Dartford 1 Crawley Town 0
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Tom Champion’s injury-time winner booked
Dartford a place in round two of the FA Trophy.
The first-half substitute volleyed home in the
second minute of stoppage time to dump Blue Square Bet Premier side
Crawley Town out of the competition.
Crawley, who caused an upset in the FA Cup
this season after beating League 1 Swindon, found themselves on the
receiving end of a cup shock at Princes Park.
The two teams had already fought out a 3-3
draw at Crawley on Saturday - a game which saw the Darts leading
3-1 until the hosts scored two late goals to take the tie to a
replay.
Champion had missed out on the original tie as
he had work commitments in America but flew back in time to inflict
defeat on Steve Evans’ non-league high-flyers.
Tony Burman’s (pictured) Dartford side will
now meet Ashford Town (Middlesex) in the last 32.
The Darts were on the back-foot early on in
the tie, and survived a first-minute penalty scare when Sergio
Torres went down in the box, as Crawley came surging forward but
the defence held out.
Andrew Young also did well to tip Torres’
long-range effort over the bar.
Torres was at the centre of everything and the
Darts had their own penalty shouts turned down as they felt the
Crawley man handled in the box.
Michael Shinn headed an effort off the line
but the Darts held out until the break with Champion coming on late
in the half during a tactical re-shuffle.
Young made another good save in the second
half, this time from his own player, as Lee Burns accidentally sent
an effort in on his own goal.
With extra-time looming Elliot Bradbrook, who
was also in America when the first clash took place, sent in a
corner and after keeper Michel Kuipers had palmed it away Champion,
from the edge of the box, smashed home to win the tie.
Wednesday, December 15 2010
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