Larkhall Athletic booked their place in the Toolstation League's Les Phillips Cup final with a dramatic penalty shoot-out success at Willand Rovers.
Rovers' Lloyd Beech and Larkhall's Joe Stradling traded second-half goals but the two sides could not be separated over 120 minutes.
Larks goalkeeper Chris Snoddy eventually emerged as the hero as his side booked a place in the final against Hallen thanks to a 4-2 win on penalties.
Neither keeper was tested in a goalless first half and it took until midway through the second for the deadlock to be broken. Russell Jee's corner was flicked on by David Steele and Beech pounced to fire the hosts ahead.
The lead lasted just three minutes, though, with Stradling bringing the visitors level after a probing forward run from Nat Aukland.
Neither side could find a way through again in normal time and only a brilliant goalline clearance from Larks' Gavin Eyre prevented Scott Rogers putting Willand back in front in the added 30 minutes.
Auckland, Matthew Ralph, Lee Davidson and skipper Gary Thorne all netted for the visitors as the game headed into a shoot-out. A brilliant save from Snoddy denied Joel Hawes and Larks' place in the final was secured when Jee's effort came back off the upright.
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