Tring Athletic 3 Sun Postal Sports 1                        1998/99                        St Marys Cup Final

Sun fail to apply the finishing touch as Tring take the honours

Despite a brave attempt, Sun Postal failed to turn possession into goals in this year's St Marys Cup Final as Tring Athletic won the trophy for the second time in three seasons.
Sun Postal, sixth in the Herts County Premier League, matched their opponents who are third in the Minerva South Midlands Senior Division for much of the final.
But their neat approach play, which carved out enough opportunities, did not have a ruthless finish to it.
Tring took just eight minutes to seize control when Matt Ruscoe's left wing free kick was flighted to the far post where John Perry imperiously rose above Paul Haynes at the back post.
Sun then escaped going further behind when on minutes Matt Strange's flick sent Danny Robbins through the middle.
Tring's striker swept his shot past the advancing Andrew Felton but he was denied by the inside of the post.
Sun Postal's defence then found itself facing a string of corners and free kicks but the Herts County Premier side survived the barrage of attacks and then asserted themselves on the game with attacks of their own.
On 25 minutes the bustling Alan Langdale turned adroitly and unleashed a venomous shot from a tight angle that Tring keeper Tom Vincent did well to stop.
Gavin Allaway had an opportunity and from Langdale's cross, Paddy Gallagher's glancing touch was just not strong enough.
Sun were unlucky to go in at the interval trailing and early in the second period Michael Woolner looked to have played in Allaway until Tring's Vincent rushed from his line to clear the danger.
Tring then struck in the 67th minute to go further ahead when Robbins capitalised on a dithering Sun defence.
But once again Sun's heads did not drop and they were rewarded with a goal on 83 minutes.
Chris Bellotti's low shot from a corner had already been turned around the post by Vincent before Sun deservedly got back in the game when substitute Jim Harry latched onto a near post flick.
Influential captain Andrew Wood had an excellent dipping volley turned around the post by the busy Vincent but as Sun poured forward in search of an equaliser that ultimately never materialised - Tring hit back on the break.
With a minute remaining Robbins sprinted from his own half and Felton could only parry his shot as the Tring striker claimed his second goal of the game.

Sun Sports: Felton, Gallagher, White, Bellotti, Allaway (Harry), Masters, Wood, Haynes, Woolner, Langdale, Gladdy