United were the best side from start to finish and the scoreline was a fair reflection. We had four different goalscorers, and the Holwell keeper was easily the busiest on the night.
Main talking point was United's second "goal", which was a long range free kick which clattered the underside of the crossbar and bounced down. I was probably the best placed in the ground to see it, and the ball was still in play by at least a foot. But Hawkeye hasn't yet reached Holwell and the linesman awarded us a goal! It was a decision that can only be described as embarassing, but it was unusual to get one of those decisions in our favour.
Holwell's goalkeeper was booked for dissent in the aftermath, but you had to feel sorry for him in the circumstances. That said, he was probably lucky not to get sent off for the way he continued having a go at the officials even after the ref had shown him the yellow card.
Good entertaining game. One downside came from a bedroom window of one of the terraced houses on a neighbouring street, from where someone kept shining a laser pen across the pitch throughout the second half! It's amazing how annoying that can become and how much of a distraction it is when you're trying to watch a game. Hopefully somebody from Holwell will knock on the door of the address concerned and teach the idiot a lesson.
Onwards and upwards. All we need now is for the first team to negotiate an away cup tie!