Coventry Copsewood 0, Bromsgrove Sporting 2

BROMSGROVE Sporting booked their place at Bescot Stadium as they defeated Coventry Copsewood to book their place in the final of the Les James Challenge Cup.

The Rouslers will either face either Southam United or Littleton in the final at Skybet League one side Walsall on Wednesday, May 6.

Sporting played an unusual formation with Simon Fitter in front the back four while Josh McKenzie played up front as the lone striker.

However, it was the home side's speedy breaks which nearly caught out the Sporting defence as early as the second minute, when Jake Bedford had to save at the feet of Laurence Rawlings.

Then 20 minutes later Martin Gormley could have given the Coventry side the lead but he just failed to toe-poke home Dominic Alleyne's cross.

McKenzie was proving to be a problem for the home defence and attracted up to three markers every time the got the ball but despite his efforts Sporting were unable to convert possession into chances.

With Copsewood unable to maintain their close-marking game, Bromsgrove found themselves with a bit more space in the second half and had their best chance of the game to that point when Will Tibbett's shot was cleared off the line on 58 minutes after Fitter's excellent free-kick into the box.

Not to be out done, Copsewood should really have taken the lead on 66 minutes when Connell Farrell evaded Craig Jones' tackle and with just Bedford to beat, put his angled shot wide of the left-hand post.

Sporting's persistence finally paid off and they took the lead with 77 minutes on the clock when Danny Morris put a long throw into the box and following a goal-mouth scramble Lewis Clarke blasted into the net from just a few yards out.

Eight minutes later they got their second and effectively put the match beyond the reach of their opponents in pretty similar circumstances.

This time though it was another excellent free-kick into the box from Simon Fitter, Lewis Clarke got a nod on and after an attempted clearance by the Copsewood defence, Chris Conway latched on to a loose ball and drove home from short range.

Including stoppages there was still 10 minutes to play, during which time Sporting's tactics were to defend solidly and retain possession.

They were reduced to ten men when Jack Wilson picked up a second yellow card before the final whistle.

Copsewood: O’Donnell, Wilson-King, Fraser, Civzelis, Quirke, Fowler, Whitelaw (Farrell, 27), Cairns, Gormley, Rawlings (Gordon, 84), Alleyne.

Unused substitutes: Atkins, Adamson.

Sporting: Bedford, Duggan, Morris, Fitter, Smith (Conway, 53), Jones, Tibbetts, Hewitt (Ludlow, 92), McKenzie (Jakab, 80), Clarke, Wilson.

Unused substitutes: Dempster, Brain.

Referee: R Cutts (Birdingbury, Warks) Attendance: 101 Sporting Man of the Match: Lewis Clarke