Heavy defeat for Ollerton and cup misery for Glapwell
The Abacus Lighting Floodlit Cup got into its stride in midweek with four ties in the first round settled.
It saw Glapwell, next to bottom of the Premier North and with just one win to their credit, narrowly beaten 2-1 by South division leaders Holbrook Sports.
Alex Curd put Holbrook in front in the 18th minute, with Josh Wooliscroft levelling the scores a minute before half time. It was a late goal that settled it with Brad Daly netting on 81 minutes to send Holbrook through.
In the weekend league games, Evo recorded their biggest win so far, winning 5-0 at Ollerton Town.
Oliver Beautyman struck first after 26 minutes, Noah Kilcoyne following it up three minutes later.
The second half was only three minutes old when Sam Owen got the third, Ben Gott (69 minutes) and Finn Hagin (82) rounding off an encouraging display for the visitors.
In the Camper UK Premier South the weather conditions were obviously not to Blidworth Welfare’s liking as they subsided to a 5-0 defeat at the hands of Borrowash Victoria, with four of the goals coming in a seven minute spell.
The opening goal didn’t arrive until the end of the first half , Charlie Tovill breaking the deadlock.
The same player scored his second on 53 minutes, paving the way for Jakeem Jennings to complete a hat trick in the space of just six minutes to kill the game off as a contest.
There were two ties in the second round of the Buckingham Insurance League Cup.
At Dinnington, Bradley Hall gave Teversal a second minute lead, but they peaked rather too early, the hosts running in five of their own.
Three goals in a six minute period put Dinnington firmly in the driving seat.
Lewis Fretwell levelled the scores on 24 minutes with Nathan Jessop adding a second four minutes later and Cole Thorpe netting on the half hour.
The second half produced two more goals for the home side, Deniz Guldede scoring on 68 minutes with Thorpe getting his second eight minutes from time.
Glapwell won their first Cup tie since 2023, winning 3-0 at Armthorpe Reserves.
It took 34 minutes for Kaine Britton to open the scoring for Glapwell, Harvey Nunn scoring on his debut midway through the second half, Dylan Thornley sealing the win in stoppage time.