Maldon crash out of FA Cup

By maharris

THE dream of making the FA Cup First Round proper will have to wait for another year for Maldon Town.

For they lost 4-1 in Tuesday's Preliminary Round replay at home to local and Ryman League Division One North rivals Witham Town.

Maldon had let a 3-1 lead slip on Saturday as Witham came back in the second half.

Cody MacDonald grabbed all three Maldon goals in that match but was missing from the replay due to a suspension carried over from last season when, ironically, he was playing for Witham.

It was a double disappointment for Maldon boss Russell Tanner (pictured) who will have wanted to have got one over his old club and would have been looking at the possibility of a good cup run and the chance to generate some extra money.

For a full match report on both games see P85.