The senior side went into their cup semi final as strong favourites and they fully lived up to that expectation with a comfortable three goal victory over their Ridgeons League opponents.

Once Robert Eagle had opened the scoring there was only going to be one winner with further goals coming from Chris Henderson and Matt Nolan. The victory paves the way for a further meeting with Bury Town in the final.

Last Saturday the Blues recovered from a torrid opening quarter which saw them concede twice in the first 12 minutes before hitting back to snatch a point with Nathan Stone’s first senior goal for the club with just 4 seconds of the 4 added minutes left to play. Earlier another all action display from Chris Henderson earned the Blues a penalty confidently converted by Dean Sinclair.

Tomorrow the Blues entertain Margate and will be looking to extend their current 5 game unbeaten run. The Blues were 4-1 victors at Margate early in the season with goals by Michael Frew, Chris Henderson, Lubomir Guentchev and Jamie Forshaw.

Tuesday evening sees further Ryman League action at the Meadow when Kingstonian are the visitors. The Blues are still looking for their first victory over the Ks having lost both games away and being held to a 1-1 draw at home last year.

Unlike their male counterparts the Ladies went into their County Cup semi finals as underdogs against the higher League Exning Ladies but they did the club proud by twice coming from behind to take the tie into extra time. The additional 30 minutes saw their higher levels of fitness pay dividends to finally run out 5-2 winners. The all important goals came from Clieo Stephenson, Nikki Wigg, Natasha Thomas, Charlotte Eastwood and Broghan Scully. They now look forward to a final against Ipswich Town. This Sunday the Ladies are away to Long Melford Ladies.

The Youth team’s midweek fixture against Kirkley & Pakefield Youth was postponed due to the Town having 6 players in the East Norfolk College squad involved in their national cup semi final in Southampton. They have no fixture this week.

On the player front Iavor Guentchev, younger brother of Lubo, has now received international clearance to play for the Blues and signed the relevant forms.

Terry Lynes