Marlow 1-3 Thame United ( att : 170 ) – 2026/27 Southern League Division One Central

August 31, 2026

Bank Holiday Monday saw a relatively local derby between Marlow and Thame and a chance to meet up with a Marlow supporting friend. Due to cup commitments both sides had already accumulated backlogs with their league fixtures, with Marlow having only played one league match, whereas Thame had only played twice. Despite only having played one game, Marlow were in 8^th place in the table, whilst Thame were down in 19^th place.

Thame United Update

These diaries covered Thame’s 7-1 home victory in the FA Cup last Saturday against Brislington, which rewarded them with at home tie against Reading City.

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This Saturday Thame visited step 4 Westbury United of the Southern League Division One South in the FA Trophy, and returned home with a hard earned 1-0 win and £1,500 in prize money.

On the eve of the Westbury game, Thame announced the dual registration of Oxford City teenage defender Aydin Ulas, who followed in the footsteps of Brayden Daniel and Jayden Carbon of young Hoops gaining experience of senior football at Thame United.

Marlow Background

This was to be fifth time Marlow had featured in these diaries, with the most recent being the league match at Thame in October last season when Marlow crashed to a 0-4 defeat, leaving them inside the bottom 4 and looking like they would be facing a long battle against relegation. However, Marlow improved as the season progressed and finished comfortably well clear of the drop zone in 14^th place despite losing the return fixture against Thame 1-2. Marlow’s average home league attendance last season was 162.

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This would be Fatbear’s first visit to the Alfred Davis Memorial Ground since January 2024 when Marlow murdered Metropolitan Police 4-0.

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Marlow This Season

Marlow had a dreadful pre-season, failing to win any of their 8 warm-up matches, managing only three draws against step 5 opponents, and suffered five defeats, four against sides at step 4 and one at step 5.

Matters improved once the competitive games started, beating Newport Pagnell Town of the step 5 Spartan South Midlands Premier Division 5-1 in a replay in the Extra Preliminary Round of The FA Cup, after a 2-2 away draw. A 3-2 home win in the league over Beaconsfield Town followed in their next game.

However, the three-game unbeaten run ended with a 0-1 home loss to step 5 Cirencester of the Hellenic League to exit the FA Cup, and on Saturday Marlow exited the FA Trophy following a heavy 0-4 home defeat at the hands of Step 4 Hayes and Yeading United.

Marlow Squad

Nine of the Marlow squad that played at Thame last season were still with the club, with centre-back Chris Ovenden now having passed 500 appearances for The Blues, whilst centre-back partner Alex Salmon was closing in on 300 appearances.

Their top scorer so far this season was ex-Wycombe Wanderers midfielder Chris Lutonadio with four goals. Lutonadio had joined Marlow on a youth loan last season but had signed on permanently for this season.

Ex-Queen Of The South winger Toby Raggett had found the net twice, as had ex-FC Romania and Arlesey Town midfielder Flavio Gyawu-Kyem. Winger Naheer Nawaf, who had now made over 150 appearances for Marlow, had scored once, whilst ex-Virginia Water midfielder Seb D’Aversa had also one goal to his name.

With keeper Ryan North returning to Leverstock Green, Marlow had signed Tyrese Kamara, who made two appearances for Thame United last season. However, after Kamara suffered an injury, The Blues signed Matt Burrows from Northwood Town as a replacement.

Striker Sisanda Maguranyanga was previously with Royston Town, having begun his career with Glasgow Rangers, Hamilton then Southend Under 19s, whilst defender Nahaj Abdi had joined from Oxford City’s youth team. Forward Shamar Moore was ex-Thatcham Town, Basingstoke and Bracknell, and full-back Romero Smart-Tull had joined in the summer from Stotfold.

Manager Mark Bartley was now in his 15^th season in the Marlow hot seat and numbered Thame amongst his previous clubs as a player.

Matchday Information

The journey from Thame to Marlow is 25 miles and normally takes less than 30 minutes down the M40. It was hard to tell how many Thame supporters had made the journey, but there was a lot of noise when their goals were scored !

The weather at 15.00 kick-off was dry with a moderate breeze and a temperature of 21 degrees, but some light rain was forecast for during the game, which fortunately stayed away apart from a couple of drops just before half-time.

Attendance was £12 for adults, £8 for concessions and £5 for Youths ( 13-18 ) and £2 for Juniors ( 2 to 12 ). The programme was online and free team-sheets were available in the bar.

A Happy Hour was in place between 13.30 to kick-off with £1 off pints of beers, lagers and ciders so that a pint of Rebellion Lager and a pint of Thatchers Cider came to £8.70.

Thame made three changes from the side that won at Westbury United with Dan West, Greg Hackett and Hayden Beadle returning whilst Curtis Brown, Ed Daffern and Josh Stranks were rotated to the substitutes bench.

Marlow made five changes from the side that were hammered by Hayes and Yeading United, with Smart-Tull coming in for his full debut, keeper Kamara returned from injury, whilst Moore, Josh Masters and Jacob Wilson were also selected. Harvey Maunder, Gyawu-Kyem, Alfie Agar and Enrique Tiamuna were relegated to the bench, and Burrows was missing all together.

Marlow were in their traditional kit of all blue whilst Thame were in their usual red and black stripes, with black shorts and red socks.

Match Report :

Thame started strongly and could have been two-up in the opening four minutes. First, Hackett mis-kicked when the ball was played into the Marlow area, but the ball fell to Harry Alexander whose shot from 12 yards was blocked by the legs of keeper Kamara. Shortly after, Alexander chipped over the Marlow backline for Roger James to run clear, but again Kamara made an important save with his legs.

Marlow were first seen as an attacking force in the 10^th minute when a nice flick from Moore released Maguranyanga, but the shot was wayward and went across the face of the goal. Masters was able to retrieve but his low ball back into the 6-yard box was dived upon by Thame keeper James Callan.

Two minutes later James robbed Salmon of possession but his cross was blocked for Thame’s first corner of the match, which Ovenden headed off for another corner. West headed the subsequent set-piece over the bar, but the referee had spotted some infringement and awarded a free-kick to the home side.

With 15 minutes on the clock, Moore again did well to hold off Murray, but his pass to Lutonadio was poorly controlled and the ball rolled off for a goal-kick to Thame.

A minute later Alexander ran onto a long-ball out of the Thame defence and got to it ahead of Marlow keeper Kamara and pushed the ball past the advancing custodian. However, Kamara’s follow-through led him into clattering into Alexander and bringing down the Thame winger for an obvious penalty. With the ball going away from the goal Kamara was spared a red card, but surprisingly the referee also kept his yellow card in his pocket.

Alexander recovered to take the penalty and sent his kick into the keeper’s top right-hand corner as Kamara dived to his left. It was 0-1 after 16 minutes.

Two minutes later the referee played an advantage after Alexander was fouled, but Beadle’s 20-yard shot flew a couple of feet over the bar.

With 23 minutes on the clock, Masters got to a long-ball from the Marlow half ahead of keeper Callan but put the ball wide. There were some complaints from the Marlow bench that Masters had been fouled in a similar way to the penalty for Thame, but Fatbear didn’t see it that way, and my Marlow supporting friend said it would have been very, very soft had a penalty been given.

Lutonadio then found himself in a good position to take a pot-shot at goal, but whilst he was in the motion of striking a left-footed shot, the ball took an unfortunate bobble, resulting the contact being with the Marlow player’s shin, and the ball sailed towards the corner flag.

Thame responded with Hackett smacking a free-kick into the defensive wall, then winning a corner, which West headed back across goal but Hackett’s overhead kick was an easy save for Kamara.

However, Thame were not to be denied as Alexander showed good skill to bring the ball down then flick the ball over Smart-Tull, who had lunged in far too quickly, and hammered the ball past Kamara from just inside the Marlow area. It was a splendid goal and Thame now led by 2-0 after 34 minutes.

A couple of minutes later Alexander again left Smart-Tull floundering, but his cross to James saw the header drift narrowly over the bar.

The first yellow card of the match was shown in the 38^th minute after Masters bundled over Callum Hall as the Thame right-back marauded down the right-hand touchline,e but the free-kick was well-claimed by Kamara.

Surprisingly, Marlow manager Bartley decided to make a tactical substitution before half-time, hauling off the unfortunate Smart-Tull and bringing on winger Gyawu-Kyem, with Masters dropping into the left-back position.

Marlow immediately won a corner but after the ball bounced around the Thame penalty area Ovenden shot over the bar.

With half-time approaching James looked to send Hackett clear but Kamara did well to come off his line to dive on the ball ahead of the Thame winger.

In added on time, keeper Callan and Beadle collided in trying to deal with a Marlow free-kick, but Callan was able to recover and dive on the loose ball before any Marlow attacker could capitalise.

The game’s comedy moment arrived shortly after when Gyawu-Kyem was fouled, but initially the referee wasn’t interested until his assistant continued to furiously wave his flag and the referee finally obeyed his linesman and gave the free-kick.

Thame then won a free-kick which was headed on by Thame captain Mark Riddick, but Kamara made an important catch.

The last action of the first half saw D’Aversa’s 20-yard effort well saved by Callan diving to his left.

Thame deservedly led by two goals at the interval, and may have been encouraged by a Red Kite flying over the ground at half-time.

Marlow made a second change for the start of the second half as the anonymous Wilson was replaced by Maunder.

Thame again started the half strongly with Hackett doing well to keep the ball in play and laying back to Ulas, whose left-footed shot was at the keeper, who gathered at the second attempt.

At the other end, Gyawu-Kyem sent a snap-shot a couple of yards over the bar, then Maunder was shown a yellow card for an unsubtle push. Shortly after Alexander saw a volley from the edge of the Marlow area saved by Kamara diving to his right.

A long ball saw Thame’s Hackett run clear on goal but D’Aversa covering back made a vital tackle. Thame’s first yellow card came when Ulas pushed over Lutonadio, and when the Marlow free-kick was launched into the mixer, the ball bounced around inside the Thame area, and with his back to goal, D’Aversa crashed to the floor. The referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot although it wasn’t too obvious from where Fatbear was standing exactly what the offence was, but Jack Tutton appeared to be shown a yellow card.

Moore stepped up and sent Callan the wrong from the spot. It was now 1-2 with 58 minutes played.

Thame’s displeasure with the referee continued a couple of minutes later when Hackett and Ovenden challenged inside the Marlow area after James had headed forward a long ball and the referee awarded a free-kick to Marlow, which again looked very soft.

Thame won a corner which saw James have a shot blocked, after which Alexander teed up Hackett, whose shot from 12 yards was blocked for another corner. The set-piece was partially cleared and Alexander’s cross was headed over the bar by West.

Thame made a triple substitution which almost immediately paid dividends. Hackett chipped over the Marlow backline for Ed Daffern to cross into the penalty area, where Alexander took one touch and then smacked the ball past the Marlow keeper from 12 yards for his hat-trick. 1-3 with 64 minutes on the clock.

The home side’s response was for Gyawu-Kyem to latch onto a blocked shot but his cross from the left-wing went over head off Moore and off for a goal-kick.

Maunder saw a shot blocked and Thame scrambled the rebound clear, and when Thame worked the ball into the Marlow half, Brown skipped past Masters and Alexander stuck out a leg to the cross from the right-wing, but the ball went straight to Kamara who made a routine catch.

Masters then hoofed the ball wildly clear from the edge of his area, and the ball went off for a throw-in near the Thame corner flag on the opposite diagonal. In Rugby it would have been a superb 50:20 !

Thame appeared to be sitting back on their two-goal lead and Marlow came more into the game, and their substitutions made them look a better side. D’Aversa teed up Agar but his left-footed drive was blocked for a corner, which was headed away by Riddick only for Gyawu-Kyem to shoot well wide from 20 yards.

Maunder’s pass found Agar, but the cross-shot from the left sailed a few feet over the bar. At the other end substitute Charlie Bacon skinned Masters but his 20-yard shot bounced wide of the far post.

The game sort of fizzled out in the last 10 minutes with Marlow having most of the possession but failing to make much of an impression on the Thame defence. The fussy referee found time to brandish yellow cards to Thame’s Riddick and Stranks for innocuous looking fouls, and the last piece of goal-mouth action saw Maunder run into the Thame area only to shoot into the side netting. A few Marlow fans close to me thought it was a goal, only to be disappointed.

At the final whistle, Thame deservedly took the three points which took them up to 9^th in the early season table. Marlow lost their 100% record and dropped to 13^th .

Marlow : Kamara – Khalil ( Agar ), Ovenden, Salmon, Smart-Tull ( Gyawu-Kyem ) – Wilson ( Maunder ), D’Aversa, Masters – Maguranyanga ( Tiamuna ), Moore ( Guitierrez-Ramirez ), Lutonadio

Thame United : Callan –  Hall, West, Murray, Ulas ( Stranks ) – Alexander ( Davies ), Tutton ( Daffern ), Riddick, Beadle, Hackett ( Bacon ) –  James ( Brown )

 

 

Thame United 7-1 Brislington ( att : 124 ) – 2026/27 FA Cup

August 22, 2026

Cup fever returned to Thame as their local side took on Brislington of the step 5 Jewson Western League in the Preliminary Round of the FA Cup, potentially only 13 games away from a trip to Wembley. If the scores were level after 90 minutes, a replay would be played in Brislington, and the winners would play in the First Qualifying Round on September 5^th. The draw for the next round was being made on Monday………

This would be Thame’s first match since these diaries covered their 3-3 home draw with Ware last Saturday. On the morning of the game the signing of ex-North Leigh, Hayes & Yeading, Berkhamsted and Evesham winger Roger James was announced.

Brislington Background

Brislington is an area in the south-east of Bristol, close to Keynsham, and around 10 miles from Bath. Its population was estimated to be approximately 25,000, so about twice the size of Thame !

Brislington FC were found in 1956 and are known as The Foxes or Briz. Home is the 3,000 capacity Brislington Stadium, which has 150 seats, and for sponsorship reason is now called The Poplar Insulation Stadium. The home colours are red and black striped shirts, with black shorts and socks, which would clash with Thame’s home kit.

Brislington began life in the Bristol leagues, then the Somerset County League, until being promoted to the step 6 Western League Division One, of which they were champions in 1994/95. Brislington were twice runners-up in the Premier Division but voluntarily took relegation after finishing third from bottom in 2021/22. However, promotion was won via the 2023/24 play-offs to return to the Premier Division.

In their first season back at step 5 Brislington finished 14^th but last season they finished 17^th, which was second from bottom following two sides withdrawing from the league, and only 5 league games were won. Brislington were the 12^th best supported team in the Premier Division last season with an average home attendance of 150, up from 121 from the previous season despite the poor results.

Brislington’s best run in the FA Cup came in 2013/14 when as a step 5 side they reached the fourth qualifying round after winning 5 ties, but were eliminated 0-1 at home by National League Welling United in front of a crowd of 600. In the earlier rounds Brislington had won 3-2 at step 2 Weston-Super-Mare, 3-2 at home to step 3 Truro City, 2-1 at Wells City, 4-0 at home to St Blazey and 2-0 at Barnstaple Town.

Fatbear was unable to find any previous meetings between these two clubs.

Brislington This Season

Brislington started the season with four successive defeats in the league, losing 3-4 at home to Saltash United in front of a crowd of 140, 1-2 at Clevedon Town, 3-4 at Liskeard Athletic and 1-4 at Portishead Town.

However, cup ties had brought some welcome distraction with a 1-0 victory at step 5 Thornbury Town of the Hellenic League Premier Division in the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup, and then a 1-0 home win over Royal Wootton Bassett, also of the Hellenic League Premier Division, in the FA Vase, with Oaklan Buck coming off the bench to score an 80^th minute winner. Brislington’s reward will be a home tie in the next round against step 6 Sharpness.

On Tuesday night Brislington returned to league action with a trip to Shepton Mallet and continued their improved form, convincingly picking up their first points of the season with a 4-0 victory, and their third clean-sheet in a row. This result took Briz up to 16^th in the 19 team division.

Brislington Squad

Winger Tyller Davis-Whitlock, who joined in the summer from Kent side Phoenix FC, was the leading scorer so far this season with 6 goals in all competitions, followed by ex-Mangotsfield United centre-back Mircea Ilea with 3 goals.

Striker Oaklan Buck had just rejoined the club, having been part of the squad that won promotion through the play-offs three seasons ago, midfielder Charlie Maddison had joined from Bradford Town and midfielder Joe Budd had signed from Roman Glass, having previously played for Taunton Town and Frome Town.

Keeper George Dorrington was another former Mangotsfield player in the Brislington squad, and started his career in the youth teams at Manchester United before being released and joining Huddersfield Town

Brislington’s manager was Josh Egan, who numbered Cheltenham, Blackpool, Bath City and Chippenham amongst his former clubs.

Matchday Information

According to AA Route Planner the journey from Brislington to Thame was 88 miles and should take a couple of minutes shy of two hours.

The weather at 15.00 kick-off was sunny, with a temperature of 21 degrees.

Attendance was £10 for adults, £5 for concessions and £3 for Under 16s. The programme was online but no free team-sheets were available from today’s game. A cup of tea cost £1.50.

Thame made three changes from the side that drew with Ware last Saturday. After a sizzling cameo from the bench Charlie Bacon was handed his first start of the season. Luke Tingey returned to the side whilst Jamie Davies was also making his first start. Finlay Murray, Hayden Beadle and Ed Daffern all dropped down to be substitutes.

Brislington made just one change from midweek with Budd replacing Ben Withey.

The visitors were in a change kit of sky blue shirts and socks, with black shorts.

Thame were in their usual red and black stripes, with black shorts and red socks.

Match Report

Thame kicked off defending the ring-road end and were immediately on the attack as Davies saw a shot from 8 yards deflected for a corner, from which Dan West headed narrowly over the bar from just outside the 6-yard line. However, they were soon ahead as Tingey’s long ball out of defence enabled Curtis Brown to run clear of the square Brislington back-line, and the make-shift centre-forward coolly finished into the opposite corner. It was 1-0 with barely a minute played.

Two minutes later Josh Stranks went past two defenders on the left to get to the byline, and his pulled back reached Davies, whose first effort was mis-hit, and the follow up was put over the bar. It was a good chance.

The first yellow card of the game was shown in the 8^th minute when Louie Millard and Stranks competed for a loose ball. The card was shown to Millard but initially Fatbear thought it had been shown to the home player !

It was all Thame, and Bacon was brought down by Ilea just outside the Brislington area on the left-hand side. The free-kick was played short to Harry Alexander on the edge of the Briz area but again the first-time effort was mis-hit, with the follow-up struck weakly to roll through to Dorrington.

The visitors were briefly seen as an attacking force but the linesman’s raised flag for offside stopped Buck running clear, which was repeated a couple of minutes later after Spike Weaver had flicked a header into the Thame half.

Callum Hall was looking lively for Thame and after a strong run deep into the Brislington half he released Brown to pull-back to Hall from close to the byline, but the full-back’s shot was blocked for a corner, which was over-hit and come to nothing.

Alexander ran at the retreating defence but his short from the edge of the area was deflected for another corner to Thame. The ball was played short by Brown back to Alexander, whose curling cross was met by Thame captain Mark Riddick to head home at the far post. 2-0 after 16 minutes.

Hall then got to the by-line but his pull-back to Davies saw the Thame winger crowded out near the penalty spot. Shortly after Davies teed up Alexander, but the left-footed attempt flew out of the stadium, after which Hall teed up Alexander for another effort, but Bris captain Lewis Dunn made an important block at the expense of a corner, which Tingey headed narrowly wide.

Some head-tennis ensued following another Thame corner, until the visitors were able to clear. The pressure from the home side was relentless and a good pass from Alexander found Davies in space on the right wing, but his cross went inches past the far post, and just ahead of West who was unable to get his head to it.

With the half-hour approaching, Bacon made another good run down the left and squared for Brown, but the shot was badly sliced for a throw-in.

The second yellow card of the game arrived in the 31^st minute following a nasty foul by Buck on Hall near the half-way line, which could easily have been a red card.

The visitors optimistically appealed for an off-side against Bacon, even though the Thame player looked to be about 3 yards onside as he ran onto a ball into the left-hand channel, but Millard was able to recover and produced a good tackle to concede another corner. From the set-piece, West saw a shot blocked and Thame centre-back Tingey went down with an injury. Both teams took the opportunity to take a drink break whilst Tingey was receiving treatment, but he had to leave the field and was replaced by Murray.

When play continued, Bacon ran from the half-way line but his stinging 25 yarder was pushed away by Dorrington diving to his left. Bacon appeared to have the Brislington right-back on toast, and he cut-back inside from the left only to see his shot partially blocked. Dorrington did well to prevent the ball going out for a corner, reacting to dive on the ball, but he appeared to hurt his shoulder in doing so. Play was held up for around three minutes whilst he received treatment but the keeper was able to continue.

West sent a long ball down the right wing where Hall got past Charlie Ames, but the dangerous low cross was intercepted by Dunn. The final action of the first-half saw Jack Tutton’s 25 yard free-kick hit a Thame player and go off for a goal-kick.

It was 2-0 at the interval in what had virtually been a game of attack versus defence. Indeed, Thame keeper James Callan had barely touched the ball, just a couple of back-passes and a goal-kick.

Thame made a change for the second half and James came on for his Thame debut, replacing West. However, this necessitated a re-shuffle in the Thame defence, with Brown dropping back to right-back, Stranks moving to centre-back and Hall switching to left-back.

The pattern of play continued at the start of the second-half as good hold-up play by James resulted in Davies having a short deflected for a corner. However, Dorrington went down again and after more treatment was unable to continue. His shirt was gingerly raised over his shoulders and without a substitute keeper on the bench, Brislington player-manager Egan, who had named himself as one of the subs came on to put on the goal-keeping shirt and don the gloves. As an outfield player and the shortest on the pitch, it wasn’t looking good for The Foxes.

However, Egan couldn’t be held accountable as Thame extend their lead. Tutton chipped the ball ahead and James ran clear of the Brislington defence and lifted the ball over Egan as he advanced off his line, and the ball bounced into the empty net for a quality finish. The score was now 3-0 with 52 minutes played.

Brislington responded with their best move of the game to-date as Davis-Whitlock played a pass for Weaver to latch on to, and Brown brought the forward down just outside the Thame area and became the first Thame player to see yellow. Davis-Whitlock curled the free-kick towards the far post but Tutton made a good defensive header to clear.

Play was soon back in the Brislington half and Alexander played an inviting low ball across the visitors’ area but no-one was on-hand to apply a finish.

Bacon skipped past Millard but again the over-worked Dunn cleared the cross. A long throw from Hall bounced across the Briz are and fell kindly to Alexander, but his first time left-footed effort from 12 yards went narrowly wide.

Alexander and Tutton combined on the edge of the Brislington area, and Alexander’s pass found James, whose drive was bravely blocked, and Bacon sliced the rebound high and wide.

However, Bacon made amends a couple of minutes later, running onto a pass from Alexander, streaking past substitute Adam Parkes and finishing past Egan from close range. It was now 4-0 with 70 minutes on the clock.

Shortly after the restart, James spun away from Dunn and set-up Greg Hackett, whose left-footed shot from the 18-yard line was deflected for a corner, which was played short to Tutton, whose low drive was enterprisingly kicked away by the stand-in keeper.

Brislington enjoyed a very brief period of pressure. First, Groves made progress down the left and played the ball into Weaver inside the Thame area, but his shot on the turn lacked power and Callan made a comfortable save.

Millard then ran towards the Thame area and was brought down. With the Thame players stopping expecting a free-kick to be awarded, the referee played a good advantage, and Budd sent an excellent curling shot from just outside the area into the top corner past the despairing Thame keeper, who was furious with his defence for no longer having a clean-sheet. The excellent consolation goal brought the score to 4-1 with 75 minutes played.

For a while Thame became a little wasteful, and James and Beadle got in each other’s way to mess up a chance. Murray’s header from a corner was cleared by a defender at the back post, Hackett and Brown had consecutive shots blocked, then it was Hackett’s turn to send a shot out of the ground.

Substitute Ed Daffern almost made an instant impact after coming on, delivering a left-wing cross for Hackett, whose close-range flick was saved by Egan’s out-stretched foot. Daffern then saw a long-range attempt produce an outstanding one-handed save by the diving Egan, pushing the ball around the post. Murray headed Tutton’s corner just over the bar.

Thame keeper Callan was called into action to catch a Brislington free-kick and quickly launched his side on a swift counter-attack, which saw James go clear to finish across the goal for his second goal on his debut.  It was now 5-1 after 87 minutes.

Thame were not finished yet and Hackett ran onto a ball over the top and got to it ahead of Egan. Despite being forced to turn away from the goal, Hackett delivered an outstanding effort from the angle of the penalty area to hit the inside of the far post and roll into the net. 6-1 after 90 minutes.

There was still no respite for the visitors, and the game finished with Daffern sending a superb 20-yard effort into the top corner, giving the keeper no chance. 7-1 in the 93^rd minute.

The final scoreline was probably a little harsh on Brislington, who despite the obvious gulf in class gave their all and bravely made numerous blocks to keep out the efforts by Thame, who now await Monday’s draw for the next round.

Goal Highlights : https://x.com/thameunitedfc/status/2091448552811557007 

Thame United : Callan – Hall, West ( James ), Tingey ( Murray ), Stranks – Davies ( Hackett ), Riddick, Tutton, Bacon ( Daffern )  – Alexander ( Beadle ), Brown

Brislington : Dorrington ( Egan ) – Millard, Ilea, Dunn, Ames – Wearne ( Parkes ), Budd, Scadding, Davis-Whitlock – Weaver, Buck ( Groves )