A 2-2 away result unfortunately sees The Avenue out of the cup before they could even begin. I wasn't able to watch either game, one had played before the team was even born, which we lost and this mornings one was at 5.30, which I wasn't awake for. Felt if I could have watched it, I might have been able to make a difference, but a leaky defence gave the home team 2 early goals and our 2 late ones just wasn't enough to see us through.

My inexperience with a 4-3-3 narrow formation obviously doesn't help, it's all trial and error for me at the moment (Mainly error, although the first game was played with a different formation, so I've at least improved on it) I'm used to playing a wide diamond with my main level 5 team (Who achieved a 6-0 away win in the cup against an equally good team, despite having constant pressure on us. I might actually get through the first round! Hooray!) Good luck to everyone else in their cup games and upcoming champions league games!

Match Report up on my blog The Avenue