Causeway United are famous for their cakes at half-time and this was the only joy for those who got to partake in the delights of a blueberry and lemon cake as Coventry Sphinx went down to a 3-0 defeat. 
 
Sphinx, started well enough with an enterprising cross from Tom Muldoon in the third minute going not far wide before a great Cudworth layoff gave Robbie Stevenson a shot from twenty yards which went wide.
 
Stevenson wasted a great free kick in the 24th minute and Sphinx were made to pay a minute later as James Cooper cross from the left was palmed away by Daffern for Adam Overton to score from eight yards.
 
In the 29th minute, the same thing happened again with Stevenson wasting another free kick and Causeway going up the other end and winning a free kick which was headed deep into the far corner of the net by Matt Aston.
 
As the heads of the Sphinx players unusually dropped, Danny McSheffrey and Lee Knibbs made a double change at the break but all they could do was watch on as Causeway were awarded a 57th minute penalty after a foul in the opinion of the referee conceded by substitute Chris Long.  Arron Lloyd converted the spot kick and it was game over for Sphinx who travel to Boldmere St Michaels on Tuesday night. 

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Sphinx: Daffern, Goodbody (Long 46), Holmes, Kay, Knibbs, Eggleton (Saunders 46), Muldoon (Philips 62), Rhodes, J.Cudworth, Donaldson, Stevenson SNU Bryce, Ward

 

Causeway: Skeldon, Poole, Meacham, Jones (Beasley 46), Aston, Field, Overton (Belgrave 85), Stretton (Whitley 89), Lloyd,Cooper, Bowes. SNU Bala, Evitts .

 

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Bookings: Sphinx Kay, Sauders. Causeway Overton, Field.

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