CIRENCESTER UNITED pulled-off the shock of the opeing round with a stunning victory over Slimbridge in a dramatic penalty shoot-out.

The teams were locked together at 3-3 after extra-time but United held their nerve to progress 4-2 on penalties.

Cirencester United fifth from bottom of Division One West defied the odds to eliminate Slimbridge, the Premier League leaders, with a magnificent fightback.

With only nine minutes to go of normal time Cirencester United trailed 2-0.

But two goals in two minutes from Graham Robinson (81) and Ben Potter (83) turned the tie on its head and sent it into extra-time.

Slimbridge went ahead again on 94 minutes but on the stroke of extra-time half-time Mark Warriner struck to level matters again (105 mins), converting a penalty that saw the Slimbridge keeper sent off.

There were no more goals so the match went into a penalty shoot-out and it was Cirencester United who prevailed 4-2.

James Stratford, Dave Reeves, Andy Minturn and Ian McSherry all scored, while Matt Keslake saved two Slimbridge spot-kicks to record a shock result and book a place in the first round draw.

A STUNNING opening quarter of an hour saw Highworth Town kill off shell-shocked Tytherington 3-0.

Town struck three times though Matt Saye and a Jonathan Mills brace to book their place in the first round of the GLS Hellenic League Challenge Cup.

"I was very pleased with the win and our performance," said manager John Fisher.

"I had had a word with Alan Dyton, the Shrivenham boss who played them a few weeks ago. He said they like to play the ball around but if you get at them you can unsettle them.

"That is what we did, closed them down and scored three times in the first 15 minutes and the game was all over.

"The second half fizzled out but we could have scored a couple more."

Fisher criticised the Supplementary Cup, the competition for the early losers, as a Mickey Mouse affair.

He thought by winning against Tytherington that would be it.

"I may have to eat my words," admitted Fisher.

"Apparently the Supplementary Cup is for not only preliminary round losers but first round ones as well therefore we must win our next cup game."

Highworth's first goal came when Saye got in behind the defence while Mills capitalise on a defensive mis-kick.

And Mills struck again on the quarter of an hour with a header from a corner.

Fairford Town edged to a 1-0 win over Easington Sports.

Shrivenham's scheduled game at Ross-on-Wye was postponed owing to a waterlogged pitch.

Their reserves, not using any available first team players, came from a goal down to beat league leaders Letcombe 2-1 in the first round of the Reserves Challenge Cup.

Two goals in the final 15 minutes from Danny Prescott and Chris Cox sealed it.