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Luton Town's FA Youth Cup campaign finished for 2009/10 with a defeat by Rushden & Diamonds.
FA YOUTH CUP VICTORY
A hat-trick from striker Aidan Quinn helped the Hatters' Under 18s book their place in the second qualifying round of the FA Youth Cup with a comprehensive victory over Raunds Town.
After disposing of Northampton Spencer 6-0 in the preliminary round Martin Prickett's youngsters hit seven to see off their United Counties League opponents to make it 13 goals in two cup ties.
Captain Sam Barker notched a double in the win in previous round and he got the Hatters off to the perfect start on 10 minutes by picking the ball out of the floodlit sky to carefully volley the ball beyond visiting goalkeeper Harry Allington from eight yards following Matt James' right-wing cross.
Goalkeeper Aaron Fletcher was virtually a spectator in the opening period but his first touch of the night was a crucial one when diving away to keep the Town in front following an ambitious effort from Raunds centre-half Sam Fowler who tried his luck with a free-kick from 30 yards.
However the Hatters began to assert themselves and they doubled their lead on 14 minutes when striker Aidan Quinn slalomed his way through the visitors' defence to slot home a terrific solo goal.
Barker, James, Ryan Dasilva and Christian Tavernier all had opportunities to extend the hosts' lead but on 34 minutes it was 3-0 when Tavernier powerfully struck home following more good work from James down the right flank.
With Prickett's side enjoying themselves in front of the crowd of 164, Quinn should have made it four but a minute before the break it was 4-0 when James headed Taylor Nathaniel's left-wing cross into the top corner of the net.
The second period was only three minutes old when the Town had the ball in the net again but James' strike from Jordan Patrick's cross was ruled out for offside.
Patrick came close to making it 5-0 when his cross-cum-shot almost caught Allington unawares on 55 minutes but three minutes later it was five when Quinn netted his second of the evening when he tapped home Ashley Deeney's low cross.
Raunds had failed to test Fletcher at all in the second half but the visitors' bench were up in arms on 69 minutes when the linesman harshly adjudged striker Jake Newman offside after he had latched onto an astute pass from substitute Korey Morgan.
Five minutes later the Shopmates came close to pulling one back when right-back Ryan Howard curled a free-kick from 18 yards just wide of Fletcher's left-hand post.
Quinn though was still hunting his hat-trick for the Hatters and he came close to grabbing the matchball with efforts on 76 and 77 minutes when he firstly danced around the Raunds defence to shoot wide and then a minute later head over the crossbar.
But the striker was not to be denied 10 minutes from time when he pounced to grab his third and the Hatters' sixth of the night when poking home from close range after Jack Wood's header rebounded back off the crossbar following Barker's free-kick.
It was almost seven a minute later when Dasilva spurned a great chance to get himself on the scoresheet when he blasted a first-time shot wide of the post following another cross from James.
Prickett withdrew hat-trick hero Quinn on 83 minutes and a minute later his replacement Liam Toomey made it seven when he tip-toed along the byline to slot home from close range after taking a pass from Tavernier.
Toomey and Dasilva then missed chances to make it eight but the young Hatters couldn't find another goal but there was still time injury time for the visitors to net a consolation when substitute Adam Lewis fired past an exposed Fletcher.
Luton Town: Fletcher, Deeney, Nathaniel, Barker, Lacey (Carney 46), Wood, James, Tavernier, Quinn (Toomey 83), Dasilva, Patrick (Yamfam 77).
Subs not used: Ann, Blake.
Raunds Town: Allington, Howard, Tann, Merris, Fowler, Mauley, Allen, O'Dell, Newman, Partrick, Cosgrove.
Substitutes: Ekins, Morgan, Cormack, Lewis, Stevens.
Attendance: 164
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