Sustain Stadium, Gerard Buxton Sports Ground, 6 December 2022
Just days after losing on penalties in the FA Vase, Royal Wootton Bassett Town suffered the exact same fate in the Wiseman Lighting Floodlit Cup as Sam Collier's side were eliminated in their round of sixteen tie against Mangotsfield United.
After a rather lifeless ninety minutes of football ended goalless, the visitors triumphed 4-2 in the shootout to book their place in the quarter finals and end what was arguably Bassett's best opportunity to claim silverware this season.
Illness and injury forced Sam Collier into multiple changes for the contest, and both the Bassett boss and his assistant manager Alan Griffin - named as substitutes - found themselves on the pitch before the end of the game.
Indeed, Griffin would be Bassett's first penalty taker but failed to convert. Jon Beeden and Matt Jones did find the net before Jack Hobson-McVeigh missed Bassett's fourth penalty. Mangotsfield were three for three by that point and remained perfect to claim the win with their fourth kick.
Bassett now retain an interest in just one cup competition - that being the Bluefin Sports Hellenic League Challenge Cup in which they will host Shrivenham in the second round in mid-January.
Credit: Stuart Smedley
Last modified on Wednesday 7th December 2022 at 08:02
