PAULTON ROVERS 1 v 1 GLOUCESTER CITY

(Aside) Paulton scorer Mike Bryant is congratulated by his team mates

An action packed 2nd Qualifying Round of the FA Cup tie at Winterfield Road saw honours even between Paulton Rovers and Conference North side Gloucester City in a game 'The Tigers' should have won with the amount of second half pressure. However Paulton manager Nick Bunyard was bitterly disappointed that his side did not get the home win and now face a difficult away replay.

Both keepers were in early action with Lewis Hogg testing home stopper Kyle Phillips and Paulton skipper Scott Brice heading wide past Paul White.

City should have scored on 10 minutes when centre back Matt Williams header was cleared off the line by Tom Seary.

A free kick by Billy Jones was tipped over by Phillips on 15 minutes, then Rovers Ben Lacey found Jon Davies with his final pass narrowly out of the reach of Josh Klein-Davies.

Paulton took the lead on 19 minutes Davies broke down the right and his shot was parried by White and Mike Bryant reacted first to tap the ball home.

George Miller saw his shot held by Phillips and Rovers responded when Ash Williams sent a drive across goal. Then with a minute of the half left, winger Chris Jones hit the foot of the Paulton post and the rebound was blasted over the bar by the onrushing Joe Parker.

Gloucester came it a different side second half with Hogg, Charlie Griffin and Joe Parker all seeing shots held by Phillips.

Griffin had a header wide and Parker was off target as City it in a period of intense pressure with Brice and his men dealing with the constant barrage in the main.

Brice headed clear from sub Nathan Modest cross and Phillips again on band to tip a cross from Matt Groves away from a corner. Ben Lacey then coolly broke up another attack beating Modest to the ball.

However it was unsurprising to see the visitors level. From yet another corner on the right with six minutes of full time left on the clock, Modest's cross was firmly headed home by Griffin to seal the the equaliser.

Paulton made a last ditch effort Sam Avery was on hand twice to clear goal bound shots from Ash Williams and Bryant

So it's all to play for in Tuesday replay at Cheltenham K-O 7-30 pm

Match stats (Paulton first)
Shots on target 5/5
Shots off 4/4
Corners 0/9
Fouls committed 12/21
Caught Offside 6/4
Yellow Cards 2/2

Referee - Andrew Laver 5/10
Entertainment 3 out of 5
Attendance 259

Man of the match - Scott Brice (Paulton Rovers)

Paulton Rovers - Kyle Phillips, Ollie Knowles, Ben Lacey, Tom Seary, Scott Brice, Brandon Barnes (Tyson Pollard sub 90), Mike Bryant, Ash Williams, Josh Klein Davies, Jon Davies (Jordan Walker 70) Elliott Gibbons.

Subs not used Keiran Baggs, Adam Flint, Callum Hinder