DEANS DOUBLE SEES OLDLAND OUT OF VASE

Goals from Jack Maloney and Robbie Tambling sealed a first round proper berth for the Hampshire men against the O's, a division below, but who could feel unlucky that they didn't at least get a replay.

Oldland made one change to the side that thumped Corsham 4-1 on Wednesday night. Ashley Bernard took a place on the bench with Scott Robson replacing him, and the defence reshuffled.

Horndean thought they had taken the lead on ten minutes but an assistant's flag waved for offside. Then Josh Dempsey saved well twice, one of them from Mark Smith pushing his shot over the bar. With two minutes remaining of the first half, Matt Curnock's ball across the box was inches away from being touched in by Luke Soule and the O's were made to pay almost immediately as Horndean went up the other end and won a penalty after an innocuous tangle in the box. The assistant gave the kick, not the referee, but Jack Maloney didn't mind and scored to put his side 1-0 up.

Lewis Parker came on for Gary Shorney early in the second half as Oldland pushed for an equaliser and they came so very close to pulling it off on the seventy minute mark. Soule's effort rebounded to Scott Robson and his follow up hit the same upright too, a sign perhaps that today wouldn't be the O's day.

Late in the game, into stoppage time in fact, Oldland were attacking, looking for a leveller with nothing to lose and Horndean sealed the win through a goal from Robbie Tambling to make it 2-0 and game over.

MOM - Ali Bamford (pictured)

Oldland return to league action this Wednesday night at Castle Road when they host Devizes Town, kickoff at 7.30pm.