Martin Hayes' side have only reached the first round once in 20 years

Dover Athletic, Dartford and Hythe Town are all two wins away from the first round of the FA cup after winning their second qualifying round ties.

Dover made easy work of Kent league's Erith Town winning 5-1 with goals from Adam Birchall and Elliot Charles.

Dartford won 2-1 at home to Ryman league side Lowestoft with Carl Rook and Danny Harris on target.

Hythe Town beat fellow Kent league club Erith & Belvedere 4-1 while the game between Cray and Ebbsfleet ended 2-2.

Dover manager Martin Hayes told BBC Radio Kent: "Just winning the game is what it's all about. We didn't get out of first gear and it's a good thing we were so clinical. It could have been 4-4 after 25 minutes."

Erith boss Steve O'Boyle was proud of his side, who had only played in the second qualifying round once before.

"First 20 minutes we hit the woodwork, we gave it a right go," he said.

"Maybe the difference was the quality in the final third. If we had that little bit of luck we could have had a look at it, but they're a good side.

"All I said is that's gone, don't feel sorry for yourself, and we're going to give it a go next week [against Holmesdale] in the Kent league."

At Cray, the home side went 2-1 up with 15 minutes to go through Laurent Hamici's, his 12th goal of the season, but Ebbsfleet levelled through Calum Willock but also missed a last minute penalty.

Fleet manager Liam Daish said: "It feels weird. Disappointed we haven't gone through because of the late penalty, but after going 2-1 down I'm happy to get a second bite of the cherry."

But Cray manager Ian Jenkins was also relieved to get through. He added: "I take the draw in the end because of the penalty save but I thought we should have won it really. I thought when we went to 1-1 we were the better side. We had a good opportunity there."

Elsewhere, Maidstone United lost 1-0 to bottom side Horsham, Sittingbourne moved into the Ryman South play-off places following a 2-0 win at Ramsgate, their fourth in a row, and VCD went top of the Kent league with a 2-2 draw at home to Norton Sports.

Results

Saturday 25 September 2010

FA Cup Second Qualifying Round
Bishops Stortford 2-2 Bromley
Braintree Town 2-0 Welling United
Canvey Island 1-0 Whitstable Town
Cray Wanderers 2-2 Ebbsfleet United
Dartford 2-1 Lowestoft Town
Erith Town 1-5 Dover Athletic
Folkestone Invicta 1-1 Leiston
Hythe Town 4-1 Erith & Belvedere
Margate 1-1 Kingstonian
St Albans 3-1 Beckenham Town

Ryman Premier Division
Maidstone United 0-1 Horsham

Ryman Division One South
Chatham Town 3-2 Walton & Hersham
Leatherhead 3-0 Faversham Town
Ramsgate 0-2 Sittingbourne

Ryman Division One North
Thamesmead Town 3-0 Waltham Abbey

Safety Net Associates Kent League Premier Division
Deal Town 1-1 Holmesdale
Sevenoaks Town 2-0 Fisher
Sporting Bengal United 1-3 Herne Bay
Tunbridge Wells 4-0 Corinthian
VCD Athletic 2-2 Norton Sports

Vandanel Kent County League Premier Division
Bearsted 2-3 Bridon Ropes
Bly Spartans 1-2 Lewisham Borough
Charlton Ath Comm 1-3 Hollands & Blair
Phoenix Sports 3-1 Stansfeld
Rusthall 4-0 Fleet Leisure
Sutton Athletic 5-4 Cantebrury City
Tonbridge Invicta 0-1 Snodland
Woodstock Park 2-1 Cray Valley

Division One
Chipstead 1-3 Eltham Palace
Crockenhill 0-4 AFC Sevenoaks
Farnborough 5-1 Forest Hill Park
Milton & Fulston 1-4 Sheerness East
Otford United 2-0 Larkfield
Sheppey United 2-1 Staplehurst

Division Two
Crofton Albion 2-2 Bexley
Erith 147 3-3 Westerham
Hawkenbury 1-4 Malgo
Hildenborough Athletic 8-0 Halls
Lanes End 2-0 Fleetdown United
Saga Sports 5-0 Borden Village
Saint Nicholas 1-7 Platt United
Seven Acre Sports 6-4 Bexley Borough
Swale United 5-0 Tenterden Town

Bill Manklow Inter Regional Cup
Belvedere 0-3 Tudor Sports
Orpington 4-2 Greenways

Barry Bundock West Kent Shield
Bexleians 2-5 Metrogas
Meridian 0-3 Blackheath United
Wickham Park 1-3 Coney Hall

Eastern Les Leckie Cup
Broadstairs 1-0 Kennington
Lydd Town 0-3 APM
NK Aces 0-3 Bredhurst Juniors

Monday 27 September 2010

FA Cup Second Qualifying Round Replay
Kingstonian v Margate

Tuesday 28 September 2010

FA Cup Second Qualifying Round Replay
Bromley v Bishop's Stortford
Ebbsfleet United v Cray Wanderers
Leiston v Folkestone Invicta

Ryman Division One South
Chatham Town v Faversham Town
Leatherhead v Ramsgate
Whitstable Town v Sittingbourne

Ryman Division One North
Thamesmead Town v Tilbury

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