St Martins started the game strongly and played some lovely passing football without really creating any clear cut chances.

This is a credit to the Crediton defence who stood firm under pressure. Crediton were always dangerous on the break using their pacy forwards to good effect and created a couple of clear chances which they failed to take advantage of. Late in the 1st half a corner from St Martins was only cleared as far as James Walkey who drove a left foot strike into the bottom corner to make it 1 nil. This is how the score stayed until half time.

St Martins started the 2nd half very brightly putting the Crediton defence under pressure which resulted in Myles James putting the Saints two up following a great interchange between James Walkey, Connor Batho and Joseph Winsor. The second goal spurred Crediton on and they put the St Martins defence under pressure which ended in a great strike from their centre back to make it 2-1. St Martins managed to re-etablish their two goal lead when a long ball to Connor Batho saw him beat the Crediton defence before dinking the ball over the keeper with a great finish. Again Crediton refused to give up and pushed men forward to give the St Martins defence an uncomfortable time.

They got their second goal when their pacy centre forward broke through the Saints defence and rifled the ball into the bottom corner. Crediton were then on top and kept pushing for the equalizer which came through a long range strike which gave Ryan Watkins no chance in the Saints goal. Rather than let their heads go down St Martins rolled up their sleeves and re-took control of the game with Joseph Winsor jinking past 4 Crediton players before firing the ball into the top corner. In the last minute the referee awarded a penalty to St Martins when the excellent Joseph Winsor was brought down and he picked himself up to score in the top corner to complete the scoring.

Saints joint man of the match - Joseph Winsor & James Walkey

Okehampton Argyle were back to league action this week where they entertained Heavitree at home. Argyle started strongly and took an early lead with a good through ball by Ben Bickle which Ross Voaden ran onto and coolly slotted past the keeper.  Argyle kept the pressure on and soon scored a second goal when a good cross found Tallan Burns who fired the ball into the bottom corner with his right foot. Argyle continued playing good football but was caught by a quick breakaway goal from Heavitree who demonstrated some good football resulting in an excellent goal. Heads didn't go down and Argyle kept going and were later rewarded with their 3^rd goal when a penalty was awarded. Ross took the penalty and hit the bar but scored from the rebound.   

During the second half a midfield battle took place with Daniel Foggerty having an excellent game in the centre winning lots of tackles.            

Argyles new look central defence partnership of Ben Barkwill and Ben Jarvis gave outstanding performances.  Argyles fourth goal came when Tallan Burn's cross was converted by Ben Jarvis.

The fifth and final goal was scored by Argyle close to the end of the game when a tireless performance by Jamie Mallett won a corner which he crossed and Ollie Francis powered the header into the back of the net to round off an excellent debut.

After last weeks cup disappointment Argyle showed the strength and determination to pull off this outstanding performance.

Men of the match were Ben Jarvis and Ben Barkwill.

A very good team performance saw Sidbury Utd become the first team to take points off Stoke Hill and end their 100% league record. It was a very entertaining match with both sides playing some very good attacking football which really was a joy to watch.

Sidbury started very well and had the better of the opening exchanges and created the better chances early on. The starting back four of Daniel Greenland, Aaron Pearse, Ben Logan and Cody Northcott knew they had to be at their best and they did not disappoint against the league leaders.

Scott Redman and George Harwood saw their shots go narrowly wide. Billy Reed had another good game in the centre of midfield and whose vision helped set up the Sidbury opener when the in form Todd Lewendon saw his shot beat the Stoke Hill keeper. Sidbury continued to apply pressure, but a team as good as Stoke Hill are always going to create chances and are a constant threat with their slick football. Midway through the half they equalised with a well taken goal.

Sidbury again took the lead when Todd Lewendon was put through on goal, the keeper did well to stop his first effort but the ball fell kindly for him and he finished well. Harry Wright was a constant nuisance to the opponents defence throughout the match and is such an important part of the team whose partnership with Todd Lewendon is paying dividends.

Stoke Hill equalised early in the second half with a cracking shot high into the top corner of the net. Aaron Pearse almost put the Seagulls back in the lead when his free kick went narrowly wide. Kieran Murphy swapped the left side of midfield to play as a stand in right back for the majority of the second half and did a very good job. Toby Bouganeau also helped bolster Sidbury's defence in the second half. Even when under the cosh Sidbury kept their composure, heads and the ball very well and played their way out of trouble.

Daryl Young pulled off two magnificent saves which earned him the man of the match award, both looked certain goals but he managed to get to both efforts, superbly tipping one over the bar, and the other he was even better save which he turned around the post.

As we know football today is a squad game and youth football is no different, Matt Broom, Kai Fletcher, Connor Long, and George Hathaway all played their part whether or not they got on the pitch of play. Both teams had chances to win the game at the death but maybe a draw was a fair result as neither side really deserved to lose such an entertaining game.

Well done lads, this is the commitment and type of football that is required to win games in this league, you should be proud of yourselves, lets keep it up.

Tiverton Town U12's came out on top to a spirited Central Falcons with early pressure and good work from the yellows which soon paid off with a first half hatrick from Matthew Pengelly, a brace from Jack Rainey and a goal from Euan Howells. 

In the second half Tivvy started off where they left off and with more good work the yellows furthered their lead to 8-0 with Matthew Pengelly getting his fourth and Jack Rainey scoring his hatrick.  With the yellows making a few changes Tivvy lost their shape a bit at the back which allowed a rare scoring opportunity for Central to score a well deserved consolation goal other than that Ryan Clarke and Ben Hearn were left with little to do between the sticks throughout the game. 

All in all it was a good all round accomplished performance from all of the Tivvy side - Ryan Clarke, Ben Hearn, Jack Dickson, Charles Hunter, Euan Howells, Thomas Parkins, William Pinnick, Scott McMillan, Scott Billings, Reece Kingdom, Matthew Pengelly, Jack Rainey and Josh Bruce.

 This was a game of the proverbial two halves, with Lympstone quickly getting into their stride and pressuring the Culm defence in the early exchanges. It worked when Culm failed to get much distance on a goalkick and falling nicely for a visitiong forward he made no mistake.

Culm came straight back and a sliderule pass from Daniel Hayfield put Ross Oaten in and he planted ihs shot into the top left corner for the equaliser. Lympstone started to dominate as Culm had little time on the ball and yet another poor goal kick yielded another goal and then a third from distnace, which bounced up and over Harry Martin's arm and made it 1-3.

On 15', Lympstone added yet another, from a good passage of open play but then Culm started to get ther act together and actually fired in a few shots before the break (1-4). Into the second half and Culm started like they wanted to get back into it and after a Timmy Miles run down the right, Daniel Hayfield responded well with a goal from close in and then doubled his tally minutes later to make it 3-4. While Lympstone did pose a threat, Culm looked more likely but Hayfield's hat-trick eluded him on two occasions when well positioned and Alex Cole was unlucky not to finish off a great cross from the right, at the far post. Into the last minute and the excellent Cameron Wright won a ball, which Ross Oaten passed on to Sam Stockman, who took the ball around the 'keeper and prodded the ball into the corner.

10 seconds later the final whistle went, to end an excellent and well contested game, which was very well refereed by Will Thornton.

Sidbury Utd had a convincing win over Pinhoe that will see them face West Exe Athletic in the next round of the cup. The Seagulls started brightly and immediately were putting the Pinhoe goal under constant pressure forcing the Pinhoe keeper to pull off a couple of fine saves.

Scott Redman opened the scoring for Sidbury when his shot from just inside the box found the bottom corner of the net. Kieran Murphy added a second after a fine solo run down the left before beating the keeper with a low left footed drive at the near post. It was soon 3-0 after some very neat footwork inside the box saw Harry Wright beat three tackles before slipping the ball cooly past the keeper.

Pinhoe pulled a goal back, before Todd Lewendon latched onto a great throughball, beat his defender and then totally flummoxed the Pinhoe keeper with a superb dummy before putting the ball into an empty net. A delightful finish to watch. George Harwood had a great half and was involved in everything on the right side of the pitch and did a fine job as a stand in left back in the second half.

Sidbury were without usual keeper Daryl Young, so Toby Bouganeau and Cody Northcott bravely volunteered and had a half each between the sticks. Aaron Pearse was immense throughout, not only at the back but all over the pitch. Ben Logan was also having a blinding game at right back until he had to come off with an injury. Tackle of the match has to go to Scott Redman whose solid sliding tackle not only saw him get up with the ball at his feet but then set up another Sidbury attack almost resulting in a goal.

Daniel Greenland was his usual solid no nonsense self in the Sidbury defence but Pinhoe pulled another goal back early in the second half to make the score 4-2. Toby Bouganeau set up Kai Fletcher who finished well to restore the Claret and Blues three goal lead. Billy Reed added a sixth with another well taken goal. Pinhoe scored again as Sidbury seemed to take their foot off the pedal for a while.

Matt Broom had a shot which the keeper managed to get his fingers too, the ball looked like it may still go in, but the alert Kai Fletcher reacted first and got the touch which made sure it did, so with the score now at 7-3 came the goal which caused much delight for the Sidbury players and parents when still suffering from injury Connor Long came on with just two minutes to play and with Sidbury about to take a corner, the ball was headed clear but straight to Connor who smashed the ball home with his first touch of the ball.

Saints progressed into the 2nd round thanks in the main to a commanding performance in the last 15 minutes.

Saints took the lead in the 5th minute when a James Eginton shot was deflected in. The remainder of the first half was devoid of clear cut opportunities for either side until Heavitree equalised 4 minutes before halftime.

When Heavitree took the lead after 47 minutes with a fine finish, it appeared that the visitors would progress into the next round, as they started to dominate play. Saints were indebted to keeper Liam Parish for keeping them in the match,as he pulled off an outstanding save tipping the ball onto the crossbar.

Then with 15 minutes remaining a tactical change and the introduction of Josh Lambert turned the game on its head. On 56 minutes a pass from Josh Hill sent Toby Parker away and his angled drive flew in off the far post, and 5 minutes later a James Eginton through ball saw Toby beat the advancing Heavitree keeper to give Saints the lead.After 64 minutes Toby Parker was upended just outside the Heavitree penalty box and James Eginton stepped up to strike home the resulting freekick. In the final minute Ben Sharpe earned another freekick on the opposite side , once again just outside the penalty box and  again James Eginton stepped up to complete the scoring with another fine strike.  

Heavitree could count themselves unfortunate to be on the end of the final scoreline and Saints wish them all the best in the Plate competition where they will prove formidable opposition.

A cracking game of football played by both teams,the score was 4,4 after normal time with some great goals scored by both teams,the Stokes scorers were Ryan Wallis 2 and Ethan Chalk 2,

We then went into extra time and still the teams couldn t be split with a goal coming first by Ryan Wallis followed by a Lympstone goal,so it had to be decided by the dreaded penilties of which Stoke Hill Spurs progressed onto the second round,

Well done to both teams for a memoriable game of football and also well done to Referee Jason Hawkins who equally had agood game.