By Tom Bowen

WALSALL Wood booked their place in the next round of the competition with victory over visitors Stafford Rangers. And they did it with a two-goal blast in three firsthalf minutes before Rangers netted a late consolation. It was defender Ash Carter who fired Wood into the lead with a volley, with fellow summer recruit Nick Clayton-Phillips doubling the lead.
Stafford went close to halving the deficit on the brink of half-time, but Joe Robbins’s strike was saved by Andy Wycherley. In the second period, the visitors were kept at bay by some excellent defending from ...