Lye Town 0-4 Eastwood

The Red Badgers booked their place in round three of the FA Vase after beating Lye Town by 4-0 away from home.

Eastwood arrived into the game full of confidence after beating Deeping Rangers previously at Coronation Park.

New signing Jack Duffy was on the bench as Billy Bennett and Kieren Fenton made two changes, with Jordan Hallam and Scott Loach returning to the side.

Neither side could find a goal in the opening 45 minutes with Luke Rawson and Jacob Pearce going closest for Eastwood.

Scott Loach had little to do in the first-half as both sides eased their way into this FA Vase clash.

The visitors made two changes at the break as Duffy and Callum Chettle replaced Hallam and Pearce, and they made an instant impact.

Tyler Blake put the Red Badgers ahead after he flicked the ball over the on-rushing Lye Town keeper after Luke Rawson’s smart header in behind.

Just minutes later, the duo combined again as Rawson found Blake in the box who finished calmly to build Eastwood a two-goal advantage just five minutes into the second-half.

Eastwood continued to push for another, and Ryan Wilson netted his third goal in the FA Vase so far after a wonderful free-kick which arrowed into the bottom left corner.

Debutant Duffy almost got on the scoresheet, as his shot was well saved, the rebound fell to Chettle inside the penalty area who was fouled presenting the opportunity for Eastwood to add a fourth.

After missing from the spot last week, Jamie Walker made no mistake this time.

His spot-kick found the bottom-left corner to put Eastwood in full control and ultimately book their place in round three.

Billy Bennett and Kieren Fenton’s side will face St Neots Town in round four, with the tie set to be played on November 28.