LYE Town demolished higher-ranked Lichfield City 6-0 as four Capelli Sport MFL clubs marched into the first qualifying round of the Emirates FA Cup.
Elliott Ball passed a low cutback into the roof of the net to get the Flyers off and running on the stroke of half-time.
Luke Sidaway wasted no time in plundering a far-post header three minutes into the second half with Alfie Didlock racing into the left of the box to roll in a third by the 50-minute mark.
Boubacar Diallo, Didlock and Danny Cartwright completed the rout in a match staged at Bromsgrove Sporting.
Kieron Whittaker’s pair of thunderbolts saw Sporting Khalsa claim another Step 4 scalp, beating Shifnal Town 2-1.
Whittaker made early pressure pay by finding the top corner from 25 yards just before the half-hour mark and then proved it was no bolt from the blue by repeating the trick in the 44th minute.
Callum Wilson headed in Cian Fenlon’s pullback on 62 minutes to get Shifnal back in it but the Willenhall-based hosts dug deep to add to their replay victory over Nantwich Town in the last round.
Ten-man AFC Wolverhampton City grafted to progress with a 2-1 win at Lutterworth Town, Jay Holdcroft and Kie Houlihan striking early before Jake Lloyd was given his marching orders in the 40th minute.
Kobi Bivens got one back before half-time but Lutterworth could not find a leveller.
Kingsley Adu-Gyamfi got both goals as Abbey Hulton United got past Premier Division rivals Sutton United 2-0 on their own patch.
The first was a rebound from Matthew Ward’s shot against the bar nine minutes in, while his second was a beauty into the top corner 12 minutes before half-time.
Connor Spiers notched midway through the second half but could not prevent Runcorn Town from exiting with a 3-1 home defeat at Prestwich Heys.
Northwich Victoria will look to make it five MFL clubs in the hat when hosting Bootle tomorrow (Sunday, August 23, 3pm).
In the Premier Division, Dudley Town roared back from three down at half-time to draw 3-3 at West Didsbury & Chorlton.
Victor Abadaki and Brandon Dawson had the home side in control within 16 minutes with Max Leonard establishing a seemingly-unassailable lead just before the break.
Jamie Hales got one back but Dudley’s cause was hampered by Lewis Mitchell’s red card for a foul on Dawson 17 minutes from the end.
However, West then had Adrian Kandeke sent off for a second booking and up popped Alfie Wilkes with a double in the final 11 minutes to grab a share of the spoils.
Winsford United top the table by three points having beaten Brocton 5-1.
Steve Jenyons, Ewan McGeady, Adam O’Mara and Henry Briscoe had it done and dusted just past the hour mark, and while Tom Vaughan got one back for the Badgers their cause was not helped by Cooper Marsh’s red card with 15 minutes to go. Mykah Skervin rounded off the scoring for United.
RESULTS
FA Cup preliminary round
Lutterworth Town 1 AFC Wolverhampton City 2
Lye Town 6 Lichfield City 0
Runcorn Town 1 Prestwich Heys 3
Shepshed Dynamo 2 Romulus 0
Sporting Khalsa 2 Shifnal Town 1
Stocksbridge Park Steels 1 Cheadle Town 0
Sutton United 0 Abbey Hulton United 2
Whitchurch Alport 1 Coventry United 3
Premier Division
West Didsbury & Chorlton 3 Dudley Town 3
Winsford United 5 Brocton 1
Division One
AFC North Kilworth 1 Saffron Dynamo 1
Bustleholme 4 Anstey Town 3
Cradley Town 2 Kirby Muxloe 3
FCV Grace Dieu 5 Boldmere Rangers 0
G.N.G Oadby Town 1 Birmingham OJM 4
Gornal Athletic 2 Coalville Town 0
Heather St. John’s 1 Coventry Copsewood 0
Ingles 1 Leicester St Andrews 2
Lutterworth Athletic 3 Chelmsley Town 2
Northfield Town 2 Birstall United 0
Stapenhill 4 Holwell Sports 3
