Exeter City 2-3 Forest Green Rovers (h)
FA Youth Cup 1st Round
At Taunton


7 minutes.
Early pressure and good spell of possession for the visitors but the Grecian backline holding firm.

12 minutes
Penalty to FGR.

13 minutes
Goal to FGR. Scored by No.41
Exeter 0-1 FGR

18 minutes
Good response by the Grecians, a spell of pressure and territory in the opposition half without really testing the keeper.

21 minutes
Off The Bar! Great wing play by George Williams, jinking between two men and unleashing a strike that cannons off the underside of the bar before being scrambled clear.

24 minutes
Goal for the Grecians scored by Harry Appleton. He goes through on goal, calmly picking out the side netting after being threaded through by Harry Crees.

Exeter 1-1 FGR

27 minutes
Yellow Card for Forest Green No 48

31 minutes
Grecians continuing to apply pressure in search of a 2nd goal. Looking threatening down the left hand side.

33 minutes

Goal to the visitors. Against the run of play. Grecians caught playing out from the back. No.41 makes no mistake from 10 yards out.

Exeter 1-2 what’s not charging your phone? The lights not looking like it. FGR

40 minutes
Spell of pressure for our visitors as they hunt a 3rd. No.34 causing problems down their left hand side.

43 minutes
Good save from Sam Down as No.34 gets in behind the Grecian backline. Danger is cleared.

45 minutes
Good play out wide by George Williams as he beats his full back. Unfortunately no red & white shirt to head home at the back post.

Half Time

Exeter 1-2 FGR
at the Cygnet Health Care Stadium.

An even game with chances at both ends. Work to do for the young Grecians in the 2nd half.

Back underway for the 2nd half.

49 minutes

Good hold up play by Appleton as he releases Horn down the left hand side. He beats his man but blazes over.

We’re back underway for the 2nd half.

51 minutes

Good spell of pressure by the Grecians. Dangerous ball in from Williams from the right that flashes across the FGR goalmouth.

55 minutes

BIG chance missed by the Grecians.

Whipped corner from Williams is met by Crees but he can't keep his effort down. A Continued spell of pressure.

61 minutes

First sub for the Grecians

Bown replaces Baker.

65  minutes

Goal for the Visitors.

Harsh on the Grecians and against the run of the play... No.54 picks the ball up in space and unleashes a strike from 20 yards that finds the top corner.

Exeter 1-3 FGR

67 minutes

Quadruple change for the Grecians.

Alsop, Graham, Revell and Crees are replaced by Bellotti, May, Aston and Lang.

72 minutes

Continued spell of pressure from the Grecians. Williams bamboozling the full- back and finds Horn, his deflected effort finds the side netting. Corner No.7 for the Grecians in the 2nd half comes to nothing.

78 minutes

Goal. Quick free-kick from Bellotti finds Horn down the right. He pulls the ball back to Percy Baker who curls an effort into the top left hand corner from 20 yards out.

Exeter City 2-3 FGR.

90 minutes

Kitchen sink time for the Grecians.

The referee adds 6 minutes additional time with the Grecians camped in the FGR half.

Full Time

Exeter 2-3 FGR

A valiant effort from the young Grecians who on another day could have came out on the right side of the result.

Good Luck to our visitors in the next round.