FA CUP FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND
(Sorry it's so late I might even add a bit more tomorrow!)
REPORT
Corinthian-Casuals booked their place in the Emirates FA Cup Second Qualifying Round with an emphatic win over highly-fancied Isthmian League title contenders Worthing on Tuesday night.
An opening goal from Warren Mfula was complimented with a second half Bobby Mills brace as Casuals bested their Sussex opponents 3-1 following the stalemate between the two sides at the weekend.
A replay at The United Business Group Stadium was required to decide who would face Leatherhead in the next round at Fetcham Grove. As with Saturday’s match, first blood went to Casuals, when sixteen year old Alfie Bendle put Mfula through, who then calmy ‘megged’ Harrison Male in the Worthing goal.
A blow was dealt to Casuals on the half hour mark as Mfula was taken off with a tight calf strain. Nat Pinney led the line which caused Worthing’s defence problems all evening. Supporting them were the two livewires of AFC Wimbledon loanees of Bendle and Elliott Bolton, the latter of which unlucky to see his header go narrowly over.
The second half started perfectly for James Bracken’s side when Kieron Cadogan started feeding pinpoint passes to the front three. Nat Pinney’s shot ricocheted off the inside of the post only to find Mills, who made no mistake on the rebound.
Casuals looked to kill the game but were thwarted by some excellent reflex saves from Male to keep the Mackerelmen in the tie.
A comeback seemed possible when after failing to put the game to bed, Aarran Racine’s excellent header snuck past a despairing Danny Bracken to give Worthing hope. They rocked Casuals for a few minutes, but a key chance fell to Reece Myles-Meekums who somehow blazed over when it looked easier to score.
Casuals searched for some breathing space and found it with just two minutes remaining. Again, Bobby Mills on hand to finish the tie off to a rapturous contingent behind the goal. One more heart-in-mouth moment came when Jack Tucker’s pass back eluded Bracken but came back off the post and into the keeper’ hands.
Overall, Casuals deserved their victory with fine all-round performance in a thrilling ‘magic of the cup’ contest. Casuals will travel to Leatherhead in the next round of the FA Cup to be played Saturday 18th September.
Shorts
Ashford Town recovered from a disastrous start after Tilbury took the lead after 12 seconds though Paul Roberts and gradually came back into it. Tilbury, however, remained the best side in the first half with Cameron Rohart-Browne a constant thorn in Ashford’s side. The restart saw Ashford begin to impose themselves, but it took until a 75th minute penalty from Jack French for them to pull level, yet only five minutes later Dylan Ive was smashing home their winner.
An even game at Barnstaple saw Lymington start brightly but Barnstaple also had chances through Tyler Yendle and Owen Pritchard, but although they won a series of corners Tim Stephenson in the visiting defence remained dominant. It took until the 68th minute to separate the two teams when the experienced Craig Macallister fired home for Lymington Town and despite Barnstaple dominating possession they were unable to find an equaliser.
Aylesbury looked to cruise through against Willand Rovers, taking the lead in the second minute through Jack Wood. After dominating the first half Aylesbury paid the price for wasting chances when Mani Skett volleyed home an equaliser. In the second half a Jamie Jellis penalty proved decisive for the Aylesbury and two further goals soon followed from substitute Ezra Anthonio-Forde making his case for a place in the starting line-up.
Basingstoke eased through at home to Bridgwater Utd, who played the last hour with ten men after Mike Duffy was sent off for retaliation. For the home side Conor Lynch notched a hat-trick and missed a penalty. Nick Woodrow got onto the scoresheet for Bridgewater in the 4-1 cup exit.
Bedworth haven’t been doing well in the league but they got a flying start at home to Winterton when Liam Lockett took advantage of a mix-up to net after five minutes. Winterton did equalise through Josh Walker but Bedworth were even more determined in the second half. A long throw gave Eesa Sawyers chance to put them 2-1 up and with a display of sublime skill he set himself up to net a third. A final minute half-volley from Olly Mulders sealed a welcome 4-1 win.
A late injury-time equaliser saw Bootle earn a creditable draw with higher-ranked FC United, whilst across the city, City of Liverpool progressed after a committed performance against Clitheroe. Clitheroe struck the post twice through Sefton Gonzales during a first half, which they just edged, but City took the decisive lead in the 55 minute when Freddie Potter netted from an excellent Ben Rydel cross. Despite heavy pressure towards the end Clitheroe were unable to find an equaliser and City of Liverpool progress.
It took a second half comeback for Stratford Town to avoid an upset at Carlton Town. Carlton took a deserved lead in the first half through a superb strike by Niall Davie, which made up for earlier missed chances from Nat Watson and Aaron Opoku. The second half immediately saw an unmarked Daniel Vann head his side level, but the game turned minutes later on a Carlton penalty from Nat Watson saved by O’Brian in the Stratford goal. Shortly afterwards Goals from Jaanai Gordon and Will Grocutt settled matters in Stratford's favour.
Higher-ranked Hendon fell at Corby by the only goal. Stephen Diggin had both hit the bar and come agonisingly close with a snap shot, but it was Niall Towle who spectacularly flicked home the game’s only goal.
East Thurroack came from a goal behind to knock out Cambridge City 1-3. City led from a Connor Barnes header, but Alex Hernandez converted a penalty for the visitors, to which City responded creating several first half chances, which all went begging. Within five minutes of the second half goals from Ashman and Hernandez had exacted their price.
In front of a crowd of over 700 Barwell suffered a double blow early in their tie at Chasetown. First they had a “goal” ruled out for offside, then they were reduced to ten men when Ross Oulton saw the red card for a late challenge. Chasetown’s Dilano Reid gave them the lead on the stroke of half-time. Joey Butlin doubled the lead from a free kick before a Brady Hickey penalty pulled one back for the depleted visitors.
Norwich United powered through against struggling Bury Town netting early goals through Mac Gee and Liam Jackson. After the break Harry Barker scored with a cross, Jake Chambers-Shaw netted one for Bury, but Jorden Forbes made the game safe minutes later after a good move.
Easington’s preliminary round heroics took them to Step Four Cirencester who demonstrated the gap between the sides. Goalkeeper Adam Doyle and the woodwork were responsible for the first half seeing only Ben Whitehead’s smart finish between the sides. but the second half saw him net a second before his replacement Levi Irving made it three.
A Trey Masikini double was enough to see Burgess Hill Town through as Bracknell Town’s expense. Great work from Jordi Ndozid set up a top corner beauty for the first and the second was fired through the keeper’s legs. Bracknell’s hopes of a comeback were hampered by Temi Eweka’s sending off for a reckless challenge. Anstey Nomads dominated the early stages of their game with Stone Old Alleynians with long-ball tactics but with the centre of their defence holding firm Sam Wilson’s pace enable Tomlinson to net against the run of play. Continued pressure brought no success and Stone achieved their best cup result in sixty years.
Halesowen rewarded a crowd of around 1,000 with success in an entertaining tie with Ilkeston. White smashed home a penalty on 32 minutes after a foul by Rashaan Frances and doubled the lead four minutes later after an exchange of passes. Though Zak Goodson notched for Ilkeston on 59 minutes Halesowen managed the game nicely to run out winners.
Saves from Cameron Pike weren’t enough to keep Mangotsfield United in the cup against Frome Town, who never looked likely to be made to pay for their profligacy in front of goal. Sam Gray in Ascot United’s goal pulled off some fine saves but a 64th minute goal from Nathan Gordon proved enough to see Hythe Town through. Sam Waller did his stuff between the sticks for Kendal Town against Warrington Town, even saving Josh Amis’ penalty. A Matty Grivosti goal proved decisive for Warrington but for Kendal Yahaya, Wraightes and Chris Humphrey will all rue missed chances.
Leek Town’s temporary home of Buxton’s Silverlands Stadium saw them unable to hold Mickleover, who are making a bright start to the season. At the start of the second half a well-taken goal from Andy Dales once of the Vardy Academy gave Mickleover the lead and though Leek hit the bar a couple of times Declan Bacon secured progression for the scary John MGrath’s men (I seriously would not fancy going back into a dressing room having let in a bad goal for him!)
Great Wakering Rovers stunned Felixstowe with their play on the break and pulled back a half-time deficit for a 1-3 win. Chichester also came from behind to peg back Northwood 2-3 with goals from Iordache, Haitham, and Hyde. Marske United took a different approach netting five in the first half to knock out Seaham Red Star 6-0 and Bamber Bridge took the lead after 20 minutes against West Allotment Celtic only for Paterson to equalise. Four goals in eight second half minutes effectively ended the tie and with Carney and Green both netting twice Bridge were rewarded for their long trip with a 2-7 victory.
Stamford shocked opponents from a higher-level taking down Redditch United 2-0 with goals from Cosmos Matwasa and a towering Ed Cook header. South Shields tie at Shildon AFC was locked at 1-1 when Darius Osei curled in an 84th minute cross which deceived everyone and found its way in and seconds later Shildon’s keeper was dismissed in an off-the-ball incident. The last-minute stand-in keeper still found time to be beaten and the score ended 1-3.
A spectacular overhead from Chesterfield product Jacob Hazel was just one of the four Whitby netted at Warrington Rylands. Marcus Giles demonstrated the Panenka penalty to open the scoring and Josh McDonald and Jacob Hazel with a second added the others.
In the game whose replay we featured Corinthian Casuals keeper Dan Bracken was their hero in the first tie at Worthing. Checklit opened the scoring for the Casuals and Mo Diallo equalised just 11 minutes later to set up the replay. It was the immediate impact of sub’ Marcus Maddison that made the difference for Spalding at Tividale. The cross he whipped in caused havoc and the memorably-named Stefan Broccoli was able to head home from close range.
In an all-Southern League Premier South battle Yate Town turned in a powerful performance to beat Dorchester with two goals from Oliver Mehew and one from David Sims-Burgess to which only Sam Bayston was able to reply with a tap-in following a keeping error.
Enfield Town’s admired striker Mo Faal for once wasn’t the player to make the difference in the tie with Dereham. Instead Andre Coker who troubled Dereham throughout put his side ahead from a Percy Kiangebeni cross and notched a second after good work by Cunnington. Toby Hilliard did pull one back for Dereham but Enfield progressed to the next round.
It took a last gasp winner from Nicky Dembele for Gosport to see off ten-man Plymouth Parkway 2-1. A second-half four goal blitz saw Farnborough through against Peacehaven and Telscombe 4-0. An early exchange of goals saw Harrow Boro end the first half level on 2-2 with Ramsgate, but second half goals from Ewington and Moore sealed the win for Harrow. The first half also ended 2-2 at Sunderland RCA against Stockton Town but the two goals and an assist from Kevin Hayes proved decisive for Town who ran out 2-4 winners.
It is hard to contemplate that it would take a rebound to settle a game at Giant Axe, but just past the hour mark, in a tense encounter, Lancaster City got past 1874 Northwich when Dawson’s shot was saved by keeper Aghayere, but Kilifin was on hand to net the rebound from close range and see his side through 1-0.
Brightingsea Regent’s regal progress in the league didn’t faze Leiston who came back from two goals down to win 3-2 and Kings Langley also made a late comeback to take out Romford 3-2 whose combination of Christian Adu Gyamfi and L’Heureux Menga had troubled them throughout. The creativity of Edu for Kings and two goals from Harry Crawford proved enough in the end.
A goal in the first ten saw Hebburn Town through at Ashton United, a spectacular strike from Alex Babos was all that separated Banbury United from Ardley United in a 1-0 win, and it took until the last 15 minutes for Basford United’s Marcus Marshall to get the goal to put them through 1-0, their first victory of the season.
A full-blooded red-button tie saw Lichfield City bridge a two-tier gap with Nuneaton Borough for long periods until in the last 30 minutes proved their undoing. A worldy from Ryan Edmunds of Nuneaton was the highlight of the match. Hitchin Town also bossed their game with Biggleswade running out 3-0 winners as hard work proved no match for know-how. A Jake Cass hat-trick saw Bishop’s Stortford through against ten-man Lowestoft who had Travis Cole sent off in the first half.
Loughborough Uni, who had knocked out Staveley MW, went down to two headed goals at Bromsgrove Sporting. AFC Rushden & Diamonds were effectively knocked out by Tom Berridge who scored four for Coaliville Town in a 5-2 win. Sutton Common Rovers provided upset winning 1-3 at Cray Wanderers who featured Danny Kedwell in their line-up. Goals from Murphy-McVeigh, Fernandez and Allen enabled Sutton to hold on for a shock win.
A hat-trick from former player Jonathan Margetts saw Matlock Town slide to a shock 0-3 defeat at home to neighbours Belper Town and experienced manager Jim Gannon must have been surprised to receive six of the best as his Hyde United were crushed 6-1 on his managerial debut by Morpeth Town, for whom Sean Taylor netted a 33 minute hat-trick and Jack Foalle grabbed two.
(Sorry it's so late I might even add a bit more tomorrow!)
REPORT
Corinthian-Casuals booked their place in the Emirates FA Cup Second Qualifying Round with an emphatic win over highly-fancied Isthmian League title contenders Worthing on Tuesday night.
An opening goal from Warren Mfula was complimented with a second half Bobby Mills brace as Casuals bested their Sussex opponents 3-1 following the stalemate between the two sides at the weekend.
A replay at The United Business Group Stadium was required to decide who would face Leatherhead in the next round at Fetcham Grove. As with Saturday’s match, first blood went to Casuals, when sixteen year old Alfie Bendle put Mfula through, who then calmy ‘megged’ Harrison Male in the Worthing goal.
A blow was dealt to Casuals on the half hour mark as Mfula was taken off with a tight calf strain. Nat Pinney led the line which caused Worthing’s defence problems all evening. Supporting them were the two livewires of AFC Wimbledon loanees of Bendle and Elliott Bolton, the latter of which unlucky to see his header go narrowly over.
The second half started perfectly for James Bracken’s side when Kieron Cadogan started feeding pinpoint passes to the front three. Nat Pinney’s shot ricocheted off the inside of the post only to find Mills, who made no mistake on the rebound.
Casuals looked to kill the game but were thwarted by some excellent reflex saves from Male to keep the Mackerelmen in the tie.
A comeback seemed possible when after failing to put the game to bed, Aarran Racine’s excellent header snuck past a despairing Danny Bracken to give Worthing hope. They rocked Casuals for a few minutes, but a key chance fell to Reece Myles-Meekums who somehow blazed over when it looked easier to score.
Casuals searched for some breathing space and found it with just two minutes remaining. Again, Bobby Mills on hand to finish the tie off to a rapturous contingent behind the goal. One more heart-in-mouth moment came when Jack Tucker’s pass back eluded Bracken but came back off the post and into the keeper’ hands.
Overall, Casuals deserved their victory with fine all-round performance in a thrilling ‘magic of the cup’ contest. Casuals will travel to Leatherhead in the next round of the FA Cup to be played Saturday 18th September.
Shorts
Ashford Town recovered from a disastrous start after Tilbury took the lead after 12 seconds though Paul Roberts and gradually came back into it. Tilbury, however, remained the best side in the first half with Cameron Rohart-Browne a constant thorn in Ashford’s side. The restart saw Ashford begin to impose themselves, but it took until a 75th minute penalty from Jack French for them to pull level, yet only five minutes later Dylan Ive was smashing home their winner.
An even game at Barnstaple saw Lymington start brightly but Barnstaple also had chances through Tyler Yendle and Owen Pritchard, but although they won a series of corners Tim Stephenson in the visiting defence remained dominant. It took until the 68th minute to separate the two teams when the experienced Craig Macallister fired home for Lymington Town and despite Barnstaple dominating possession they were unable to find an equaliser.
Aylesbury looked to cruise through against Willand Rovers, taking the lead in the second minute through Jack Wood. After dominating the first half Aylesbury paid the price for wasting chances when Mani Skett volleyed home an equaliser. In the second half a Jamie Jellis penalty proved decisive for the Aylesbury and two further goals soon followed from substitute Ezra Anthonio-Forde making his case for a place in the starting line-up.
Basingstoke eased through at home to Bridgwater Utd, who played the last hour with ten men after Mike Duffy was sent off for retaliation. For the home side Conor Lynch notched a hat-trick and missed a penalty. Nick Woodrow got onto the scoresheet for Bridgewater in the 4-1 cup exit.
Bedworth haven’t been doing well in the league but they got a flying start at home to Winterton when Liam Lockett took advantage of a mix-up to net after five minutes. Winterton did equalise through Josh Walker but Bedworth were even more determined in the second half. A long throw gave Eesa Sawyers chance to put them 2-1 up and with a display of sublime skill he set himself up to net a third. A final minute half-volley from Olly Mulders sealed a welcome 4-1 win.
A late injury-time equaliser saw Bootle earn a creditable draw with higher-ranked FC United, whilst across the city, City of Liverpool progressed after a committed performance against Clitheroe. Clitheroe struck the post twice through Sefton Gonzales during a first half, which they just edged, but City took the decisive lead in the 55 minute when Freddie Potter netted from an excellent Ben Rydel cross. Despite heavy pressure towards the end Clitheroe were unable to find an equaliser and City of Liverpool progress.
It took a second half comeback for Stratford Town to avoid an upset at Carlton Town. Carlton took a deserved lead in the first half through a superb strike by Niall Davie, which made up for earlier missed chances from Nat Watson and Aaron Opoku. The second half immediately saw an unmarked Daniel Vann head his side level, but the game turned minutes later on a Carlton penalty from Nat Watson saved by O’Brian in the Stratford goal. Shortly afterwards Goals from Jaanai Gordon and Will Grocutt settled matters in Stratford's favour.
Higher-ranked Hendon fell at Corby by the only goal. Stephen Diggin had both hit the bar and come agonisingly close with a snap shot, but it was Niall Towle who spectacularly flicked home the game’s only goal.
East Thurroack came from a goal behind to knock out Cambridge City 1-3. City led from a Connor Barnes header, but Alex Hernandez converted a penalty for the visitors, to which City responded creating several first half chances, which all went begging. Within five minutes of the second half goals from Ashman and Hernandez had exacted their price.
In front of a crowd of over 700 Barwell suffered a double blow early in their tie at Chasetown. First they had a “goal” ruled out for offside, then they were reduced to ten men when Ross Oulton saw the red card for a late challenge. Chasetown’s Dilano Reid gave them the lead on the stroke of half-time. Joey Butlin doubled the lead from a free kick before a Brady Hickey penalty pulled one back for the depleted visitors.
Norwich United powered through against struggling Bury Town netting early goals through Mac Gee and Liam Jackson. After the break Harry Barker scored with a cross, Jake Chambers-Shaw netted one for Bury, but Jorden Forbes made the game safe minutes later after a good move.
Easington’s preliminary round heroics took them to Step Four Cirencester who demonstrated the gap between the sides. Goalkeeper Adam Doyle and the woodwork were responsible for the first half seeing only Ben Whitehead’s smart finish between the sides. but the second half saw him net a second before his replacement Levi Irving made it three.
A Trey Masikini double was enough to see Burgess Hill Town through as Bracknell Town’s expense. Great work from Jordi Ndozid set up a top corner beauty for the first and the second was fired through the keeper’s legs. Bracknell’s hopes of a comeback were hampered by Temi Eweka’s sending off for a reckless challenge. Anstey Nomads dominated the early stages of their game with Stone Old Alleynians with long-ball tactics but with the centre of their defence holding firm Sam Wilson’s pace enable Tomlinson to net against the run of play. Continued pressure brought no success and Stone achieved their best cup result in sixty years.
Halesowen rewarded a crowd of around 1,000 with success in an entertaining tie with Ilkeston. White smashed home a penalty on 32 minutes after a foul by Rashaan Frances and doubled the lead four minutes later after an exchange of passes. Though Zak Goodson notched for Ilkeston on 59 minutes Halesowen managed the game nicely to run out winners.
Saves from Cameron Pike weren’t enough to keep Mangotsfield United in the cup against Frome Town, who never looked likely to be made to pay for their profligacy in front of goal. Sam Gray in Ascot United’s goal pulled off some fine saves but a 64th minute goal from Nathan Gordon proved enough to see Hythe Town through. Sam Waller did his stuff between the sticks for Kendal Town against Warrington Town, even saving Josh Amis’ penalty. A Matty Grivosti goal proved decisive for Warrington but for Kendal Yahaya, Wraightes and Chris Humphrey will all rue missed chances.
Leek Town’s temporary home of Buxton’s Silverlands Stadium saw them unable to hold Mickleover, who are making a bright start to the season. At the start of the second half a well-taken goal from Andy Dales once of the Vardy Academy gave Mickleover the lead and though Leek hit the bar a couple of times Declan Bacon secured progression for the scary John MGrath’s men (I seriously would not fancy going back into a dressing room having let in a bad goal for him!)
Great Wakering Rovers stunned Felixstowe with their play on the break and pulled back a half-time deficit for a 1-3 win. Chichester also came from behind to peg back Northwood 2-3 with goals from Iordache, Haitham, and Hyde. Marske United took a different approach netting five in the first half to knock out Seaham Red Star 6-0 and Bamber Bridge took the lead after 20 minutes against West Allotment Celtic only for Paterson to equalise. Four goals in eight second half minutes effectively ended the tie and with Carney and Green both netting twice Bridge were rewarded for their long trip with a 2-7 victory.
Stamford shocked opponents from a higher-level taking down Redditch United 2-0 with goals from Cosmos Matwasa and a towering Ed Cook header. South Shields tie at Shildon AFC was locked at 1-1 when Darius Osei curled in an 84th minute cross which deceived everyone and found its way in and seconds later Shildon’s keeper was dismissed in an off-the-ball incident. The last-minute stand-in keeper still found time to be beaten and the score ended 1-3.
A spectacular overhead from Chesterfield product Jacob Hazel was just one of the four Whitby netted at Warrington Rylands. Marcus Giles demonstrated the Panenka penalty to open the scoring and Josh McDonald and Jacob Hazel with a second added the others.
In the game whose replay we featured Corinthian Casuals keeper Dan Bracken was their hero in the first tie at Worthing. Checklit opened the scoring for the Casuals and Mo Diallo equalised just 11 minutes later to set up the replay. It was the immediate impact of sub’ Marcus Maddison that made the difference for Spalding at Tividale. The cross he whipped in caused havoc and the memorably-named Stefan Broccoli was able to head home from close range.
In an all-Southern League Premier South battle Yate Town turned in a powerful performance to beat Dorchester with two goals from Oliver Mehew and one from David Sims-Burgess to which only Sam Bayston was able to reply with a tap-in following a keeping error.
Enfield Town’s admired striker Mo Faal for once wasn’t the player to make the difference in the tie with Dereham. Instead Andre Coker who troubled Dereham throughout put his side ahead from a Percy Kiangebeni cross and notched a second after good work by Cunnington. Toby Hilliard did pull one back for Dereham but Enfield progressed to the next round.
It took a last gasp winner from Nicky Dembele for Gosport to see off ten-man Plymouth Parkway 2-1. A second-half four goal blitz saw Farnborough through against Peacehaven and Telscombe 4-0. An early exchange of goals saw Harrow Boro end the first half level on 2-2 with Ramsgate, but second half goals from Ewington and Moore sealed the win for Harrow. The first half also ended 2-2 at Sunderland RCA against Stockton Town but the two goals and an assist from Kevin Hayes proved decisive for Town who ran out 2-4 winners.
It is hard to contemplate that it would take a rebound to settle a game at Giant Axe, but just past the hour mark, in a tense encounter, Lancaster City got past 1874 Northwich when Dawson’s shot was saved by keeper Aghayere, but Kilifin was on hand to net the rebound from close range and see his side through 1-0.
Brightingsea Regent’s regal progress in the league didn’t faze Leiston who came back from two goals down to win 3-2 and Kings Langley also made a late comeback to take out Romford 3-2 whose combination of Christian Adu Gyamfi and L’Heureux Menga had troubled them throughout. The creativity of Edu for Kings and two goals from Harry Crawford proved enough in the end.
A goal in the first ten saw Hebburn Town through at Ashton United, a spectacular strike from Alex Babos was all that separated Banbury United from Ardley United in a 1-0 win, and it took until the last 15 minutes for Basford United’s Marcus Marshall to get the goal to put them through 1-0, their first victory of the season.
A full-blooded red-button tie saw Lichfield City bridge a two-tier gap with Nuneaton Borough for long periods until in the last 30 minutes proved their undoing. A worldy from Ryan Edmunds of Nuneaton was the highlight of the match. Hitchin Town also bossed their game with Biggleswade running out 3-0 winners as hard work proved no match for know-how. A Jake Cass hat-trick saw Bishop’s Stortford through against ten-man Lowestoft who had Travis Cole sent off in the first half.
Loughborough Uni, who had knocked out Staveley MW, went down to two headed goals at Bromsgrove Sporting. AFC Rushden & Diamonds were effectively knocked out by Tom Berridge who scored four for Coaliville Town in a 5-2 win. Sutton Common Rovers provided upset winning 1-3 at Cray Wanderers who featured Danny Kedwell in their line-up. Goals from Murphy-McVeigh, Fernandez and Allen enabled Sutton to hold on for a shock win.
A hat-trick from former player Jonathan Margetts saw Matlock Town slide to a shock 0-3 defeat at home to neighbours Belper Town and experienced manager Jim Gannon must have been surprised to receive six of the best as his Hyde United were crushed 6-1 on his managerial debut by Morpeth Town, for whom Sean Taylor netted a 33 minute hat-trick and Jack Foalle grabbed two.