Moors fell to defeat on penalties after a goalless encounter in the FA Trophy against Scarborough Athletic.
There were no goals in the 90 minutes, as the visitors won on penalties. Harvey Vincent scored the decisive spot-kick to send Scarborough through to the next round.
The first chance of the afternoon came just seven minutes in, as the ball fell to Scarborough’s Jack Waldron on the edge of the box. His long range strike went just over the bar.
Moors saw a chance of their own on ten minutes, as Junior Mondal got on the end of a defensive mix up. Hi effort, though, went just wide of the right post.
Less than a minute later, the ball fell to Moors defender Nelson Digbeu in the box. This time, the strike was claimed by Ryan Whitley in the visitors’ net.
Danny Johnson went close on the half hour mark, but his low shot on the turn was collected by The Seadogs’ shot-stopper.
The visitors almost found the opener through Rio Allan, who got on the end of a well timed ball forwards. He saw his shot parried away by Brad James before being cleared away from danger by Digbeu.
Jack Young unleashed a powerful effort from long range early on in the second 45, which was dealt with well by Whitley. It fell to Johnson but he was ruled offside.
A few minutes later Moors somehow couldn’t find the net during a scramble in the box, which saw shots from Glen Taylor and Johnson. The ball was eventually cleared to safety by Scarborough.
Mo Fadera went close for the visitors on 68 mins as he danced into the box and away from a couple of Moors defenders. He took aim, but saw his shot hit the post and go behind for a goal kick.
A huge chance for Moors came with 14 minutes to go, as Mondal looped a cross into the penalty area, which found Johnson. The number 39 flicked a header goalwards, which went agonisingly over the bar.
An amazing save from James to keep it level came as Lewis Maloney’s powerful out-swinging free kick caused trouble. The shot-stopper did brilliantly to claw the strike away from his top left corner.
Moors came so close to an added time winner as Richie Bennett laid off Matty Dolan in the box. His shot was miss-hit, and kept out by Whitley.
Just a few moments later, with the last kick of the game Dolan unleashed a long range strike which rattled off the crossbar.
With the tie still deadlocked at the end of the 90,
Both sides found the net with their first two penalties, as Dolan, Bennett, Allan and Maloney set up an exciting penalty shootout.
Cam Salkeld stepped up next, which went just wide of the left post, giving the visitors a chance to put themselves ahead, which they took through Darren Tear.
Young loanee, Fin Holcroft took Moors’ fourth pen, which was saved by Whitley down to his right. Harry Green have the chance to finish the shoot-out with Boro’s next spot-kick, which he couldn’t converts, as he fired well over the bar.
Moors had a lifeline, as Jack Young slotted Moors fifth pen into the bottom corner. Substitute, Harvey Vincent had to score to win the tie for the visitors, which he did. His low strike found the bottom corner, narrowly beating the outsteretched hand of James.
Full time: Moors 0-0 Scarborough (3-4 Pens)
Moors: James, Holcroft, Eguaibor, Digbeu, Ceesay, Palmer (Salkeld 64), Ramshaw, Young, Mondal (Rehman 80), Johnson (Dolan 80), Taylor (Bennett 64)
Subs not used: Urwin
Booked: Mondal 77′ Bennett 82
Referee: Scott Henry
Attendance: 865 (123 Away)
Written by Sean Whitaker