Shildon 1 Guiseley Academy 3

ANOTHER hat-trick from Albert Ibrahimi, his second of the season, sealed Guiseley's progress to the first round proper of the FA Youth Cup.

Ibrahimi has now netted eight times for Guiseley who have made a bright start for the campaign.

The young Lions created a number of chances before the deadlock was broken.

Shildon opened the scoring after a quality corner that the Young Lions failed to deal with.

Having not gone behind this season it was time to see what the Lions were made of.

They dominated possession but failed to convert chances until Tabish Hussain broke free and cut the ball back for the incoming Ibrahimi to smash it into the open goal.

In the second-half Shildon came into the game more but didn’t worry Fletcher Paley in goal.

Guiseley missed a number of chances but the hard-working Shildon lads continued to make it difficult.

Eventually skipper Ibrahimi grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck.

The Kovosan-born player from Harrogate received the ball outside the 18-yard box, chopped one way, then another and slid the ball past the Shildon ‘keeper.

At 2-1 the game was still in the balance until Ibrahimi decided netted with an outstanding strike from 30 yards.