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Driscoll twenty-five yarder earns Frilsham a place in final (05-04-2025)       Frilsham booked their place in the North Berks Cup Final when they posted a narrow 1-0 victory over Compton thanks to a Ty Driscoll wonder strike at a windy East Hendred Football Ground. Frilsham started well and Driscoll saw his close-range snapshot saved by the feet of Compton keeper Charlie London which followed with Jack Blackmon seeing his long-range effort go just wide of the target. Compton were struggling to create any chances to note as Frilsham then produced a goal mouth scabble that was eventually cleared by the Compton defence. Then Frilsham scored what turned out to be the only goal of the game when Driscoll collected a long ball, he then turned inside and fired a twenty-five-yard drive that nestled into the far corner of the Compton net. Frilsham’s Josh Johnson then saw his low drive tipped onto the post by the outstretched London which followed with Johnson firing wide when in a good position. Compton then started to get back into the game and created a good chance only for Ashley Beckett to fire straight at Frilsham keeper Adam Smith. The second half started and Frilsham almost doubled their lead when Driscoll saw his shot saved well by London and the rebound fell to Johnson who could only fire the ball over from a good position. The game then went into a period where neither side created any worthwhile chances as both defences held firm until Frilsham’s Driscoll was put through on goal only to see his shot saved at point blank by the outrushing London. Then with twenty minutes left Compton’s Kwesi Robinson saw his snapshot go wide of the target which followed with shots from outside the Frilsham box being charged down. Compton’s keeper London then produced a fine save from a header by Frilsham’s Steve Drake when tipping the ball around the post when fully outstretched which followed with Compton created a string of corners that never troubled the Frilsham defence. Then in the dying minutes Compton saw a close-range effort go wide of the target when in a good position and then in time added on London again denied Driscoll with a fine low save. Frilsham saw out the last minutes of the game to book their place in the final where they will meet Division Two Marcham who beat Berinsfield in the other Semi- Final. Around the Grounds Ricketts hits two to send Marcham to the final. Most accumulator bets hit the bin this weekend when Division Two Marcham recorded a 3-1 victory over Division One leaders Berinsfield in the other North Berks Cup Semi-Final thanks to two goals from Sam Ricketts with Jack Smith also hitting the target whilst Mark Ingram scored for Berinsfield and Berinsfield were also reduces to ten men late on when Luke Holdsworth received a red. In Division One Steventon recorded their second win of the season when they beat Lambourn Sports Reserves 3-0 thanks to goals from Dale Cameron, Andy Cooper and Mark Stoodley. In Division Two Burghclere kept the heat on the leaders when they posted a high scoring 4-3 victory over Steventon Reserves thanks to two goals from Jack Stockwell with further goals from Josh Metcalf and Harry White whilst Steventon Reserves replied through a hat-trick from Joe Parish. A Jack Speckles hat-trick helped Hagbourne United to a 4-0 victory over Long Wittenham with Joe Barrett also hitting the target. AFC Grove got back to winning ways when posting a 2-1 victory over Stanford thanks to two goals from Jamie Gregory whilst Cameron Godwin replied from Stanford.