Tigers keeper Axinte Valentin is sent the wrong way from the spot for Bedford's 2nd goal
Kingsbury London Tigers 1 (Cata)
Attendance 295
Despite the unflattering score line, Kingsbury London Tigers will take plenty of positives from their brief but entertaining run in the FA Cup this season.
There was no doubt that class told as Bedford Town who play two levels above the Tigers in the Southern Premier league ran out comprehensive winners this afternoon at the New Eyrie.
The early exchanges saw both sides play some open attacking football, both teams passing the ball well and Tigers looking anything but undaunted.
The match was turned on its head with three goals in a ten minute period, on 12 minutes Craig Daniel noted Tigers custodian Axinte Valentin was off his line and sent a loopping shot into the net from all of 40 yards out which stunned the visitors, not least Valentin!
Within a minute the Tigers found themselves two goals down, having given away a penalty, which Tony Battersby sent past Valentin who dived the wrong way, the Tigers were stunned and were sensing this would be a long afternoon in the Bedfordshire sunshine.
Worse was to follow for the Tigers on 21 minutes when Valentin was punished for not catching the ball from a corner from the right, Battersby on hand to score with a volley from close range.
There was a glimmer of hope for the Tigers moments before the beak, Tigers Angolan striker Edson Cata found the net from close range to give the score line a more respectable look at the interval.
Sadly for the visitors the second half continued in much the same fashion as the first with the Eagles in commanding form
It took Bedford just 4 minutes of the second period to restore their three goal advantage when Farhad Anvari was penalised for hand ball and a second penalty was dispatched by Battersby to seal his hat trick.
It was a case of damage limitation for the Tigers, after Ian Draycott made it five on 57 minutes for the hosts finding the net from close range.
The ball was in the back of the net for a sixth time but was ruled out by the officials, The Tigers saw out the remaining half an hour with no further goals being scored and bowed out of the FA Cup with their pride slightly dented but lessons learned and experience gained.
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