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To find out more about the The FA Cup visit: http://thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup The FA Cup on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TheFACup Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/fatvofficial Dunston UTS 2-0 West Auckland Town The FA Carlsberg Vase The Final 3pm, Sunday 13 March 2012 Wembley Stadium Winning club receives £15,000 and runners-up £7000 from The FA's prize fund An Andrew Bulford brace secured a first-ever FA Vase crown for Dunston UTS, as his double helped to defeat West Auckland Town in The Final. His first goal came on 32 minutes, when he latched on to Stephen Goddard's flick and dinked a cute lob over West Auckland 'keeper Mark Bell. Bulford then secured the win in the 79th minute when he fired home from close range, again after being found by his strike partner. In scoring at Wembley, not only did Bulford win his side The Vase, he also wrote himself into the history books, as he scored in every round of this season's competition, including replays. West Auckland put Dunston under immense pressure in the second half, but they were unable to break down a stubborn defence and Billy Irwin's side held on for their moment of glory. But a sloppy kick-off from Dunston almost handed West Auckland a dream start. Mattie Moffat won possession straight from the centre and fed his strike partner Michael Rae, whose dipping shot dropped just over the top of Liam Connell's bar with less than ten seconds on the clock. This early chance appeared to give 'West' an early bout of confidence and Moffat soon saw a shot of his own flash just high and wide of the target before Rae headed Stuart Banks' right-wing cross just past the post. West Auckland were on top in the opening exchanges with Banks the next player to have a crack at goal, but they were only the width of a post away from falling behind against the run of play. Steven Shaw swung an in-swinging free-kick into the box which Michael Dixon headed goalwards, but the ball bounced off Mark Bell's left-hand upright. Chris Swailes smashed in the rebound, but the goal was ruled out for offside against the 41-year-old centre back. Bulford had a further two chances as the game entered its final quarter, but off target with one and found Bell too good with the other. It transpired that these chances were merely sighters, as a real striker's finish from the would-be Man of the Match put the game beyond West Auckland -- and again he had Goddard to thank for playing the ball into his path. A high ball into the box was flicked on by Goddard and Bulford pounced, hooking the ball home from an angle in the 79th minute to win Dunston their first-ever FA Vase title. Dunston UTS 1 Liam Connell, 2 Ben Cattanach (C), 3 Terry Galbraith, 4 Michael Robson, 5 Chris Swailes, 6 Kane Young, 7 Steven Shaw, 8 Michael Dixon, 9 Stephen Goddard (16 Steven Preen, 85), 10 Andrew Bulford (14 Danny Craggs, 89), 11 Lee McAndrew Substitutes not used 13 Andrew Clark, 12 Ian Herron, 15 Jack Burns Manager Billy Irwin West Auckland Town 1 Mark Bell, 2 Neil Pattinson, 3 Andrew Green, 4 Jonny Gibson, 5 John Parker, 6 Mark Stephenson (12 Daniel Hindmarsh, 77), 7 Stuart Banks, 8 Mark Hudson, 9 Mattie Moffat (C), 10 Michael Rae, 11 Adam Nicholls (19 Martin Young, 60) Substitutes not used 18 Daryl Hall, 23 Ross Preston, 25 Matthew Coad Manager Peter Dixon Referee Roger East Attendance 5,126
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