Bucks march on!!

It may have taken 180+ minutes but Telford are through to the 2nd round of the FA cup and a potenial money spinning  away tie against league 1 outfit Bristol City.

1251 fans turned up at the Soccer Am Stadium in Basingstoke to see this game.

The Bucks took the lead in the 18th minute through Rod Mcdonald, but were pegged back five minutes into the second half when Dragons top scorer Chris Flood netted for the hosts.

Rod Mcdonald had put Telford ahead.

It had always looked like a tough tie on paper especially as Basingstoke coming into this game where top of the Conference South and The Bucks of course propping up the Conference table.  A draw though gave Bucks a great opportunity to make the most of home advantage in the replay.

And so it was to prove as Telford went 2-0 up in just over half an hour.  Goals from Andy Parry and Tony Gray were enough to give The Bucks a well deserved lead at half time.

On loan luton defender Andy Parry.

Tony Gray.

An early second half strike from former Aldershot and Barbados International midfielder Louie Soares for the visitors.  Unfortunately for the Dragons this only proved to be a consolation goal, despite Basingstoke's pressure and best efforts they failed to get the elusive equaliser as Telford hung on for what could be a very important victory in their season.

Louie Soares scored a consolation goal.

So next up in the cup it's Bristol City on the 7th of December, as it exciting as the prospect of that game is though their priority at the moment will be the league and the two upcoming home games against Braintree Town and Grimsby respectively.

Hopefully this FA cup run can build the confidence and The Bucks can get a couple of wins and start to claw their way up the table and towards safety.

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Above are the highlights of the replay.

So congratulations to Telford and commiserations to Basingstoke, as the glory hunt continues on and so do The Bucks.

Come on Telford!!

Up The Bucks!!