St George’s 1 North Village 3 (aet; 1-1 at 90min)

New husband Jai Bean traded his wedding shoes for his football boots as he scored a hat-trick to propel North Village into the FA Cup semi-finals at Wellington Oval on Sunday.

Village avenged their defeat to St George’s in last year’s final thanks to two Bean strikes in added time at the end of extra time and the newlywed was happy with his performance.

“It’s unbelievable,” Bean said. “We played 120 minutes today and it was hard and I gave it my all. This was a gift to my wife, my family and my team.”

Village started well and had the first attack within minutes but London Steede hit a tame shot at St George’s goalkeeper Jahquil Hill. At the other end Village captain, goalkeeper Detre Bell, produced a point-blank save to deny Jahron Dickinson after he was given space to shoot.

St George’s goalkeeper Hill almost provided an assist when his long kick forward was allowed to bounce for Blaiz Hall, who beat the onrushing Bell but lobbed the ball wide of the target.

Although there were no goals in the opening half, Village were forced into making two substitutes with Liam Evans and Jayce Basden injured in a bruising encounter that kept referee Martin Wyer on his toes throughout.

Shortly after the restart, Village’s Jonté Smith ran on to a chipped pass over the top but sliced wide as Hill advanced to cut down the angle. St George’s followed with a near miss when Cameron Neal’s glancing header, from a Dickinson cross, missed the upright by inches.

Dickinson then shot feebly from a good position without troubling the goalkeeper, but they would finally breach the Village net in the 58th minute courtesy of an own goal. Oyinde Bascome found Hall, whose pass was intended for Senoj Mitchell but ricocheted off defender Tahzeiko Harris and rolled into the net at the near post with Bell left stranded.

Despite the setback, Village grew in the game and were penetrating St George’s with short passes up the middle of the park. They found they equaliser when an attempted clearance deflected off two defenders into Bean’s path and he beat the outrushing Hill by sidefooting into the empty net.

Village continued to press with Jonté Smith volleying over the top and minutes later Hill had to be alert to push a curling free kick away from goal before saving Bean’s firm drive.

Hill was again the saviour when he advanced to spread his body wide and block Steede’s close range shot for a corner.

St George’s thought they had scored the winner in the 90th minute after a good move ended with Quadir Maynard in the centre of the park. He unleashed a low bouncing shot, which goalkeeper Bell did well to push away and force the match into extra time.

Each team had an opportunity to score in the opening half of extra time. Village’s Judah Chapman hit a perfectly weighted cross over the top to Smith but Hill was well positioned to smother his powerful header.

Dickinson should have put St George’s ahead but he mishit his shot straight to Bell after running onto Neal’s defence-splitting pass.

With the match poised for penalties, Village’s Tre Manders played a long ball forward to Bean, who held off his marker before rounding Hill and slotting into the empty net.

Two minutes later, Bean would complete his hat-trick in similar circumstances, leaving Hill helpless as the defence was outpaced.

SCORERS

St George’s: T Harris og 58

North Village: Bean 70, 120+3, 120+4

TEAMS

St George’s (4-2-3-1): J Hill 7 — J Bassett 6 (sub: R Phipps 69min, 5; sub: G Wade 111), J Schroder 6, N Paynter 5 (sub: M Simmons, 111), J Richardson 5 — Q Maynard 6, C Neal 6 — J Dickinson 6, B Hall 6 (sub: A O’Loughlin, 111), S Mitchell 6 — O Bascome 6 (sub: D Bascome, 100 5). Substitutes not used: T Tucker, D Lodge. Booked: Neal, Paynter.

North Village (4-2-3-1): D Bell 7 — K Harrison 6, T Fray 6, J Basden 5 (sub: T Harris, 17 5), L Evans 5 (sub: K Knights, 37 6) — S Spence 5 (sub: T Manders, 105), T Ming 6 — L Steede 6, J Chapman 6 (sub: I Simmons 105), J Bean 9 — J Smith 7. Substitutes not used: J Hayward.

Referee: M Wyer.