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Tatum, who scored the winning
penalty in a shoot-out against
Walsham-le-Willows in the last round, scored a
fortuitous winner to send Woodbridge through to
the final, where they will meet Ipswich
Wanderers. This match
appeared destined for another shoot-out until
Tatum scored with almost the last kick of the 90
minutes when his 20-yard daisy-cutter slipped
through the fingers of the Stonham keeper for as
soft a winning goal in a semi-final as you will
see.
The goal summed up what had
gone before in a game sadly lacking in quality
as a young Woodbridge side produced a poor
performance.
They had taken the lead early
on when Ben Garnham found Craig Jennings wide on
the right and his pinpoint cross was headed home
by David Kempson, who was struggling with an
injury and was replaced soon after.
Stonham drew level when Marcus
Garnham lost sight of the ball in the sun and
allowed it to bounce off his body and the loose
ball was returned past him.
The Metaltec SIL Senior
Division side looked the more likely to win the
match in the second period and twice struck the
crossbar, but it was Tatum's goal that sent the
visitors through to the final at Woodbridge on
Tuesday, May 13th.
Woodbridge Town: Marcus
Garnham, Arran Sheppard, James Bales (sub Carl
Wiidowson), Ted Nichols, Stefan Marsh, David
Kempson (sub Luke Read), Sean Rea, Ben Garnham,
Craig Jennings, Danny Tatum, Jack Severy (sub
Josh Mayhew).
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