Highgate Albion cruised to a 3-0 victory over North Solihull Athletic in this afternoon's 2024-25 FA Sunday Cup Final at Stadium MK.
Goals from Isaac Stones, Hamsa Semakula and Excellence Muhemba proved enough to secure the trophy as the London-based outfit etched their name into the competition's history books, having previously made it to the Final in 2021-22 when they suffered defeat.
Chances weren’t hard to come by in the contest as both sides fashioned opportunities throughout the first period.
Kory Burke came agonisingly close to opening the scoring for North Solihull Athletic, failing to latch onto a teasing cross from the left flank.
The Midlands side would continue to pose a threat, with a lung-busting run from full-back Sarn Savery coming close to breaking the deadlock for North Solihull.
However, it would be Highgate Albion who opened proceedings, courtesy of a deft finish by striker Isaac Stones. Following some impressive interchange on the left flank, Stones latched onto the end of Teddy Stacey’s cross in the 33rd minute.
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It stunned North Solihull as a minute later, a defensive miscommunication allowed Hamsa Semakula to double his side's lead, ten minutes from the interval. A cool strike from the edge of the box put Highgate in a commanding position heading into the break.
Starting the second half in the same fashion that they ended the first, Highgate came close to making it three but Stones was unable to cleanly connect with a header, that would’ve brought him his second of the afternoon.
Stones would continue to be a nuisance, placing a golden opportunity just wide after a wonderful run by Excellence Muhemba down the right side.
And it would be Muhemba himself who applied the finishing touch in the fixture. Latching onto a searching ball in the 96th minute, he cooly slid the ball underneath the oncoming goalkeeper to all but seal victory for Highgate.
Highgate Albion: 1 Alex Gavriloaia, 6 Alvin Kyeremeh, 18 Jardell Sterling, 20 Teddy Stacey, 4 Lonit Talla, 7 Prince Kandola, 23 Tage Kennedy, 10 Isaac Stones, 9 Pele Riley, 14 Excellence Muhemba, 8 Hamsa Semakula
Substitutes: 16 Theophilus Ofori for Stones 76', 2 Billy Hayes for Riley 83', 26 Solomon Ofori for Semakula 93'
Substitutes not used: 2 Callum Ismail, 5 Lewis Toomey
North Solihull Athletic: 1 Tom Allsop, 16 Sarn Savery, 4 Dean Morris, 5 Ricardo Dudley, 19 Anton Caines-Powell, 6 Bashir Mohammed, 18 Ben George, 10 Kyle Burke, 7 Kory Burke, 9 Curvin Eliss, 11 Dexter Walters
Substitutes: 12 Talib Copeland for Eliss 45', 8 Ryan Moulton for Savery 57', 23 Troy Baker for Mohammed 65', 14 Mario Mendes for Walters 71', 15 Dom Perkins for Caines-Powell 88'
Goals: 10 Stones 33’, 8 Semakula 34’, 14 Muhemba 96’
