Nicky Forster hit two goals as Brighton swept past Cheltenham and into the southern area semi-finals of this season's Johnstone's Paint Trophy. David Martot scored the opener with a low shot and then set up Forster to head Brighton's second.
Paul Connor pulled one back with a good finish in first half injury-time and then hit the post in the 85th minute.
Just sixty seconds later Forster made it 3-1 from Dean Cox's pass before Bas Savage hit the fourth from six yards.
Brighton: Kuipers, Lynch, El-Abd, Butters, Richards, Cox, O'Callaghan (Whing 88), Fraser (Hammond 76), Martot, Elder (Savage 68), Forster. Subs Not Used: Sullivan, Robinson.
Goals: Martot 13, Forster 37, 87, Savage 90.
Cheltenham: Higgs, Jeremy Gill (Gallinagh 75), Ridley, Caines, Wylde, Bird, Connolly (Ben Gill 59), Sinclair, Gillespie, Connor, Spencer (Vincent 78). Subs Not Used: Scott P Brown, Reid.
Booked: Ridley.
Goals: Connor 45.
Att: 2,490
Ref: Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire).
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