Tudor Corinthians 1 Sun Sports 2                     1969/70                   Herts Intermediate Cup      

Late blunder puts Sun through

Tudor Corinthians disappeared from their second cup competition in eight days when Sun Sports beat them by a ricochet and a defensive tragedy in Saturday's Herts Intermediate Cup tie at Baldwins Lane.
When Tudors broke the deadlock after 70 minutes it seemed they were going to atone for last week's Aubrey Cup exit but a Sun shot deflected by Mick Conroy squared the match and with just three minutes remaining a ghastly error sent the visitors through to the last eight.
John Atkins in the Tudor goal threw the ball out to Les Wickenden.
He was not under pressure but sent the ball back to Atkins, it was an unnecessary move and alert Sun centre forward Terry Reynolds nipped in to hammer the ball into the net for the vital goal.
Earlier the game could have gone either way with both teams evenly matched.
Straight from the start Tudor's attacked and a long ball into Sun's penalty area was pushed over for a corner which Mick Conroy headed over the bar.
Sun wingers Eddie Rolfe and Barry Langdale had the better of Tudors' full backs, but the home side were playing the more potent football.
A slip in the Sun defence gave Clive Milne a chance and his shot surprised goalkeeper Jim Chamberlain, whose anguish was relieved as the ball sped outside the upright.
Most of the forward play came from Tudors and in a goalmouth melee a Tudor player got his head to the ball only for Chamberlain to make a good save.
Sun retaliated with a dazzling run down the right wing by Brian Smith.
His cross gave Sun their best opportunity of the first half but Reynolds was beaten to the ball by Atkins.
With 20 minutes remaining Tudors took the lead.
Mick Marshall floated a cross into Sun's goalmouth and Denis Ford raced in to propel a header into the net.
With Tudors' defence bristling with confidence, Sun's prospects of victory now looked remote.
But Sun were far from beaten and came back strongly.
From a break down the left wing Ron Rooney shot for goal.
The ball ricocheted off Conroy and found it's way into the back of the net to make the score level.
Both teams fought strongly for possession but Sun now looked a more confident side.
With the game into the last five minutes Tudors gave away the goal that put them out of the cup.

Sun Sports: J Chamberlain, J Low, C Tattam, R Rooney, R Lee, A FAux, E Rolfe, B Smith, T Renolds, C Brown, B Langdale, Substitute: D Cresswell