Justice has prevailed for Mulbarton Wanderers, who finally made it through to the next stage of the FA Cup.
Wanderers beat Woodford Town 2-0 at a packed Mulberry Park in a second round qualifying match that controversially had to be replayed.
The Norfolk side had won the first encounter between the sides, at Woodford, 2-1, but their hosts appealed to the FA after a refereeing error involving a first-half penalty. Woodford had scored from the spot kick, but the referee ruled their players had encroached into the area – and instead of ordering the spot-kick to be re-taken, he mistakenly awarded Mulbarton an indirect free-kick.
Woodford’s appeal was ultimately successful – but Wanderers came up with the perfect response on Tuesday night, when two second-half goals by Ashley Jarvis gave them victory.
Their reward is a huge home tie against Gloucester City this coming weekend in third round qualifying – Mulbarton’s first game at this stage of the competition.
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