Cayton Corinthians and Trafalgar march into last eight of North Riding FA Sunday Challenge Cup
Cayton Corinthians fought back from going behind after two minutes to win 2-1 at Catterick Garrison to book their place in the quarter-finals.
The early concession of a goal after a freakish free-kick was followed five minutes later by an injury to keeper Christian Bowes which forced him to come off, and then on 37 minutes another player went off injured to add to the visitors' woes.
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Hide AdHowever the Cayton players battled hard in the second half, with committed performance from everyone including stand-in keeper Luke Dunn and early used subs Brandon Clayton and Joseph Huntley.
Captain Leeroy Donaldson was solid at centre back.
Brad Atkinson equalised on the hour mark after a scramble in the box.
Then 10 minutes later Brad Atkinson beat three players with some superb close control, then laid the ball off to Jack Adams who hit the ball sweetly into the top corner.
Cayton player-boss Steven Frederiksen said: "The lads remained focused for the final 20 minutes of the game and saw out the 2-1 victory.
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Hide AdTrafalgar also booked their place in the quarter-finals with a 5-0 home win against Coulby Newham.
The visitors had not lost a game in the Stockton Sunday League before this cup encounter, but they had no answer for an in-form Traf team
Sean Exley led the way with a brace for the hosts, while Mike Barker,, Luke Jones and Joel Ramm also notched.
Boss Jamie Patterson said: "Man of match was all the team with our best performance of the season, it was a great performance."
The Valley suffered a 4-1 loss against Grangetown Boys Club.
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