LIVE: Worthing 1 Dartford 2
WORTHING Football club were knocked out of the FA Cup following a 2-1 defeat against Dartford today (Saturday).
The Rebels will feel hard done by after an excellent performance which saw them match the Premier Division outfit across the park.
It's all over here final score Worthing 1 Dartford 2.
Luke Denton forces a fine save from Andrew Young in injury time, as his header following a free-kick looked to have been the equaliser
Just three minutes of injury time as Worthing throw everything at Dartford.
Jamie Brotherton strikes home despite being under pressure in the area, to pull one back for Worthing. 86 minutes gone, game on for the last four.
GOAL: WORTHING - JAMIE BROTHERTON.
Wanye Clarke heads down to Jamie Brotherton in the area, who blasts over from six yards. The striker really should have pulled one back for the Rebels.
Sub: Dartford - Jay May and Lee Noble off, Rob Haworth and James White on. 82 minutes.
Billy Burgess curls a shot just over after a period of Dartford possession.
Sub: Worthing - Karl Akehurst off, Brett Patton on. 77 minutes.
Sub: Worthing - Charlie Farmer off, Matt Whitehead on. 75 minutes.
Sub: Dartford - Ryan Hayes off, Allan Tait on. 73 minutes.
Ben Johnson whips across a fine free-kick which has Andrew Young making a finger tip save at his far post. 70 minutes.
A good pass finds Jay May in space, who takes his time to hit his effort home. Alan Mansfield got something on it back could only watch as it slowly rolled in.
GOAL: Dartford 69 minutes.
Medi Korona heads straight to goalkeeper Andrew Young from Ben Johnson's cross after a good passage of Rebels play. 67 minutes.
There is an excellent crowd of 611 here.
Alan Mansfield tips round the post after a free kick was headed back towards the goal by a defender. Charlie Farmer then clears off the line from the resulting corner. 61 minutes.
Sub: Worthing Gavin Gordon off, Medi Koroma on. 58 minutes gone.
Gavin Gordon tries a cheeky lob which flies over goalkeeper Andrew Young but just wide of the far right post. Great chance. 57 minutes.
The ball falls to Karl Akehurst on the edge of the area who blast well over the bar. 55 minutes.
First chance of the half falls to Dartford as Lee Noble blasts well over from the edge of the area. 50 minutes gone.
The teams are back out and we are underway again here as Worthing look to get back in this one.
Half-time and Worthing down in one down despite an excellent first half performance, which should have at least seen them go in on level terms, if not in front.
Elliot Bradbrook nods home a corner after a bit of a scramble in the area. A full-stretch Alan Mansfield got down and managed to get his finger tips to it but could prevent the ball from going in.
GOAL: Dartford - 40 minutes.
Gavin Gordon rises well at the other end and nods over Ben Johnson's cross from four yards, when he really should have given Rebels the lead. 36 minutes gone.
Lee Burns hits the post for Dartford after a well-worked move found him alone in the area, with Alan Mansfield stranded. The striker flicked his effort across goal and it hit the outside of the far post. 34 minutes gone.
It's end to end stuff here as Dartford have started to come into the game.
Glen Woodburn misses a cross and it falls to Lee Burns in the area but Alan Mansfield saves well one on one.
A long ball over the top found Dartford's Jay May but Alan Mansfield was out quickly to clear the danger. 29 minutes gone.
Dartford are making things hard for themselves as when they have pushed forwards they keep getting caught offside.
Paul Kennett drives a shot wide of the right post after a good move from the Rebels. 16 minutes gone.
Worthing have started much the brighter and have been camped in the Dartford half. Much to the delight of most of the crowd in a packed A2B Stadium.
Jamie Brotherton hits a free kick just wide of the top corner from 22 yards out, with 11 minutes gone.
Karl Akehurst has a pop from the edge of the area, after a lay-off from Paul Kennett, but his effort is well wide.
Wayne Clarke has started brightly for Worthing with a couple of runs causing Dartford a few problems, and forcing two early corners for the Rebels.
There has been a slight delay here at Woodside Road, but things have now got underway at 3.06pm.
With Dartford top of the Ryman Premier Division and Rebels on the back of four straight wins, having not conceded a goal in their 360 minutes, it promises to be a interesting afternoon here.
Kick-off remains at 3pm, leaving them little preparation time.
After a three and a half hour trip due to traffic problems, Dartford have arrived just 30 minutes before kick-off.
DARTFORD: Young; Burgess, Flanagan, Beales, Gross; Hayes, Noble, Day, May; Burns, Bradbrook. Subs: Coyle, White, Tait, Haworth, Dafter, Kessell.
WORTHING: Mansfield; Denton, Woodburn, Axten, Farmer; Clarke, Kennett, Akehurst, Johnson; Gordon, Brotherton. Subs: Koroma, Patton, Whitehead, Zydonik, Di-Bernardo, Booker, Sebuliba.
Worthing Football Club take on Ryman League Premier side Dartford at the A2B Stadium this afternoon in the 2nd qualifying round of the FA Cup.
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