THIRD Division rivals Holt FC and Chippenham Black Horse were involved in a match that was a tremendous advert for junior football.

Holt overturned a 4-1 deficit before earning a thrilling 5-4 penalty shoot-out victory in the preliminary round of the PPL Presto Print sponsored Eric Hughes Memorial Knockout Cup.

Black Horse stole the lead in the seventh minute from their first attack with a crisp 18 yard finish from Leyton Brown. They doubled their lead on the stroke of half-time, when Tony Falcone applied the finishing touch to an excellent five-man man move.

A thrilling start to the second period saw Tom Pang, with his back to goal, control the ball and turn before dispatching the ball home from 16 yards to reduce the arrears.

But Holt's joy lasted less than a minute as Leyton Brown headed the Chippenham side back into a two- goal lead. The Horse moved 4-1 in front in the 55th minute when Brown headed home Stuart Wilson's corner to complete his hat-trick.

John Andrews caught the Horse's defence napping on the hour to chip the ball home to make it 4-2. Andrews made it 4-3 in the 67th minute with a shot on the turn from close range after his first effort had been blocked by Black Horse goalkeeper Craig Leadbeater.

In the 82nd minute Pang crashed home from eight yards to tie the scoreline at 4-4.

Holt fell behind in the first minute of extra-time as Vince Ryan's shot took a wicked deflection off Tim Edgar to loop over keeper Mahoney to put the Horse back in front at 5-4, but Alan Fodder's strike from 25yards on the stroke of half-time restored parity.

With Stuart Wilson missing his spot kick for Black Horse, Holt went through in the shoot-out.