AFC TOTTON boss Stuart Ritchie was feeling happier than he has all season after his on-song Stags claimed the Southern League scalp of Abingdon United at Testwood Park last night.

Having been pegged back by a last-gasp equaliser in Oxfordshire, the Stags finished the job in style with a 4-1 victory to earn an FA Cup trip to Merthyr Tydfil on Saturday week.

"We were a proper football team tonight," said Ritchie.

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MARVELLOUS Marvin Brown claimed his third goal in three games to fire Salisbury City to a 1-0 victory over struggling Stafford Rangers last night.

The former Weston-super-Mare hitman, pictured above, bagged the winner on 29 minutes, collecting Jon Bass's cross and, with time and space available, beat Stafford's on-loan Watford keeper Scott Loach with an unstoppable blast from just inside the area.

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VT FC, one of three Sydenhams Premier sides in FA Cup action last night, lost at Southern Premier outfit Bashley - but they didn't go down without a fight.

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