FROME Town progressed to the next round of the Somerset Premier Cup after beating Paulton Rovers 1-0 thanks to a well-taken goal by Matt Smith.

Frome changed their side around considerably, with Tom Evans moving from left back to centre back and Lee Davidson coming in at left back for his first start of the season.

Alex Lapham and Matt Smith started together in midfield and with Ricky Hulbert still unfit due to an ankle injury, Shaun Benison and Twain Plummer started together for the first time as twin strikers.

The first half showed how evenly matched the two sides were, with good football being played, but few incidents of note.

Kyle Tooze and Luke Ballinger were attempting to make things happen on the wings and the 18th minute saw Tooze cut inside from the left but his shot cleared the bar by a long way.

Twain Plummer brought a save from Kyle Phillips in the 30th minute as he bravely got his head to a corner and a minute later, a lovely through ball from Lapham set Ballinger free, but his slightly scuffed shot was easily saved.

The second half saw Frome more active on the left wing, with Tooze starting to combine well with Shaun Benison, but the final shot or cross always seemed to go well wide or high without troubling Phillips.

Frome's best chance of the night almost produced an own goal as a left wing cross was headed towards his own net by Ollie Price and the ball would have buried itself in the net, but for an acrobatic save by Phillips managed to push it away for a corner.

It was looking like the match was destined to go to extra time, but then Frome won the match in the 73rd minute as Mike Perrott attacked with pace into the Paulton area.

As he drew the defenders, he was able to square the ball to Smith who drove a low right foot shot into the corner of the net from just inside the area.

Frome never looked like losing the lead, and other half-chances came along, with Alex Lapham almost scoring from a 30-yard free kick that was just tipped over the bar in the very last minute.

Lapham was awarded the man of the match award.

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