Dickens triple fires Radford into next round of Challenge Cup

An Aaron Dickens hat-trick saw Radford win 4-2 at Castle United to march on in the Tracey Thomas Challenge Cup on Sunday.

Ian Pollock set Radford off to a flying start after only five minutes.

Dickens then added another 20 minutes later before Tye Twomey pulled one back for Castle shortly before the break.

Dickens extended the Radford lead with 20 minutes to go before Twomey hit his second to close the gap again.

However, Dickens completed his triple three minutes before the final whistle to secure Radford’s spot in the next round.

In the group stages of the Division One Cup, a solitary strike after nine minutes was the only difference between the two sides as Liam Crane popped up with the goal to give Leamington Hibs the three points with a 1-0 win at Wellesbourne Wanderers

Napton were 2-1 winners at Ettington Rovers in the Cancer Cup.

Rovers went ahead after 15 minutes through Joel Rolfe, but the second half turned the game.

Leo Kinsella made it all square six minutes after the re-start.

Then just past the hour mark Pepe Fernandez then struck a second for Napton to progress into the next round.

In the George Dutton Cup, Central Ajax progressed 3-0 at the expense of Southam United Reserves.

Southam were caught out by Ajax flying out of the blocks and the second fastest goal of the day after only four minutes from Alex Stevens.

Oscar Howson added a second 10 minutes later and Stevens netted his second 10 minutes after that.

Southam recovered but couldn’t penetrate the Ajax defence.

Coventry Borough knocked out FC Kayi 3-1.

Wonderboy Khambule broke the deadlock here after 22 minutes to give Borough the advantage.

Andrew Watts then added a second just before the break.

With 15 minutes to go Dan McCarthy bagged a third to ease the tension.

Hayden Kennedy struck with eight minutes to go to give Kayi some hope, but it wasn’t enough. Borough progressing into the next round.

HRI Harbury and Bowling Green managed the Sunday morning rarity of a goalless draw as 90 minutes couldn’t separate these two, so it went to penalty kicks.

They still couldn’t be separated after five spot kicks each so it went to sudden death, and the Veg Boys took it 6-4.

However, at JDS Sporting there was a goals fest as they knocked out Real Barston 6-5.

Barston took the lead through Dan Roberts after seven minutes and Philip Richardson made it 2-0 six minutes later.

JDS then struck back with three goals in six minutes to take the lead, Steven Thomas and Jamie Plummer and Dan Dyer getting the goals.

Callum Shepherd made it three apiece a minute later, then Shepherd struck again with seven minutes to go before the break.

But Stephen Minard replied with another for JDS two minutes before the break to make it all square again.

Dan Cooper restored the JDS advantage shortly before the hour mark and Dan Roberts hit his second with 15 minutes to go to make it all square again and penalty kicks loomed.

But Dan Dyer popped up with the winner with seven minutes left on the clock.

A game of two halves and another thriller saw Khalsa B progress on penalties after 3-3 draw at Massey Ferguson S and S Club.

The Tractor boys stormed into a two goal lead inside the first 30 minutes, Harry Craven and Ross Davis on target.

Jay Nathan-Ranchhod replied for Khalsa on the hour mark.

Philip Chick made it all square with 12 minutes to go.

Ali Buzzard then struck to restore the Tractor Boys’ lead and they looked to be ploughing into the next round, however Mamadou Diallo made it all square again two minutes later to force penalty kicks.

Still tied after five spot kicks, it went to sudden death. Khalsa taking it 6-5.

Fastest goal of the day came from James Farmer after only two minutes to give Minds Matter the perfect start in their 3-0 win over Midland Rovers.

They kept the pressure on and two more strikes from Travis Lea and James Bowen completed the scoring.

Another tie that went to penalties was New Spires’ 1-1 draw with Stockton.

Joe Sharman netted a first half cracker to put New Spires in front, Connor Taylor  with the equaliser for Stockton with 15 minutes left on the clock.

So it went to penalty kicks, Stockton taking it 4-2.

In the Tracey Thomas Leamington and District Sunday League Division One, Josh Mann’s penalty earned a point for Khalsa A in a 1-1 draw after Sam Crawford had given Long Itchington the advantage after 35 minutes.

Cubbington and Kenilworth Town drew 3-3 in Division Two.

Charlie Faulkner and Alister Wrist had Cubbington two up inside 16 minutes.

James McCann pulled one back for Town shortly before the break and with 20 minutes to go Josh Cox made it all square again.

With only seven minutes left on the clock Wrist netted a second, but it wasn’t finished as Oliver Flynn popped up with four minutes on the clock to earn Town a valuable point.

Chadwick End continued their good Division Three run with four more to their goal tally as they beat Heathcote Athletic 4-1, netting three in the first half with a brace from Archie Beck and one from Mark Turner.

Turner made it four with his second just before the hour mark, Jamie Halloran-Kerr with the Heathcote consolation with 20 minutes to go.

In Division Four Balsall and Berkswell beat Wellesbourne Wanderers Devs 4-0.

Two goals in each half were enough for the Hornets here, Jonathan Ley and Ruben Oliveira with the first half strikes and an own goal and another from Oliveira added in the second half.

Khalsa C saw off Minds Matter United 5-1.

Khalsa were three up by half-time, Tommy Allen with a brace and one from Josh Fitzgerald to start them off after 11 minutes.

Raphael Lawson made it four on the hour mark, but Stephen Nollet struck back within two minutes to put Minds on the board.

It wasn’t enough as Callum Jones added another for Khalsa with less than 10 minutes to go.