FA Trophy round-up

Friday, February 17, 2012
10:04 AM

Dartford still hanging in

KENT’S hopes in the FA Trophy are dangling by a thread after Ebbsfleet United were knocked out on Tuesday night, leaving Dartford, who face a tricky third-round replay, as the county’s sole survivors.

Dartford were held to a 2-2 draw with Ryman Premier League side Wealdstone at Princes Park on the same evening and had leading scorer Elliott Bradbrook forced off after just six minutes with a suspected hamstring injury.

The Darts went ahead on 28 minutes when Jacob Erskine forced an error and set up Ryan Harris for an easy finish, but on the stroke of half-time Richard Jolly headed in Chris O’Leary’s cross to equalise.

Dartford regained the lead within six minutes of the restart, a 25-yarder from Danny Harris that was deflected in off Tom Hoban.

Wealdstone equalised 10 minutes from time, with O’Leary’s header crashing in off the underside of the bar.

The replay takes place on Tuesday, with the winners travelling to either Cambridge United or Guisely in the quarter-finals.

Ebbsfleet crashed out at York City, Matt Blair’s 48th- minute goal condemning them to a 1-0 defeat, the only goal coming three minutes into the second period when Jason Walker’s cross was deflected to Blair, who finished from close range.

York missed the chance to kill off the Fleet when Walker missed a late penalty.