CONGLETON Town kept their cup bandwagon rolling with two superb victories in the space of four days.

The Bears earned a plum FA Cup tie with Hednesford after beating Boston United 1-0 at home on Saturday in the second qualifying round.

They followed that up with a 2-1 victory over Stocksbridge in the first round of the First Division Cup.

New signing Paul Heavey put the Bears through to a clash against Hednesford, from the Vauxhall Conference, with a 59th minute penalty.

And centre forward Heavey and Russell Payne grabbed the goals for Congleton on Tuesday night at Stocksbridge.

"We deserved to beat Boston on Saturday, and the morale in the side is sky high at the moment,'' said Bears' secretary Dave Wilcock.

"We outfought Boston, and chased and harried them, and our keeper Tim Mullock broke their hearts with an outstanding second half save.''

Mullock denied Boston early on with two excellent stops, and Craig Warrington cleared off the line for Congleton on 10 minutes.

The Bears almost went ahead on the half hour when Heavey, signed from Bamber Bridge, saw his header flash past the post after connecting with a Craig Murphy cross.

Heavey scored the winner from the spot after a hand ball in the box by a Boston defender, although Congleton had a narrow escape when Boston hit the bar on 70 minutes.

The ball bounced down on the line before being cleared to safety.

Heavey almost made the game safe for Congleton with 10 minutes left when the Boston keeper made a hash of a back pass, but saved his blushes by winning the race for the ball with the Bears' striker.

"Tim made a world class save on the hour when he got down to a low shot to his left which looked in,'' said Dave Wilcock.

Heavey put Congleton ahead against Stocksbridge with a half volley from 18 yards after only seven minutes.

Payne made it 2-0 four minutes into the second half when he beat the keeper after racing clear of the defence.

Stocksbridge pulled one back in the 63rd minute with a shot at the near post.

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