Match details below 

As soon as the 2nd Round draw was made, this fixture always promised to serve up a thrilling encounter. With Pagham leading the table in style, and Peacehaven defending an astonishing away record, we seemed set for an epic cup-tie - and that's exactly what we got.

There where 5 changes to the Peacehaven line-up which had lost to Three Bridges the previous week with Jake Buss, Aaron Gunn, Carl Dunk and Ryan Bradley all coming back into the side, along with Craig Hall who made a welcome return after his spell with Burgess Hill.

The game started at a frantic pace (which on reflection never seemed to subside) and the first clear chances of the game fell to Rob O'Toole as first a shot, and then a header, went narrowly wide - but it was soon Pagham who were setting the pace.

James Temple found himself through on goal and produced a great save from Buss before he fired the rebound wide, but the deadlock was broken soon after, in somewhat controversial style. Phil Turner's shot flew upwards after crashing against the bar and as Buss seemed to have gathered the ball as it came down, Temple appeared to bundle his way through to score, leaving Peacehaven's

Scott Murfin then went close to extending the lead but Peacehaven came back into the game for the last 10 minutes of the first half, and by the break they were level. Craig Hall's perfect cross found Rob O'Toole near the penalty spot, and his angled header flew into the top corner.

Peacehaven almost took the lead with their first attack of the second half. Carl Dunk drilled the ball in low across the box and it was deflected on to the post, and soon after Wes Hallett in the home goal made a great save from Dunk's thunderous shot....... and then the lights went out !! (or some of them)

Each of the pylons around the ground suddenly only had 1 or 2 lights working and, with darkness falling, it was obvious something would have to be done in order to complete the fixture. However, the referee decided to carry on, and within 2 minutes Pagham where back in front when Scott Murfin's header found it's way to Temple, and he fired home his second of the game.

There was then a 30 minute break whilst the floodlights were mended, and Pagham then enjoyed a 10 minute spell of dominace in which you felt a goal was sure to come. Buss produced a series of saves from Murfin and Temple before 'Haven started to settle, and soon the action was at the other end of the pitch.

Hallett had to be at his best to keep out a Rob O'Toole effort but, with 25 minutes remaining, the pendulum swung in Peacehaven's favour when Pagham defender Joe Booker received a 2nd yellow card and they were down to 10 men.

Peacehaven pushed forward, looking to exploit their advantage, but where nearly caught out when Pagham hit them on the break. Phil Turner broke free and rounded Buss but fired over when it must surely have been easier to score. There was another scare soon after when a James Temple shot hit the post, but Peacehaven had ridden their luck, and the game was still very much alive.

The pace was still relentless, and Peacehaven laid seige to the home goal for the final 10 minutes. Ryan Bradley saw a header scrape over the bar, there were three goalmouth scrambles which ended in favour of the home side, and you felt that this just wasn't going to be Peacehaven's day. With two minutes remaining, that all changed when the ball fell to Carl Dunk outside the box and his powerful shot flew into the corner, leaving Hallett rooted to the spot.

It was "Advantage Peacehaven" now, but there was still time for one more attack which saw Dunk's goalbound free-kick brilliantly saved by Hallett, and so we went to extra-time.

Pagham's counter-attacks always posed a threat, with Murfin always looking dangerous, but the 'Haven defence held firm against the break-aways as they pushed forward looking for the killer goal. In the final minute of the 1st Peroid Ashley Rees thought he''d scored it after Bradley's ball set him free and his shot flew past Hallett, only to see a late flag end his celebrations.

The final 15 minutes of extra-time belonged to Peacehaven - and they made it pay. Shortly after the sides had turned around Ryan Bradley had a goal ruled out for offside, but then the long awaited goal finally arrived. A goalmouth scramble ended in the ball rolling loose outside the box, and Adam Kneller struck through a crowd of players, and past Hallett, to give Peacehaven the lead for the first time. They were now rampant, and a great run by Ashley Rees ended with him setting up Rob O'Toole who's shot scraped past the post, but it wasn't long before the confirmation that Peacehaven had won this classic encounter finally arrived. Carl Dunk ran onto a ball outside the area, and his rasping shot cannoned in off the underside of the bar to spark wild celebrations from the Peacehaven players and supporters.

Speaking from his armchair on Sunday, Shaun Saunders was full of praise for his side saying, "I'm really proud of everyone for the way they performed, and they can feel proud of themselves too. That was a real battle, and the odds where against us for a lot of the game, but they refused to give up and in the end fully deserved the victory"