The game began very brightly for Wokingham Town with a flurry of chances for them but It was met with some classy defending from the Binfield back line. The game intensified after a few strong challenges came flying in from either sides, this forced the referee to introduce the Wokingham number 9 to a yellow card.
The first Binfield goal came from their number 4, Luke Wayborn with a delightful finish into the back of the net to give Binfield a goal advantage in the 20th minute. Just 9 minutes later, Mitchell Parker doubled the Moles’ advantage with a delicious half volley rocketed into the far top right corner.
This caused tempers to flare even more resulting Wayborn and the Wokingham number 7 to also be introduced to Thomas Healey’s book.
As the second half kicked off Wokingham looked for a goal to kick in a come back but were denied by a great block of the line by Elijah’s Bagdonavicius and a fantastic follow up save from the Binfield debutant Kacper Orlowski.
Their chances of a comeback were hindered heavily by Charlie George just nipping a foot into a through ball which just nudged it past the Wokingham shot stopper. The afternoon was soured by the Binfield keeper being dismissed due to an unfortunate handball decision. Mitchell parker took the reins of protecting the sticks for the final 17 minutes of play.
The Wokingham pressure built up over the first 80 minutes was always going to be tough, and they finally found a breakthrough in the 82nd minute after a Parker save onto the post was hammered in on the follow up. It then stayed 3-1 for the final 8 minutes and the final score stayed that way.
Binfield progress to the Preliminary round of the Emirates FA Cup, and also retain the Martin Joyce trophy. A trophy to celebrate the life of the Binfield and Wokingham captain who died in a car accident in 1967.
