Halas Hawks 1-9 Sutton Coldfield Town Royals

Sutton progressed to the next round of the cup with a convincing victory over Halas Hawks

Playing down the hill on a heavy pitch, The Royals took some time to get going but were eventually rewarded when Ellie Bates bundled the ball home from a corner

Chante Davis quickly added two goals, one a tap-in and the second a good finish after outpacing the defence, and Sutton went into the break well placed at 3-0

Halas came out strongly in the second-half and, for 15 minutes, put the Sutton rear-guard under pressure

After pulling a goal back, Halas pushed on but Sutton's resilient defending and a couple of fine saves from Rose, standing in as Goalkeeper, kept the home side at bay

The Royals superior fitness finally came through and a burst of 6 goals in 23 minutes put the match to bed

Second-half goals for Williams 2, Barnard 2, one each for Osman and George capped a fine victory although the Sutton defence was made to work hard on a small pitch

Stand-in goalkeeper Leanne Rose was Player-of-the-Match with a confident performance capped by a fine penalty-save in the final minutes of the game