PATIENCE brought the reward of a place in round three of the Lancashire FA Amateur Challenge Shield for Hindsford.
For three consecutive weekends the away tie at Lancaster side Slyne with Hest was postponed. When it finally went ahead on Saturday the home team took an early one goal lead.
Manager Pete Barry and his young Squires Lane team have enough faith in their own ability not to panic and their slick inter-passing football brought a splendid equaliser for Nick Molyneux before the interval.
Simon Hampson was brought down for Chris Jolley to make it 2-1 from the penalty spot but the Lancaster team levelled with a quarter of an hour remaining.
The Hindsford lads stuck to their game plan and one of the best moves of the game saw Jolley set up Matt Toone for a decisive finish into the bottom corner. Centre back Paul Thorpe got the man of the match vote.
"We played some really decent stuff on a very heavy pitch," enthused Barry. "They were a physical outfit and we had to show our battling qualities."
Hindsford will now have home advantage in the next round against the winners of the Wigan SMR v Cambridge tie which has yet to be played.
Turton will travel to either Bacup CC or Chatburn in the last sixteen following an impressive 4-1 away win at Wigan Rovers.
"They were not a bad team at all and played some good stuff," said Turton boss Ronnie Brookes. "The tie was switched to our place and obviously the surface was very heavy. Despite that we played very well and the result was never in doubt. "
Justin Hughes was the star for Turton with a quality hat-trick with Steve Eccleshare the other scorer.
Results-wise it was a cup week to forget for Tempest United. After Monday's 1-0 defeat by Charnock Richard in the Final of the Goldline Trophy, United crashed out of the Shield in a 5-1 setback at West Lancs League Premier Division title hopefuls Springfields.
"The first half we played some quite brilliant stuff," said club chairman Alan Westhead. "They went 1-0 up on ten minutes with a shot that skidded off the mud and Andy Hassall couldn't hold it. We battled hard and got back in it with a lovely move as Shaun Hill exchanged passes with Micky Bennett then Sean Whorlow and finished first time into the bottom corner.
"It was a great goal and that made it 1-1 on 44 minutes. Incredibly by the 46th minute we were 3-1 down. They scored immediately before half time and straight away after. So in the space of three minutes we'd got back then were well out of it. Incredible!
"We had to chase the game then and they caught us out with two more goals."
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