Northwood 3 Royston Town 0
Saturday 28th August 1993
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| 1 | Rick Murphy | ||
| 2 | Troy McAuliffe | ||
| 3 | John Parsons | ||
| 4 | Jason Delicata | ||
| 5 | Rob Holland | ||
| 6 | Steve Payton | ||
| 7 | Steve Mathews | ||
| 8 | Greg Phillips sub off 1 | ||
| 9 | Dave Nolan | ||
| 10 | Henry Paquette | ||
| 11 | Martin Randall sub off 2 | ||
| Substitutes | |||
| 12 | Steve Wilbraham sub on 1 | ||
| 14 | Brian Cronk sub on 2 | ||
Royston Town: Simon Dobson, Darren Lane, Danny Silver, Steve Franklin (Julian Thorpe), Peter Richardson, John Moulding, Doug Bailey, Russell Perrett, Paddy Butcher (Ian Boorman), Stuart Brown, Geoff Mills. |
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Northwood overcame Royston to chalk up their first FA Cup victory in five attempts, having lost at the Preliminary Round stage in each of the previous four seasons.
Despite still being without star striker Vic Schwartz and drafting Greg Phillips and Henry Pacquette into the side, Northwood were on top from the start.
Jason Delicata shot just shot wide, while Steve Payton and Steve Matthews set up several attacks which saw Martin Randall and David Nolan both test visiting keeper Simon Dobson.
Phillips then thumped a shot across the bar before Northwood opened the scoring in the 33rd minute when Troy McAuliffe put a superb ball through the heart of the visiting defence for Nolan to race on to and score.
Phillips went close after good work by Rob Holland but, just before the break, a high ball from Phillips saw Nolan take advantage of some hesitant defending to keep going and make it 2-0.
The Northwood defence was put under pressure during the early stages of the second half, but John Parsons and Delicata both played well at the back with Holland outstanding.
Woods, however, lived dangerously during this period, though Randall and McAuliffe both tested the visiting keeper.
Nolan was denied a hat-trick by a superb save from Dobson while Pacquette was just over before Woods grabbed a third, classic, goal when, following a great run and cross from Parsons, Pacquette beat a defender with a glancing header for the ball to go in the top corner of the net.
The Woods would visit Kingsbury Town in the next round.
