BRACKNELL TOWN ensured that they concluded their season with silverware by winning the Berks & Bucks FA Senior Cup.
The Robins got the better of Marlow United in the final on Tuesday evening where they played at Ascot United FC’s Racecourse Ground in front of a crowd of more than 1000 spectators.
Bracknell enjoyed a remarkable league campaign under joint managers Carl Withers and Jamie McClurg, who joined the side from Binfield in September after the departure of former boss Bobby Wilkinson.
Bracknell’s superb league form saw them finish as runners-up in the Southern League Premier South, just three points behind champions Weston-super-Mare.
That meant that they had to settle for a place in the play-offs and despite overcoming Chesham United in the semi-finals, it would ultimately end in heartbreak with a cruel defeat in the final.
Bracknell twice came from a goal down to equalise against Truro City only to concede a 94th minute goal that saw Truro win promotion.
However, the Robins managed to dust themselves off and get back to winning ways in the cup final.
The only goal of the game was scored in the 50th minute when George Knight’s shot from the edge of the box found its way into the net after taking a deflection off Darryl Sanders.
Bracknell held out resolutely to take the 1-0 win which means they lifted the Berks & Bucks Cup for the first time in their history.
Bracknell Town: Eacott, Dean, Burden, Osu, Bayliss, Lodge, Grant, Knight, Esprit, Sanders, Platt
Subs: Harris, English, Fraser, Penton, Abisogun
Marlow: Watkins, Ehui, Masters, Rogers, Mulley, Salmon, Bell, Ovenden, Rogalski, Raggett, Hamilton-Olise
Subs: Boorn, Samuel, McCleish-White, Simmo, Green
Goals: Sanders 50’
