OOOOHHH! 44 seconds - Calne keeper Lee Matthews fumbles Kevin Willis' shot and Dean Stamp scores -only to be ruled offside.
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10 minutes - Luke Hopper looks to set Danny Lardner through, but the ball skips off the turf and throught to safety.
16 minutes - Calne are holding their own against the league leaders although Truro are pressing.
CLOSE CALL! That man Stamp screws a volley over from 16 yards.
GOAL! 23 minutes Calne 0-1 Truro. Screamer from Stewart Yatton as he smacks Ian Gosling's knockdown into the bottom corner from 25-yards. Matthews had no chance and Truro deservedly lead.
OOOOH! 24 minutes Yatton drills a right footed shot just wide of Matthews' upright.
Half a hour gone and the Lilywhites are holding their own. Manager Robbie Lardner will be pleased they haven't collapsed after early Truro pressure.
A CHANCE FOR CALNE! 35 minutes gone and John Else finally tests Jason Chapman in the Truro goal. His 18-yard effort is easily saved but it's something to build on.
GOAL! Calne 0-2 Truro. Oh dear. 37 minutes. Just as it look as if the Lilywhites could get to half time within touching distance it all goes pear shaped. Gosling's deep corner is nodded back across by Mark Vercesi and, over a crowd of players, Matthews misses his punch and it drops in,
WE COULD HAVE A ROUT ON HERE...An unmarked Stamp heads over from Yatton's cross on 40 minutes.
THEY THINK IT'S ALL OVER...IT'S NOT YET. Another chance goes begging for the visitors on half time. This time ex-Chippenham Town man Scott Walker plants his header past the far post. You can't help thinking, if Calne knick one, we could be in for quite a game.
HALF TIME: Calne 0-2 Truro. Yatton and Vercesi's goals separate the sides. You can see why Truro are top...but they've missed a hatful and really should be home and dry.
THEY'RE BACK! Striker Danny Baker is on for...er...James Tindle, a defender. It was a struggle trying to find out who went off because those pesky officials failed to hold the boards up. This would never happen at Hardenhuish Park.
Even so, a bold decision from the Calne management.
OOOOH! 57 minutes. Neat football from Calne sees Else cross from the right, Baker rises but is always stretching and his header drifts over. The Lilywhites' best chance of the game. If Baker was taller than four foot then it would have been 2-1.
WHAT'S IN THE HALF TIME TEA? Roles reversed this half as Calne take the game to Truro. Else is impressing on the and Lardner just had a shot saved.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLL! Calne 1-2 Truro. 62 minutes. Else's hanging cross causes problems for Chapman. He can only flap the ball straight to Lardner who smashes the ball home from eight yards.
OFF THE LINE! Else is proving quite handy today. Tom Smith's bullet header is cleared off the line by the right winger.
Truro seem to have woken up. They must have thought this game was won at half time. But Baker and Else have been outstanding in the second half for Calne. Now, if they can just find one more goal...
The pitch is cutting up nicely now. Shoot on site must be the policy for both sides. With the way they are both going there has to be another goal in this.
LAST TEN MINUTES! Else blots his copybook with a poor freekick which floats over but he is Calne's man of the match by a mile.
OOOOOOHHH! 85 minutes. Delicious ball from Else (who 'Else'?) finds Gary Banks scampering down the left but the ball gets stuck under his feet and his shot flies a yard over.
HANDBALL!? Massive appeals from Truro as Matthews appears to handle outside his area. It doesn't phase the officials - nor their assessor who is sitting next to me. He seems happy, so that's fine.
FULL TIME! Calne 1-2 Truro. Great second half effort from the Lilywhites but it was not to be. They were undone by Truro's first half blitz but can be proud of their efforts.
Now it's the Wiltshire Senior Cup Semi against Laverstock and Ford on Tuesday - perform like this again and they are in the final.
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