The weatherman got it right ! It was a beautiful morning when Peacehaven's coach left Piddinghoe Avenue, but by the time they'd reached Woking (home of Westfield FC) the heavens had opened and it looked like they were in for a gloomy day. Miraculously, by 3 o'clock the sun had burst through and everyone was walking around in shirt sleeves.

Why mention that?....... well, what the visiting contingent couldn't have known was that the weather up to kick-off was to be an exact account of the 90 minutes football that lay ahead for them on the pitch.

Pete Edwards made one change to the side which had drawn 3-3 at Lancing on Tuesday with Ashley Rees replacing the unavailable Craig Bunch. Meanwhile, Westfield, playing their first game in front of their impressive new facilities, will have been keen to maintain their 100% start to the season.

Peacehaven were the busier of the two sides from the start and were soon putting pressure on the home goal. Rob O'Toole went close with a header as early as the 5th minute, but we didn't have too wait long for the opening goal. Aaron Gunn beat two men before having his shot parried away by Mike Brawley in the home goal, and Carl Dunk ran on to the loose ball to fire in from distance.

Having survived the scare, Peacehaven doubled their lead on the half hour when Wes Millis guided a through ball into the path of Ryan Bradley and his shot crashed in off the underside of the bar. A comfortable 2-0 lead away from home, exactly the same as at Lancing on Tuesday...... surely it couldn't happen again ??

A crazy 10 minutes leading up to half time then made everyone who'd made the journey from Sussex feel that the ghost of Culver Road had come back to haunt them.

First Damien Panter was bought down in the box by Wes Millis and Simon Sheppard made no mistake from the spot. Five minutes from the break Rossiter's pass found Panter unmarked in the box and he drilled home the equalizer and then, with the referee preparing to blow for the break, Panter's pace took him into the box and his low shot found its way into the bottom corner.

Peacehaven, understandably, looked shell-shocked as they left the field for half-time, and things nearly got worse shortly after the restart when Anderson's dipping drive grazed the bar. Westfield were being given too much space to run into when they attacked, but Peacehaven started to combat this and it was soon them who took the upper hand.

They went close to levelling when Ben Bowra's perfect cross found Ryan Bradley on the edge of the 6 yard box, but his instant shot was well saved at close range by Brawley. However, with 20 minutes remaining, the cloud which had hung over the middle part of the game for Peacehaven suddenly lifted. Brawley had again done well to keep out two Peacehaven efforts, but Wes Millis drove home the loose ball to revive the game.

By now the home side were beginning to run out of steam, and within 5 minutes 'Haven were back in front when Ashley Rees' calculated chip floated over everyone before dropping into the net. This really was an end-to-end Cup Tie though, and you sensed there was more to come.

Westfield threw men forward for the last 10 minutes searching for the equaliser, and Peacehaven where happy to wait and hit them on break. In the final minute, Clive Snell's corner was met by Ryan Bradley, and he set up Wes Millis who put the game beyond question.

The sun was certainly shining again for Peacehaven now, and with Brawley bringing down Ashley Rees in the final seconds of injury time, Ryan Bradley made no mistake from the spot to take them through to a mouth-watering tie at Sittingbourne in 2 weeks.

The weatherman may have been correct with his forecast, but nobody could have predicted this scoreline - which is Peacehaven's highest away victory in an FA Competition. On leaving the ground Pete Edwards commented, "I wasn't particularly happy with the performance - but I'm delighted with the result."