Greg Breen was the first taker in the shootout and the Ferry captain made no mistake with his penalty, sending it high into the top left corner. Lewis Knight was first up for St Murdochs and the striker sent his effort down the middle of the goal, allowing Westgarth to push the ball away.

Zak Foran was up next and the central defender made no mistake from 12 yards, planting his penalty in the bottom right corner of the net. With Ferry leading 2-0 after three penalties, Lewis Tough had to score, and did, sending his penalty into the bottom right corner.

Louie Porter was up next for Ferry, and found the net in emphatic fashion, putting his side 3-1 ahead in the shootout. Cameron Johnston, who’s goals had sent the game to penalties, was next up and he found the net.

Lloyd Birse was next up for Ferry and despite Sharp getting a hand to the ball, the hosts had a 4-2 lead. Westgarth managed to get two hands on Regan Gillespie’s penalty, sparking celebrations from his teammates. However, these proved to be premature as the ball made its way in to the net.

With Ferry leading 4-3, the responsibility fell to Louie Anderson, who had opened the scoring in regular time. The striker stayed calm and duly dispatched his spot kick, sending Ferry into the third round of the Tommy Clark Trophy.

Despite these two teams playing in different divisions, this was an excellent cup tie. Although St Murdochs will be ruing their missed opportunities, they showed that the can cut it with the teams in the division above, which will bode well for next season should they gain promotion.

Ferry on the other hand will be pleased with this result, especially when you consider that they only had 11 players available for the match. They will be hoping that this result will allow them to build some momentum, and move up the league table in the process. As for the Tommy Clark Cup, Ferry are certainly not to be taken lightly, and should fancy themselves to go beyond the third round.