After going undefeted in the FFA Cup in 2020 (until Coivd said no) our State 4 South derby game v' Baxter at North Seaford Reserve kicked off round one of the cup.

This controversial contest sore Matthias Schwellinger stretchered off, and Baxter’s Charlie O’Connell sent off and confusion over the Cup rules regarding substitutes.

Late in the match referee Martin Kowalczyk, Seaford gaffer Peter Schwellinger and his Baxter counterpart George Hughes were seen deep in conversation on the far touchline.

By then Baxter was 2-0 down, a man down and had used the only three substitutes on its bench so when Harper Bennell trudged off it was forced to see out the match with nine men.

Two Dylan Waugh goals proved the difference and his partnership with Blake Hicks was a constant problem for Baxter and one it failed to solve.

But while Seaford progressed in the Cup it paid a very heavy price.

Schwellinger suffered a broken leg in two places, Jack Carter has a suspected broken ankle and was waiting on x-ray results, Mitch Lander had to be replaced due to a hamstring injury and Adam Martin has a badly swollen ankle after a heavy challenge.

Five minutes of mayhem in the first half summed up this contest.

In the other Cup game Seaford United's 4-1 lose away to East Kew, sore coach Peter Schwellinger, who was forced to take off Blake Hicks and Dylan Waugh as precautionary measures in a physical and sometimes spiteful clash.

Our Substitute Mitch Hawkins scored for Seaford.

So on to Round One which will see us play Endeavour United Soccer Club at home on Saturday the 20th of March @ 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm.

Extracts by Craig MacKenzie, Frankston Times.