Citizens Knocked Out of Senior Cup

For the second weekend on the trot, Hull United and Great Driffield AFC locked horns at Haworth Park. They contested an East Riding Senior Cup tie on Saturday afternoon in which the visitors ensured their progression into the next round with a 0-1 win.

In the eighth minute, Driffield created the first real opportunity of the game. This forced Citizens goalkeeper Harry Milner to produce a great save. Four minutes later, Milner was called into action again and led to him making another good save to prevent the visitors from taking the lead.

There was an injury setback for the Citizens in the 19th minute. Liam Taylor was forced to depart the action and was replaced by Tresor Kalilwa. In the 23rd minute, Jean Kalilwa fired an effort straight at the Driffield keeper who comfortably gathered the ball within his grasp.

Driffield were awarded a penalty in the 25th minute. Tim Taylor stepped up and dispatched the spot kick past Milner to give the visitors the lead.

Inside the first few minutes of the second half, Driffield had an opening to potentially double their lead. This was through a header that was put wide of the Citizens goal.

Meanwhile, the Citizens began to work their way into the game. They saw a lot more of the ball, but couldn’t quite fashion any meaningful opportunities to fully test the Driffield keeper. On the hour mark, Callum Staves saw his deflected shot drift wide.

The visitors came very close to making it 0-2 a few minutes before the full-time whistle. They sent a free-kick just wide.

After being knocked out of the Senior Cup, the Citizens resume their league campaign next Saturday. They’ll have an away game against Hessle Sporting Club and it’s a 2pm kick-off.