Melksham Town 2, Thame United 1
22/9/07 F A Vase
Thame United
bowed out of the FA Vase at the second qualifying round stage with a 2-1 defeat
against
Thame started
brightly and opened the scoring in the tenth minute with Nathan Jack scoring
his first goal since returning to the Club from Kidlington. In typical fashion,
Jack beat two men before firmly placing the ball beyond the Melksham keeper
from the edge of the box. The lead was, however, short lived when five minutes
later the Melksham striker found space from a throw in and beat keeper Paul
Searl. Five minutes later Thame found themselves 2-1 down when a through ball
beat the Thame defence and in a one-on-one with Searl, the Melksham striker
coolly dispatched what turned out to be the winning goal.
The second half was
all Thame as they searched for an equaliser with the main threat again coming
from striker Nathan Jack. With time running out Thame threw caution to the wind
and, as a result, gaps appeared in the defence. Twice in the last 10 minutes
Melksham hit the woodwork and Thame relied on Searl to make a number of good
stops. However, Thame were unable to find the equaliser and the dream of a trip
to Wembley was put on hold for another year.
Thame United: Searl, Ansell, Graves, Higgs (Way), Jackman,
Boult, Connelly, Hocking, Leach, (