Scorers :
Gary Ricketts 0-1 (Hinckley, 26 mins)
Justin Miller 1-1 (Witney, 51 mins)
Carl Henry 2-1 (Witney 86 mins)

It may not have been Yeovil Town, but it was certainly a match our supporters had their eyes on when Yeovil were drawn at home to play the winners of this tie in the FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round. As a result, Oxfordshire exiles Paul and Colin Chesterman made their way to Witney's ground to see our would-be opponents battle it out. This is how Paul Chesterman saw the game ......

Two recent adversaries of Yeovil Town FC met in today's FA cup 3rd qualifying round at Witney, and as I wandered round the ground both sets of supporters were looking forward to the prospect of visiting Huish Park again. I saw neither of the previous encounters but did watch Hinckley United, the Saturday before we played them in the Trophy last season, and only six of that side played today.

The teams were as follows -

WITNEY TOWN 1 Alder 2 Flory 3 Organ 4 Murphy 5 Tavinor 6 Abecrombie 7 Merritt 8 Caffel 9 Henry 10 Miller 11 Neville 12 Waters 15 Swann 16 Redknapp

HINCKLEY UNITED 1 Starkey 2 Gallagher 3 Williams 4 Sutton 5 Palmer 6 Allcock 7 Doughty 8 Knight 9 Hunter 10 Ricketts 11 Lenton 12 ? 15 Marston 16 Hassell

A wet and windy afternoon in Witney saw the home side have slightly the better of the first twenty five minutes, with Witney forcing two corners on ten minutes, but gaining nothing from them.

Both sides were playing in a 3-5-2 formation with the ball being in the air most of the time. The first booking of the day saw Hinckley No 2 Tommy Gallagher get the yellow card for a foul on Witney's Geoff Neville.

The deadlock was broken on 26 minutes when Hinckley No 9 Paul Hunter got the better of left back Chris Organ to supply the cross to No 10 Gary Ricketts who headed home to put the Leicestershire side one up.

Hinckley were unable to convert their late pressure on Witney, with a great run by Ricketts forcing the Witney keeper to dive at his feet on the edge of the box being the only other chance before half-time.

Half-time WITNEY 0 - 1 HINCKLEY

Second half started well for Witney, on 50 minutes a free kick on the edge of the visitors box just failed to go in on the far post. On 51 minutes a short range shot by Witney No.10 Justin Miller hit the back of the net, to the goalkeepers left to draw the sides level.

An immediate substitution was made by Witney, bringing on George Redknapp for Geoff Neville, Redknapp made an immediate impact down the right flank which ultimately later led to Witney's winner, Yeovil will need to close him down.

On 67 minutes, Witney No 6 Abercrombie took a long throw-in towards the Hinckley goal which could as easily been headed in as it was knocked away. A substitution from each side took place and then an event that probably turned the game, Hinckley no 6 John Allcock, who played last year at Huish Park was sent off for a second bookable offence.

Witney failed to convert the resulting free kick , but from then on they pressed home the one man advantage although Hinckley, from now playing with ten men behind the ball made the break to force two corners.

On 86 minutes though some clever play between Jason Caffel, the sponsors Man of the match and Redknapp, my MOTM, led to the ball falling to Carl Henry (14 goals in 12 games) who buried the ball to clinch a trip to Somerset for the Oxfordshire side.

Loads of 'Fergie' time played, but it stayed 2-1 to Witney.