BASINGSTOKE Town will be praying that FA Cup second qualifying round history repeats itself at Twerton Park tomorrow night (7.45) following another 1-1 home draw against Bath City.

Three years ago, Stoke travelled to Avon in carbon-copy circumstances and came away with a 3-1 replay victory which began a lucrative, fairytale ride all the way to the second round proper.

"That's all in the past," shrugged Stoke boss Ernie Howe, who is taking nothing for granted after watching his side lose the upper hand in a proverbial 'game of two halves' at the Camrose Ground.

With 20-year-old wing-back Lee Chudy using his left peg to mesmerising effect, Stoke should have been lounging on a comfortable half-time cushion against their Dr Martens Premier guests.

Instead, all they had to show for their enterprise was an eighth-minute goal from ex-Roman Adie Mings after Bath's over-stretched keeper Sal Bibbo had got only half a touch to Chudy's teasing cross.

Bath were a different proposition after the break and, having stomached the disappointment of having Colin Towler's header stopped right on the line by keeper Scott Tarr, hit back through John Holloway.

Mings shook the woodwork and Stoke sub Taffy Richardson spurned a couple of gilt-edged chances in a scrappy finale which saw both goalscorers - plus Stoke midfielder Rob Cook - hobble off injured.

Salisbury recovered from a dreadful first half to safely negotiate a tricky all-Dr Martens Premier tie 4-2 at Clevedon.

Whites had the ideal start, going ahead after just 33 seconds when Roger Emms met Scott Bartlett's pinpoint delivery with a firm, downward header.

But it was Clevedon who seized the initiative to lead 2-1 at half-time - goals by Andy Mainwaring and David Mehew capping a display that belied their lowly league placing.

Salisbury emerged from the break in determined mood and hit back with two quickfire replies. On 49 minutes Jimmy Smith blasted in Paul Sales's square ball and three minutes later the game was turned on its head when Tyronne Bowers's volley clipped a defender and wrong-footed keeper Mark Hervin.

Smith was upended in the box on 81 minutes and calmly drilled in Salisbury's fourth from the penalty spot.

Havant & Waterlooville produced a professional performance to crush Hellenic League underdogs Carterton Town 4-1 and avoid joining Thame United and St Leonards on the Oxfordshire side's list of giant-killing victims.

A torrential downpour left large puddles all over the pitch and H&W were gifted an opener when Dave Leworthy challenged Jake Eggby for a high cross and the keeper let the ball slip through his hands and over the line.

Five minutes before the interval a Gary Connolly free-kick was headed home by Jamie O'Rourke, but then it was H&W keeper Paul Nicholls's turn to make a blunder by punching the ball into his own net.

A dressing room dusting down led to a much-improved second-half performance from H&W who forced yet another mistake to go 3-1 up on 57 minutes. Player-manager Liam Daish pressurised Eggby into punching the ball against his own defender, Andy Leach, and it rebounded off his head into the unguarded net.

Two minutes later the impressive Leworthy produced a superb cross which was headed in by O'Rourke.

Newport's FA Cup run is over. After all the exertions of beating Bashley in the last round, Tony Mount's men committed football suicide at Fisher Athletic where poor defending left them 4-1 down at half-time.

Danny Gibbons' clever lob cancelled a second-minute own goal by John Price but two Leroy Huggins strikes and a Hamid Barr penalty conceded by Chris Collins put Fisher in the driving seat.

Newport won back some pride with a vastly improved second-half performance - Ian Rew converting a penalty for handball to make it 4-2.

Thatcham are left to carry the Jewson Wessex League banner after AFC Totton and AFC Newbury stumbled to defeat.

Thatcham, who squeezed past Gosport Borough after a dramatic midweek penalty shoot-out, sprang a surprise by beating Fleet 2-1 at Calthorpe Park through Stuart Anderson and Graham Dorney.

Mark Frampton reduced the deficit with his eighth goal of the season but it was too little too late for floundering Fleet who sank to their third straight defeat.

Newbury crashed 4-0 at Gravesend & Northfleet, while two Matt Hussey penalties failed to save Totton from a 4-2 defeat by Saltdean United, who dumped out Andover in the last round.

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