Lethbridge saves Rocks' FA Trophy hopes ... Chichester and Pagham win at home

An injury-time equaliser by Brad Lethbridge kept Bognor in the FA Trophy.
Brad Lethbridge saved the Rocks' skin at Bracknell / Picture by Tommy McMillanBrad Lethbridge saved the Rocks' skin at Bracknell / Picture by Tommy McMillan
Brad Lethbridge saved the Rocks' skin at Bracknell / Picture by Tommy McMillan

His late strike clinched a 2-2 draw and earned a replay - which will be at Nyewood Lane on Tursday evening - after the Bostik south central side looked set to knock them out at the first hurdle.

Bracknell led twice through first-half goals by Liam Ferdinand and James McGlurg but Jimmy Muitt and then Lethbridge dragged Bognor back into it.

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Had Bognor lost it would have been the third time this season they'd lost a cup tie to a lower-division side, so that's one unwanted statistic avoided.

Elsewhere, in the Southern Combination premier Chichester City are still top after a comfortable 3-0 win at home to Crawley Down Gatwick in which the returning Josh Clack, and Matt Axell, were among the scorers.

Pagham also enjoyed a vital home win - George Gaskin scoring to see off Horsham YMCA 1-0.

In the SCFL division one derby at Selsey, Midhurst won 1-0. Sidlesham got back to winning days, beating Storrington 3-1 with an Alfie Bunker goal and two fron Morgan Forry doing the damage.

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But it was a bad day for Bosham - they lost 10-0 at Rustington in SCFL division two.

We'll have a full Bracknell v Rocks report on this site later and all the local football in the Observer, out on Thursday