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Broadway Celtic came from a goal down against Fulwell City to claim the Middlesex Cup County Cup in a nail-biting tie at Northwood FC on Sunday which was finally decided by the dreaded penalty shootout.

Broadway started the brighter but were unable to turn their superior possession into clear-cut chances , it was Fulwell though who nearly broke the deadlock when Broadway's keeper Gary White produced an outstanding save on 35 minutes when he got down superbly well to keep out a 20 yard drive from a Fulwell midfielder that was destined for the bottom corner.


This spurred Fulwell into life and they almost grabbed the lead on the stroke of half time when a high ball into the box was met by a Fulwell head , Celtic's player could only watch as the ball looped over them and onto the bar before the ball was finally scrambled away to safety.


The 2nd half was one of few chances and it did not look like it was going to be Broadways day when Paul Kelly had a goal ruled out for offside on 70 minutes , Fulwell looked to have one hand on the cup when they took the lead on the 79th minute when a high ball round the back of the defence found an unmarked Fulwell player who headed the ball into the far post to leave Broadway deflated.


Broadway needed a something special to get them back into the game and they only had 30 seconds to wait for it when from the restart Ray Fitzpatrick cross was met by a bullet header from Paul Kelly whose header from the edge of the box flew into the top corner to throw his team a lifeline.



Extra time followed and it was Broadway who looked the more likely to win as having used all their subs Fulwell players were struggling with injury's they picked up in the game , with the clock ticking away Broadways Ryan Fortune was set up by Fitzpatrick for a glorious chance but he seemed to be surprised that Fitzpatrick had not taken the opportunity to shoot himself and he scuffed his shot as the chance went to waste.



The final whistle duly arrived which meant penalties would be needed to settle the tie , Broadway went 1st and dispatched their first 4 to put the pressure on Fulwell , Broadway keeper Gary White then saved Fulwells fourth spot kick to set up Broadways all time top goal scorer Ray Fitzpatrick for the winning penalty ,Fitzpatrick stepped up to the plate to slot the ball home to spark wild celebrations from the Celtic players and set up a night of raucous celebration in Dollis Hills Ox and Gate pub

White , Ovidu , D Gordon , Gilbride , Free , M Kelly , O'Leary ,Carroll , Moriarty , Butler , P Kelly ,

Subs N Gordon , Mullarkey , Fortune , Keegan , Fitzpatrick

Attendance - 150

Man of the match Darren Butler (decided by Middlesex County officials)


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