A COMFORTABLE 4-2 victory over Hundon Reserves took Lakenheath Reserves into the final of the John Ablett Cup where they will meet another local side – Burwell Swifts.
It was the visitors to The Pit who nearly opened the scoring with a stinging shot which cannoned back off the post before being hacked away to safety.
The home side finally made the breakthrough when Mark Tuffs calmly lobbed the advancing keeper t
o put Lakenheath 1-0 up. A second goal soon followed, this time coming from winger Andrew Mazey.
The visitors were handed a lifeline when the referee failed to spot an apparent handball and Hundon took full advantage by grabbing a goal from it.
With the visitors now in the ascendancy, a crunching tackle from the Hundon centre-forward was overlooked by the referee and led to an equaliser just before the break.
As the second half got under way, the home side nearly went 3-2 up but a fantastic save from the visiting goalkeeper kept the scores level.
After being awarded a penalty midway through the second half, midfielder Matt Bellingham made no mistake in finishing from the spot to put Lakenheath 3-2 up.
There was more joy for Lakenheath as winger Mazey grabbed his second of the afternoon by rounding the keeper to make the score 4-2 in favour of the home side.
As the clock ran down, changes were made but the home side remained solid throughout the park and held on for a 4-2 victory to book a place at Histon's Glass World Stadium on May 8.
