Chasetown 5 Hinckley 2
It was high fives all-round for Chasetown as they breezed into the FA Cup third qualifying round with a 5-2 win over Hinckley.
The hosts made the perfect start when Jono Gould teed-up birthday boy Paul Sullivan, with the 23-year-old opening the scoring.
His shot deflected past a wrong-footed Sam Arnold in the Hinckley goal. There were no further goals before the break.
But it was Hinckley who struck next, a minute into the second half. Skipper Luke Richards floated in a corner and Kris Ramsey-Dickson scored off the crossbar.
Chasetown immediately upped their game and substitute Michael Williams nipped beyond his defender and picked out an unmarked Stan Mugisha, who netted his first goal for the club from three yards out.
The Scholars extended their lead just after the hour when James Dance was pushed from behind inside the area, with just the goalkeeper to beat.
Dance took the penalty himself, cheekily sending Arnold the wrong way as he rolled the ball inside the goalkeeper's left-hand post. A brilliant fourth goal put the home side on top.
Mugisha forced a corner with a near-post shot and from the flag-kick, Francino Francis headed into the path of Dance, who flicked the ball over his head to Ryan Wynter to head home his first Scholars goal from six yards.
The visitors reduced the deficit through Richards to cause a few nerves among the large home crowd, before goalkeeper John Bateman made a fingertip save to deny Javier Roberts.
But the tie was clinched five minutes from time with another headed goal, this time Danny Edwards with a bullet header from Garfield Robinson's corner.
