31 Aug 2024-3:00 pm
FA Cup | First Round Qualifying
Half Time: 1-0
Belper Town
2
2 : 2
Bromsgrove Sporting
2
Full Time
(485)
Edgar Brown
Summary
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Belper Town
Bromsgrove Sporting
Goal 1:0 23'
Harry Draper
Yellow Card 35'
Nathan Whitehead
45' +2' Yellow Card
Jamie Melbourne
Jamie Melbourne
46' Substitute
In:George Forsyth
Out:Ethan Patterson
George Forsyth
46' Substitute
In:Kieran Cook
Out:Billy Shaw
Kieran Cook
46' Substitute
In:Harry Crook
Out:Jamie Melbourne
Harry Crook
47' Yellow Card
Luke Rowe
Luke Rowe
Yellow Card 49'
Curtis Burrows
68' 1:1 Goal
Theo Robinson
Theo Robinson
Substitute 73'
In:Nathaniel Crofts
Out:Keaton August
73' Substitute
In:Jack Newell
Out:Luke Rowe
Jack Newell
78' Yellow Card
Jamie Meddows
Jamie Meddows
Goal 2:1 81'
Harry Draper
Substitute 83'
In:Brodie Litchfield
Out:Luke Rawson
90' +5' 2:2 Goal (from penalty)
Theo Robinson
Theo Robinson

Belper Town 2 (Draper 23', 81')
Bromsgrove Sporting 2 (Robinson 69', 90+5')

A replay on Tuesday night will be required to split Belper Town and Bromsgrove Sporting, after the two sides drew 2-2 in their Emirates FA Cup First Round Qualifying encounter in sunny Derbyshire.

The match was a game of two braces - Harry Draper headed the home side into a first half lead before Theo Robinson levelled proceedings with a little over 20 minutes remaining.

Draper looked like he had scored the winner in the 81st minute, but there was a late twist in the tale as Robinson slotted home a penalty in the fifth minute of added time to ensure a replay at Bromsgrove's UK Electrical Stadium would take place.

Despite Draper's first goal coming 23 minutes in, it was the first real chance in a lacklustre beginning to the tie. He lept highest in the box to send Curtis Burrows' pinpoint cross into the top corner.

Sporting's best chance of the opening 45 minutes came just before the half time whistle, as Robinson hit the post from the edge of the area.

A trio of substitutes came on for Bromsgrove at the interval and, with it, the game swung in the Rouslers' favour. The 57th minute saw Reece King cap a good run towards goal with a blocked shot that otherwise looked destined for the net. Moments later, Jamie Meddows had a strike from 20-odd yards well saved by Dan Moore before having a couple of blocked attempts of his own.

The deserved equaliser came in the 69th minute, as one of those half time substitutes, Kieran Cook, found Robinson inside the box, who had a simple effort to slot home from a one-on-one position.

After the leveller, the home side enjoyed their own spell of pressure. Paulo Aguas' thunderous 74th minute strike from range was well saved by Charlie Price before keeping out a Jacob Gratton one-on-one shot in fine style two minutes later.

Price made an incredible instinctive save from a Draper strike nine minutes from time - unfortunately for the Sporting stopper, the Belper frontman was on hand to knock the rebound in once the ball had looped back down to the turf.

Robinson almost netted his second of the afternoon with an audacious lobbed effort from distance in the 84th minute; he would have to wait 11 minutes longer to double his tally, in dramatic fashion.

After another half time addition, Harry Crook, was brought down in the area, Robinson stepped up and coolly placed the ball into Moore's bottom right hand corner, resulting in the teams having to face off once again in midweek for a replay.

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Entertainment Rating: 4/5
Reporter's Player of the Match: Theo Robinson (Bromsgrove Sporting)
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Attendance: 485
Player of the Match, as chosen by Danny, who organised the supporters' coach to the match: Reece King.
Reece is sponsored for the season by Kevin Baggott.

Report: Max Banner

Belper Town
Bromsgrove Sporting
2 Yellow Cards 3
2 Goals 2
Belper Town
Substitutes
73'
17
d
Bromsgrove Sporting
46'
8
m
47'73'
68'90'
78'
46'
45'46'
Substitutes
46'
46'
46'
14
m
73'
18
f
Coach
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