Market Rasen Town bow out of County Cup at Horncastle

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Rasen went into the Lincolnshire Junior Cup second-round tie as huge underdogs as they headed to the Wong.

While Rasen currently ply their trade in Division Three of the East Lincs Combination, and in the early stages of a new side, they aced opponents who perenially finish in the higher reaches of the Lincolnshire League.

Horncastle have started this season with 14 points from their opening eight matches to sit fifth and went ahead after only four minutes through Jasper Caudwell.

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Luke Blondel doubled the lead after 13 minutes and three minutes later added his second.

It was 4-0 inside 20 minutes when Caudwell struck his second, but it was Blondel who won the race to the hat-trick mark, making it 5-0 after 37 minutes.

Stephen Brown fired a sixth for Horncastle minutes later and Michael Harness completed the first-half scoring a minute before the break.

As he had in the first half, Caudwell got the ball rolling after the break, to complete his treble after 53 minutes for 8-0.

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Rasen managed to keep Horncastle’s rampant forward line at bay for 20 minutes until four goals in 10 minutes sealed the rout.

Jake O’Callaghan added the hosts ninth with 18 minutes left, and Brown got his second just three minutes later to bring up double-figures.

Glynn Powell got on the scoresheet two minutes later before Harness’ second completed a 12-0 win with eight minutes left.

Rasen will look to put the cup to the back of their minds and focus back on league business this weekend.

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The Town defence faces another tough task on Saturday, hosting Division Three leaders Marsh Rovers who have a 100 per cent winning record from their opening five games and 39 goals.

Kick-off at Rase Park is 2pm.