Topsy turvy tie ends all square

Royal Wootton Bassett Town and Lydney Town will go at it again in the Emirates FA Cup after a thrilling extra preliminary round tie saw the teams share six goals.

The contest saw Bassett twice hold a two goal advantage only for Lydney to ultimately get back on terms to force a replay.

For new manager Jonny Aitkenhead, it was a performance that will be tricky to properly interpret as Bassett showed the Jekyll and Hyde nature that has been a feature of preseason and their opening day league defeat at Thornbury Town.

For large spells, Bassett were extremely impressive going forward. However, their naivety was again brought to light as they surrendered a winning position.

The good news is that, with home advantage, Bassett have the opportunity to right that in the replay and set up a preliminary tie against Amersham Town.

The visitors raced into control of the tie.

Ben Cleary opened the scoring in the fifth minute, producing a cool finish to round off a swift counter.

Ten minutes later, Bonsa Teshome doubled Bassett's advantage in stunning fashion with a sublime overhead kick.

And they would hold that lead until the break. Although the hosts started to grow into the game, they didn't really threaten, with the closest they came to halving the deficit when a Lee Smith cross-cum-shot hit the woodwork.

It didn't take Lydney long to pull one back after the restart though as substitute Adi Adichareh made an immediate impact, guiding home an Archie Myatt delivery with his first touch.

Bassett would quickly restore their two goal lead when Cleary grabbed his second of the game from the spot.