The first team returned to Hydeside on Saturday for their third  cup game in succession this time facing a very strong Old Hamptonians side who had only lost once this season.
We had a couple of changes from last week and started the game cautiously but from one of our first attacks we took the lead but Hampton soon equalised.
There then followed the second half which was the best game seen at our ground for many years both sides were fully committed and the game played in good spirit after being 3-1 up we were pegged back to 3-3 and we scored the winner in the last minute.
We are now in the semi final of the AFA cup where we have drawn Polytechnic away on 16th Feb and the quarter final of the SAL cup away to Old Actonians on 23rd Feb
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The rest of the games did not go as well with the reserves drawing 2-2 at Merton and the 5/6 and 7th all losing

​What a great day at Fords Grove where we faced another tough cup game against our old rivals Winchmore Hill who are a division above us in the league.
As last week we started slowly and this time it cost us after missing a very good chance we soon found ourselves two goals down but the team settled down to the faster pace and probably had the best of the rest of the first half.
We started strongly in the second half and within 15 minutes were level and for the rest of the game including extra time the game was end to end with no clear chances. On to the dreaded penalty shoot out we kept our nerve scored all our penalties Jack made one save and they missed twice leaving us winning 3-1.The game was a tough physical encounter well controlled and allowed to flow by Lee Addison and his veteran linesmen John Faithfull and Tony Hemings The wild celebrations at the end of the game showed how much this win meant to our team which augers well for the tough games to come.
In the rest of the games the reserves lost in the cup to Bank of England 4-2 aet who are two divisions above us,the fours had 1-0 win over Old Garchonians reserves,the fives lost their top of the table match against Old Owens 4-0,the sixes lost 3-1 and the sevens beat the Hill 4-1

We had a good turnout of Norsemen on Saturday in a crowd of around 200 they made themselves heard hopefully we will seem them again next Saturday when we have another tough cup game home  against  Old Hamptonians who are top of the Premier division of the AFC KO 1.30

Well it had to come to an end our 100% record. On Saturday we entertained last years finalists Old Meadonians who lay second in the AFC premier division so we knew that we were playing superior opposition to that faced before this season. The match was one of the best seen at Hydeside for a very long time a hard physical match but played in the right spirit and ended with us losing 4-3 aet.
A great effort by our lads who could easily have won but for a couple of slips in defence and some missed chances.
​In the rest of the games the reserves continued their good runs with a 7-1 win over HSB the fours lost 2-3 to Poly,the sixes lost 2-1 to Civil Service and the sevens came back to form with a 7-1 win against AP
We had a good turn out on the line Sat well done to the 5th Xs for turning out in strength. This week we are away in the cup to Winchmore Hill KO 1.30 your support will be appreciated