League Cup Match

Bude 4     Lifton 0

Bude played Lifton for the second week running needing a win to qualify from the league cup group stage and they comfortably won against a weakened Lifton side.  Bude never got out of third gear as they controlled most of the game. Bude created various chances but their efforts always kept going straight into the Lifton keepers’ body.  Bude finally broke the deadlock mid way through the first half when Norman Foster put striker Tommy Statton in on goal and he slotted past the keeper.  Lifton had various half chances, but home keeper Gary Dinshaw never had a serious save to make with the defence working well to keep the ball away from danger.  Bude increased the lead just before the interval with Statton heading in his second from a corner.  Bude continued to control the game and made it three shortly in to the second half when a mix up between defender and keeper, saw the ball go between them both and Billy Hopcroft was on hand to score in to an empty net.  The midfield including the hard working Gio Giodarni helped boss the game and the game was wrapped up when a well worked move saw Shane Looker break the Liftons’ offside trap, run on and coolly finish and send Bude in to the knockout stage where they will meet one of the four group winners.  Bude will need to be in more impressive form this weekend as they entertain and look to cause an upset against unbeaten Wadebridge in the Cornwall Senior Cup.