AFC Walton 5 vs 2 Silver Birches F.C.

<p>ALMA CUP 2nd Round <p>AFC Walton.....5 &nbsp; Silver Birches F.C...2 <p>Matchday Key Events <p>2nd min. &nbsp;GOAL ! &nbsp;free kick taken quickley picks out Callam Lytham who skips past defender down the wing and puts over perfect low cross for DANNY BROWN&nbsp;who collects the cross, and adjusts his feet before firing past keeper. <p>5th min. Free Kick to Silver Birches 30 yards from goal, half cleared to edge of box. Stinging shot through a crowded 18 yard box sees Cartwright plunge low to his right to push the shot away. Rebound crashed home...but goal disallowed after raised Linesmans flag. <p>6th min. GOAL ! &nbsp;Silver Birches draw level from penalty spot after Bonson harshly adjudged to have fouled in the box. Spot kick hit low and hard just inside right hand post, taking Cartwright the wrong way. <p>19th min. Livewire striker Mitchell collects a through ball from Dean Brown, he attempts to round the keeper but is forced wide and the chance is gone <p>24th min. Danny Brown on fine run crashes a shot across goal, but Birches keeper saves well to his right. <p>35th min. GOAL ! Lee Walton picks out JEZ MITCHELL with a free kick, the striker holds off a challenge before whipping the ball past the advancing keeper. <p>38th-45th min. Onfield skirmishes between players threaten to de-rail AFC's concentration, arguments spill over into the half time team talk which must bolster Silver Birches hopes for second half. <p>HALF TIME &nbsp; &nbsp; AFC Walton....2 &nbsp;Silver Birches...1. <p>55th min Frustration leads to a double yellow carding with both sides being punished. <p>57th min. GOAL !&nbsp;Great battling after losing the ball by Danny Brown sees the winger streak away before his pinpoint cross picks out MITCHELL who does the rest, and grabs his second of the game, and his FOURTH of the competition. <p>69th min. Mitchell grabs his SECOND, second of the day when he picks up another yellow leading to a RED, after another skirmish sees Birches also gain a yellow. <p>73rd min. GOAL ! Silver Birches take advantage of the extra man as AFC are still re-shuffling, a free kick is looped into the 6 yard box, Cartwright punches away, but a Birches striker is left with an easy head in while the defence flounders. <p>75th min. GOAL !&nbsp;AFC respond positivly grabbing back a TWO goal cushion, Goodwin picks out LEE WRIGHT&nbsp;who fires past the keeper after losing his marker, ensuring that the clubs LEADING SCORER has registered a goal in every competition he has played in EXCEPT last seasons Chatsworth Cup. <p>85th min. Silver Birches slim hopes of forcing extra time are dashed when AFC's 2 key players of the game link up to grab the sides 5th goal. MOTM Callam Lytham makes space before picking out DANNY BROWN finds himself free to prod the loose ball home for his 2nd of the game. <p>FULL TIME &nbsp; AFC Walton...5 &nbsp;Silver Birches....2. &nbsp;Overall decent performance by AFC who have now beaten Silver Birches FOUR times this season in all competitions. &nbsp;In the League 4-2 (H), 5-2 (a), and in the Derbyshire Senior Sunday Cup 3rd Round 4-2 (H). They now face a daunting trip away to Killamarsh Juniors from Division 2 next week in the 3rd Round at a ground where thier Derbyshire Cup exploits come to an end earlier this season, albiet against FIRST DIVISION opposition Killamarsh Juniors Athletic.&nbsp;