Mason Hall oust Unifiers from FA

PEPSI FA Cup holders 1976 FC Phoenix XS squeezed into the quarter-finals of this year’s series with a narrow 1-0 triumph over zonal qualifiers Roxborough Lakers.

Lakers defenders held the FA holders at bay for 79 minutes at Shaw Park, Tobago on Tuesday night,  before Curtis Trim got what turned out to be the only goal of the match in the  80th minute. Another zonal qualifier Mason Hall Police Youth Club dumped Premier Division semi-professionals Charlotteville Unifiers 4-1 out the same series on the Richmond ground. Keldon Baker sent Mason Hall ahead in the 24th minute, and Derek Quashie doubled the lead in the 38th with the first of a double. Any hope Unifiers had of staging a recovery was dashed when Quashie completed his double in the 49th minute, and when Rondell Dennis scored in the 57th , the writing was on the wall. Kevin Martin got a 78th  minute consolation for the Unifiers. But Premier Division Biwater Stokelyvale thumped Mainstreet 6-2 also at Shaw Park. Despite using mainly second-string players The Vale easily turned back  Mainstreet with a double by Darren Williams, and other goals from Chad Sandy, Darren Joseph, Jamon Quashie and Warren Phillips. Terry Williams and Jamul Villaroel got goals for Mainstreet.

Bethel United surrendered a comfortable 2-0 halftime scoreline, but still managed to scrape past Hope Village Milan 7-6 on penalties to advance to the quarter-final round. Jason Surrey and Alex Simon scored first half goals for the Premier Division club, but goals by Dillet Walters and Rory Caruth knotted up the scores to send the game into extra-time and which ended with no further scoring. Sidey’s whipped zonal qualifiers Argyle Youth Stars 3-1 at Roxborough on Wednesday, with goals from Kerton Warrick, Ryan Gray and Hassel David.  Raoul Trotman got the consolation. And Georgia dumped Pepsi Hills United 4-0 at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in the first game of a double-header. Burton Phillip scored a double, while Kerron Phillip and Elroy Phillip got the other goals. Two-time league kings St Clair Coaching School survived a big scare before advancing 3-2 on penalties. The champs were held to a 1-1 draw by Earlbrokes when Kelvin Smart equalised Darron Toby’s goal. And Stag Uprising also made it to the quarter-finals 4-3 on penalties after playing to a 0-0 draw with Golden Lane. Today 1976 Phoenix FC Xs will take on Bethel United at the Dwight Yorke Stadium from 5 pm, while from 7 pm at the same venue Mason Hall meet Biwater Stokelyvale.