The tempo of the game was set in the first five minutes when both sides created openings, with the Tevie Boys’ first effort coming when Kyle Gee-Pemberton nipped in to steal the ball from Danny Parker and from a wide position whipped an effort across the home goal, marginally wide of the far post.

In the third minute a Michael Lyall corner found Gary Atkins whose header bounced to safety off the Tipton bar.

In the following two minutes Nathan Jones showed his intentions for Tipton by latching onto Eric Bowen’s through ball only to be denied by Danny Herring’s excellent save. The lively striker then produced a snap shot which Herring gathered with ease by the foot of his near post.

After the lively start the game continued at an entertaining pace with both sides creating chances without testing either custodian.

Teversa,l however, did go the closer to opening the scoring after 31 minutes when another Lyall corner was not dealt with and Gee-Pemberton cushioned a header past the stranded Jenkins, who was thankful for the goal line clearance from Ryan Mosedale.

With the half time score line remaining unchanged, the entertainment was far better than the 0-0 may have indicated and the visitors may have been the unhappier of the two sides after going close twice from Lyall’s corners and then losing Ross Henshaw to a hamstring injury at the break.

The second half continued in much the same vein, with the home side raising the tempo slightly with a couple of rash challenges leading to yellow cards.

The Tevie defence managed to handle this, but the introduction of Jacob Morgan for Ravi Sanga brought a more industrious work rate that added to the pressure on the visitors.

Again the Tevie boys held firm until the 82nd minute when Morgan intercepted a Jamie Goodacre pass before starting a neat passing move down the right flank with Mosedale then feeding the sub who in turn squared for Nathan Jones to tap home the opener from six yards.

The goal was hard on the visitors, so when Jones managed to put the icing on the cake on 90 minutes with an excellent finish, it placed a harsh reflection on the game from a Teversal point of view and ended any hope the Tevie Boys had of getting the Tipton side back to Carnarvon Street for a deserved replay.

Tipton now go on to face Loughborough Dynamos in the preliminary round.

TIPTON: Jenkins, Bowen, Love, Bate, Parker, A. Smith, Mosedale, Bragoli, Sanga (Morgan 69), Jones, Pugh. Subs not used: Tomlinson, Harris, Hill, Chambers, Huckfield, Bond.

TEVERSAL: Herring, Cancellara, Goodacre, Henshaw (Rathbone ht), Mawdsley, Giles, Atkins, J. Smith (Gibson 86), Gee-Pemberton, Lyall, Townroe (Johnson 71). Subs not used: Woodcock, Thacker, Orton, K. Smith.

REFEREE: R.