Brave Farnham Town Suffer Heartbreaking FA Cup Defeat
Farnham Town exited the Emirates FA Cup with a 3-2 defeat at Sutton United in their fourth qualifying round replay.
Town led twice thanks to goals from Bobby-Joe Taylor and Owen Dean, but fell to a late defeat after extra time in front of 1,496 spectators at the VBS Community Stadium.
- The visitors created their first chance in the 17th minute when Dean picked out Darryl Sanders on the edge of the box.
- Farnham went close again two minutes later when Taylor’s free kick found Imran Uche, whose header went wide at the back post.
Sutton then went on the front foot, with Brandon Njoku driving forward on 22 minutes and hitting a low shot from just outside the box, which was well held by Town keeper Zaki Oualah.
Oualah was called into action again two minutes later when Jayden Harris hit a powerful strike towards goal, which was well held by Farnham’s keeper.
No comment from the teams.
Author summary: Farnham Town lost to Sutton United in the FA Cup.