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Buildbase FA Vase 1st Round

Ampthill Town 1 Walthamstow 1 (Ampthill Town Win 4-2 Penalties)

Clapton 1 Petersfield United 1 (Petersfield United Win 3-0 Penalties)

Cockfosters P Cogenhoe United P

Ilford 4 FC Clacton 1

Milton Keynes Irish 2 Stansted 0

Walsham le Willows 5 Hoddesdon Town 1

Essex Senior League

Saffron Walden Town 2 Woodford Town 1

Southend Manor P Redbridge P

Takeley P Sporting Bengal United P

The Vase campaign ended in cruel fashion for Walthamstow who travelled to Ampthill Town and ended up losing 4-2 on penalties. The game had been level at full-time at 1-1, with the hosts scoring via Lawrence Burton, while Stow netted theirs via a Vinny Murphy free kick from the halfway line. Toner had a long range effort tipped over, while Mitchell had a free kick in the secon dhalf that crashed against the crossbar. Lady Luck was to turn her back on Walthamstow in the penalty shoot-out. Clapton also lost on penalties after their game with Petersfield United had also ended in a 1-1 draw. The visitors took the lead in the 49^th minute when Bailey Newbury converted a penalty. However Jack Mitchell levelled up nine minutes later; but the resulting penalty shoot-out saw the Tons miss all three of their penalties, while Petersfield were able to score from each of their three kicks meaning they won the tie 3-0 on penalties. It was a bad afternoon for Hoddesdon Town who fell behind to a 10^th minute Charlie Norman goal and it didn’t get much better after that. Kieran Twinn doubled the lead in the 23^rd minute, but hosts then scored three more in the second half as Twinn went on to notch a hat-trick, with Jamie Smith the other scorer Walsham le Willow’s 5-1 success. Hoddesdon managed a reply in the 83^rd minute via Jack Gibbs. Stansted meanwhile also lost on their travels as Milton Keynes Irish ended their Vase campaign with a 2-0 victory. Shane Uings opened the account in the 13^th minute and then Mason Spence on the hour closed it. Ilford however booked their place in the 2^nd Round draw after a 4-1 win over FC Clacton. The visitors were leading at the break as Sean Bartlett had broken the deadlock in the 16^th minute. Mo Kargbo levelled up in the 51^st minute and six minutes later Yemi Adelani handed the Foxes the lead. Kargbo then extended the lead even further in the 64^th minute before Fred Agyemang rounded up the scoring in the 73^rd minute to see his side complete a second half turnaround.

The rain put paid to the Southend Manor v Redbridge and Takeley v Sporting Bengal United encounters. That left just one league game and that did go ahead as Saffron Walden Town moved up to 4^th following a 2-1 win over bottom-placed Woodford Town. The Woods got their first win of the season in midweek and showed fighting spirit here as they fell behind to a 26^th minute Billy Jones goal, but levelled up in the 55^th minute through Jayden Charles. Ollie Fortune popped up to score the winner for the hosts in the 77^th minute who have bounced back from last weekend’s home defeat to Walthamstow by winning their next two league fixtures.