Match Details

Sunday 5th October 2008
Home to Orpington Rovers B

Shirley Town FC  2    Orpington Rovers B  6

Defensive errors cost the Poppies dear, handing the visitors three of their six goals with stray balls across the box and misplaced clearances. Going in 0-2 down at half time but far from out of it, Shirley Town conceded a goal within a minute of the restart for the third game in a row, and by the time a well-taken fourth was nestling in the back of the net, the game was over. Brad pulled one back from the spot after Ife was brought down in the box and then James scored a corker from 20 yards to give the home side a fighting chance but against the run of play Orpington scored a fifth to finally extinguish any chance of a magnificent comeback.

GOALS Brad, James