DECORATED Greyhound continued nearly two decades of success as they won the Knockout Cup at Swindon Supermarine’s Hunts Copse ground.

Dave Hawkins’ side overcame Division One rivals The Manor 2-0 on Sunday, meaning they have now won a trophy in each of the last 19 seasons.

A goal in each half from Terry Moore and Arthur Levett secured the triumph in a match that Greyhound boss Hawkins admitted was not one to win over the footballing purists.

“It wasn’t a good advert for the Sunday League,” revealed the manager.

“We were the better of two poor sides. It wasn’t the best game in the world but we deserved to win.”

Greyhound took the lead on the half hour mark when Terry Moore scooted in behind the defence, rounded the goalkeeper who was well out of his penalty area, and slotted into the empty net.

The lead was doubled midway through the second period as Moore beat two covering defenders before providing the pass from which Arthur Levett converted.

Manor failed to muster a meaningful shot on target throughout the game, and Greyhound were not threatened in the latter stages.

The win was all the sweeter for the team after they missed out on Wiltshire Sunday Cup glory after losing to Corsham.

Hawkins added that he felt his team’s work rate had been integral to the victory.

He said: “The players worked their socks off and that’s where it was won.

“I thought on a big pitch we’d be hard to stop but we didn’t actually play that much football.

“They shut us down quickly and you have got to give them a lot of credit for that.

“The two players who really won us the game were Richie Saunders and Arthur Levett in the middle of midfield. They were different class.”