Gloucester City faced another FA Cup replay at Whaddon Road, this time in the third qualifying round against Staines Town, a tasty meeting against Forest Green Rovers awaits the victors!
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| Charlie Griffin applies pressure to his opposing goalkeeper.. |
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| ..who appeared to be sporting a blue Swansea City badge on his back. |
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| I decided to experiment a bit with exposures at f11 showing off the floodlights.. |
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| ..and 1/125th for some motion blur. |
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| An impressive leap to penetrate the Staines defence. Gloucester ended the first half 1-0 up but Staines managed to claw it back to 2-2 before 60 minutes had passed. Nathan Modest secured the win for the tigers with three minutes to spare. |
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| A Staines defender pleads his case to the referee. |
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| Marc Richards places his attention on the home support during the full time handshakes. |
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| 'Forest Green, we're coming for you' was the chant at Full time from the home support with a win tonight they host their local rivals later this month. |
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| Gloucestershire pride will be at stake in the 4th qualifying round of the FA Cup. Tonight's result brings an end to an emotional week for the City with the news breaking last Wednesday that they will be allowed a move back to Meadow Park after a 7 year exile. |