Mossley did extremely well to retain their discipline and composure to get through this feisty FA Cup replay against a plucky but somewhat overly physical Lincoln Moorlands Railway at Seel Park.

With the lure of a mouth-watering and money spinning 4th Qualifying Round tie against Blue Square Bet Premier side Darlington awaiting the winners, a high temp exciting game was just about guaranteed and that is exactly what the fans got.

Mossley were quickly out of the blocks and with wingers Settle and Blackshaw prominent from early in the game. A terrific one touch five man move ended with Chris Rowney firing narrowly wide while at the other end Collinge did extremely well to hold on to a rasping shot by visitors skipper Ben Good.

The game settled with Mossley playing all the football high up the pitch but Moorlands looking to counter with long balls aimed at unsettling Mossley's central defensive pairing of Watson and Chalmers.

Chances and half chances came and went for Mossley with the visitors defending appearing at times desperate, while keeper Ziccardi was repeating the same form that had kept Mossley mostly at bay in the first game.

The anticipated breakthrough finally arrived in the 38th minute. Aaron Chalmers broke out of defence and played a raking through ball to Mike Oates on the left and Mossley's leading scorer raced through to calmly dispatch the ball past Ziccardi from ten yards to give Mossley the lead that their overall dominance deserved.

Two bad tackles on Danny Warner just before the break earned two Moorlands players yellow cards and there were shenanigans in the tunnel as the players left the field at half time with the game threatening to boil over.

Mossley were slow to get going in the second period and were rattled in the 50th minute when Butler found half a yard to get a cross in from the left and substitute Luke Forbes arrived unmarked at the far post to fire home an unexpected equaliser.

Mossley were not to make the same mistake as Saturday though and promptly set about putting the game to bed. Mike Oates restored the lead in the 58th minute scoring from close range after Chalmers had leapt to head Ben Richardson's cross from the right back into his path.

The second goal seemed to knock much of the stuffing out of the Lincoln side and eight minutes later Mossley put the game out of their reach. Mike Fish set up Lee Blackshaw who scored with a deft back heel that left Ziccardi rooted to his line.

The final nail in Moorlands FA Cup coffin came four minutes from time when Blackshaw broke clear on the left and unselfishly rolled the ball across for substitute Mark Connor to bundle home from one yard.

Mossley will now face Darlington at Seel Park on Saturday 23rd October in the final qualifying round.

Report by Wizard

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