Boston Town bowed out of the United Counties League KO Cup in a penalty shoot-out.
After a goalless first half, the floodgates opened in a topsy-turvy second 45 minutes.
Matt Cotton scored a hat-trick as the Poachers led twice and trailed once before the final whistle blew with scores level at 3-3.
Chris Funnell’s side thought they’d won it when Cotton slotted home a penalty in stoppage time to make it 3-2. But referee Paul Mihalache then awarded the hosts their own spot-kick even deeper into injury time, which sent it to a shoot-out.
Boston, who were missing the suspended Jordan Tate and Richard Ford, cup-tied Layton Maddison and injured Travis Portas, failed with two of their five attempts to see Moulton through to the quarter-finals 4-3.
On Tuesday (4 November), the Poachers are away at Newark & Sherwood in the UCL Premier North. Kick-off is 7.45pm. They travel to Belper United, also in the league, on Saturday (8 November). Kick-off is 3pm.
Town: Leverton, Worthington, Smith, Burdass, Hudson (Gibbons), Wilson, Bayliss, Priestley, Zaluzinskis (Nuttell), Munton (Graves), Cotton
Words: Simon Ashberry
Pic: Steve Davies
