns keeper, but eventually their pressure paid off with industrious midfielder Martin Metcalfe adding a second goal on 35 minutes.
HT 2 - 0
The second half started in similar vein and Metcalfe added a third goal for RCA on 55 minutes to effectively kill the tie, and enable manager Hartley to bring on his three subs.
St. Johns got a consolation goal on 80 minutes when a fiercely struck free kick took a slight deflection to leave keeper Errington stranded, but substitute Ross Hughes struck home from 10 yards minutes later to seal a thoroughly hard working victory and progrees to round 2.
Outstanding displays from Metcalfe, RCA's Phil Hall and Anthony Teasdale auger well for the coming weeks.