Tividale rang the changes from the side that went down 3-1 at Romulus on Saturday. Nathan Guest was cup tied  with Raheem Akhtar and Matt Holland missing through injury (although Raheem did make up the bench) and Jordon Sangha, Lewis Derrick and Ethan Delaney all unavailable at kick off. Jordon and Lewis were added to the bench. In came Eddie Rann, Jason Wood, Callum Lloyd and teenagers Tom Cottam (19), Joe Garrington (17) and Myles Durham (17)

Brocton started quickly with leading scorer Reg Smith hitting the side netting inside the first minute. An inviting cross from Connor Haddaway flew across the face of goal with no-one on hand to finish. In the seventh minute, Smith set-up Will Whieldon but his shot was high over the bar.

Tividale’s first attempt came from Alfie Higgs and his shot was deflected for a corner. From the corner from the Tividale right, Durham had a free header to put Tividale in front. The lead lasted less than a minute. A header back to Ethan Hawk was missed by the Tividale keeper, and Whieldon was on hand to run the ball into the net.

Tividale were causing Brocton problems with dead balls and from a good delivery, there was pinball in the area with a defender hacking the ball off the line. In the 21st minute, Sam Bratt-Wyton was off target for the home side. Brocton took the lead in the 24th minute and it was another defensive howler. The impressive Jude King played the ball inside to Smith. His low shot was met by Bratt-Wyton and the keeper Hawkes at the same time. The ball squirmed to Whieldon who tapped in. A minute later and it was three. An excellent cross from Smith was met by King in front of the keeper and the ball looped into the net.

Brocton were well and truly on the front foot and their fourth goal was scored in the 33rd minute. A superb ball from Smith played in Whieldon and his shot on the run beat Hawk at his near post. Brocton continued to look for goals with Smith having a free kick blocked by the Tividale wall. Tividale pulled a goal back, 5 minutes before the break. Brocton failed to clear a corner and a Wood shot from the edge of the area flew into the corner.

Tividale:- 1. Ethan Hawk, 2. Tom Rann (15. Nashawn Blake 66), 3. Sam Bratt-Wyton, 4. Jason Wood (14. Lewis Derrick 62), 5. Callum Lloyd, 6. Joe Garrington, 7. Myles Durham, 8. Eddie Rann (17. Callum McKenna 69), 9. Ezekiel Agyemang, 10. Alfie Higgs (16. Jordon Sangha 56), 11. Tom Cottam.