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The Centurions exit The Emirates FA Cup at the first hurdle
The Emirates FA Cup
Extra Preliminary Round - Replay
Reading City 2 - 0 Cirencester Town
Following Saturday’s 0-0 draw in The Emirates FA Cup – Extra Preliminary Round the replay took The Centurions to The Rivermoor Stadium where the home side scored two goals to secure victory.
During the first half the home side tested visiting ‘keeper Ronnie Newbery several times and he pulled off a number of tremendous saves to keep them at bay, they also struck the woodwork and had an effort ruled out for ‘offside’. Cirencester also created some chances that came close.
Two minutes after the interval The Cityzens opened their account when ELLIS COWD scored from close range.
Cirencester reacted to the setback to press the home defence as Jack Horrell fired in a couple of shots that were blocked, George Peare a long-range effort that flew over the bar and Harlie Price had one cleared off the line.
As the game entered the final 15-minutes a well-worked move from Reading ended with a STEFAN BROWN strike into the bottom corner to double the lead.
A few minutes later a dangerous ball from Aidan Bennett was cleared and in the final minutes two players were dismissed, in separate incidents, from a game that had been competitive but not overly-so.
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