Nailsea & Tickenham secured a place in the next round of the Uhlsport Somerset County League Premier and Division One Cup after beating Clevedon United in a penalty shootout.
Both goalkeepers were tested at Coleridge Vale on Saturday before the first goal came after 28 minutes. The visitors took first blood with Joe Berry capitalising on a keeper error to smash the ball into an empty net.
The hosts equalised on the hour mark from a free-kick taken by United captain Jack Thorne.
The Swags were then controversially denied a late goal when the linesman judged the move to be offside and were left furious over the decision.
The first three rounds of penalties were converted with Jacob O’Donnell, Gary Freeman and Tyler Manning all scoring.
Substitute Josh Benjamin thought he had lost the game when he saw his effort saved, but captain and goalkeeper Jason Mellor denied what would have been the winning penalty for Clevedon.
He also made a decisive save in sudden death period and Dane Wilshear went on to score the winning penalty for Nailsea & Tickenham to give them a shootout win.
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