Wokingham Today

Moles made it to the FA Vase final

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notched his brace.

The Moles were behind but far from beaten. Just moments after going down to a second goal, Binfield fought back instantly and found an equaliser with another goal from Helmore to take the game to another shootout.

Howell and Short successful­ly converted their penalties before Grace pulled off a heroic save to give his side the advantage.

Moore put Binfield further ahead and Grace came up with another remarkable save to put the Moles on the brink of the next round.

McClurg took the deciding kick and made no mistake to put Binfield through to the fifthround.

FIFTH-ROUND Hadley 0-0 Binfield (Binfield win 5-4 on pens)

With a fourth consecutiv­e away day on the horizon, the Moles marched down to Barnet to face Hadley FC.

It was another tense contest as both teams managed to shut each other out for the duration of the 90 minutes.

But there was another familiar theme to the tale as Binfield showed their expertise from the penalty spot with more courageous goalkeepin­g from Grace between the sticks.

Helmore, Short and Moore scored the first three to get Binfield off to a positive start. Hadley fired their third penalty over the bar but Liam Ferdinand sent his off target as the penalties descended into sudden death.

In another high pressure situation, Binfield showed their strong character to come out on top as Grace added another penalty stop to his growing list to send the Moles through to the quarters.

QUARTER-FINAL Long Eaton United 0-5 Binfield

After the tense affair of penalty shootouts in three of the previous four rounds, Binfield sailed through to the semi-finals with their most emphatic victory of the competitio­n.

They struck five past their opponents to fire themselves through as the striking partnershi­p of Moore and Ferdinand proved too hot to handle.

Moore hit a brace while Ferdinand bagged a hat-trick to put the Moles into the final four of the competitio­n.

SEMI-FINAL United Services Portsmouth 1-1 Binfield (Binfield win 4-3 on pens)

Binfield booked their place under the arch with yet another successful shootout.

The Moles went behind but piled continuous pressure on their opponents before they were eventually rewarded with an equaliser through Ferdinand in the 81st minute.

Jack Broome kept his composure to score the winning penalty to send Binfield through to Wembley for the first time in the club’s history.

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